CROSSWORD

SPORTING CHANCES ACROSS

1 Bit of progress

5 “Beat it!”

9 Door feature, often 13 Flowed like sap 15 Luau performance 16 Word on Dublinminted euros 17 Sci-fi barrier 19 Improved, as cheese 20 As performed by 21 Cattle farmer’s expense 22 Pity-evoking quality 24 Word in some good poker hands 25 Programmable worker 26 Approved, in a way

29 Issued a gag order on 32 Mythical meanies 33 Serving of sole 34 Tramcar contents 35 Proceed smoothly 36 Catches a few Z’s 37 Bait shop buy 38 Auto club service 39 Readied for shipment 40 One of 12 peers 41 Some vacation homes

43 “No Exit” dramatist Jean-Paul 44 Installs, as drapes 45 Prepare for a trip 46 Bent-knee greeting

48 URL connection 49 Reverent feeling 52 Passing words, briefly

53 Road to nowhere 56 City near Carson City 57 Sleek, in auto lingo

58 Gin purchase 59 Cartesian “therefore” 60 Acronym for a superstar 61 Moe’s two-finger assault

DOWN

1 Cushiony seat

2 Chisel or gouge

3 Cornell of Cornell University 4 Chest muscle, briefly

5 Drew back, with “away”

6 Fed lines to 7 The whole shebang 8 Toads-to-be 9 Diane of “Godfather” movies 10 After-hours bail-granting site 11 Stackable snack 12 Hospital capacity 14 Stands up to 18 Repel, with “off” 23 Assist wrongfully 24 Had down cold 25 All worked up 26 Circular opening? 27 Inuit word for “house” 28 Tree’s annual addition 29 Venti and grande, at Starbucks 30 Reason for an erasure

31 Big name in combines 33 Cunning canines 36 Leftovers holder

37 Hide in the shadows 39 Places an embargo on 40 Scavenging canine

42 Bit of parlor art

43 Dune makeup 45 Word before noir or grigio 46 Required courses 47 Cab alternative 48 Turkish coin 49 Voice below soprano

50 Wall calendar line 51 Literary Jane 54 Three-letter sign 55 Edge of a golf hole

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