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CROSSWORD

SHIPSHAPE

- BY Gail Grabowski

ACROSS 1 South Pacific island nation 6 Metal to be recycled 11 Took charge of 14 Baking soda targets 15 Knight or bishop 16 Portfolio holding, for short 17 Dim sum appliance 19 Family nickname 20 Up to the task 21 108-card game 22 Hidden problem 24 Bump from behind 26 Tom-tom neighbor 28 Trash can insert 32 Common computer typeface 35 Long-tongued dog of comics 36 Spot for a seaweed wrap 37 Cocktail garnish 38 Windex targets 40 New Year’s resolution, often 41 Make a decision 42 Vane heading 43 Sources of salt 44 Glass for a brewski 48 Age of Reason philosophe­r John 49 Edison’s 1,000+ 53 United competitor 55 By means of 56 Pacific salmon 57 Loaf at a deli 58 Photo-trimming tool 62 Pop-up path 63 Crowd-scene actor 64 River of Amiens 65 Freshly painted 66 Trellis parts 67 Mustard family plant

DOWN 1 To this point 2 Photoshop creator 3 Cash, slangily 4 Waiter’s electronic gadget 5 Burro kin 6 Loosens one’s purse strings 7 Informal goodbye 8 Dream stage letters 9 Extreme rarit y on a par-4 hole 10 Sheet material 11 Uses a hidden bug 12 Bandmate of Jack and Ginger in Cream 13 Inexact recipe amount 18 Ingredient in some cat food 23 The D-backs, on scoreboard­s 25 90-degree pipe fit ting 26 Album half 27 CBS military law series 29 2013 role for Johnny Depp 30 Olympic blade with a touch sensor 31 “Aw, shucks!” 32 Many a Syrian 33 Paella base 34 Genius’s forte 38 Prepare for a trip 39 Arthur with four Davis Cup wins 40 Member of the board 42 Prison movie highlights 43 One of Stengel’s “Amazin’s” 45 Total nonsense 46 Lincoln Center offerings 47 Cop in a bust 50 “I didn’t do it!” 51 “___ fightin’ words!” 52 Results of chafing 53 Common chess outcome 54 Bronte governess 55 Likely to mouth off 59 Rose of Guns N’ Roses 60 Educationa­l support org. 61 The Trojans of the Pac-12

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