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ACROSS 1 Like many Keats works 5 Gowns’ companions 9 Resell illegally, as tickets 14 Zilch 15 Financial bind 16 Muppet with a rubber duckie 17 Food Network figure 18 Rug buyer’s calculatio­n 19 In one’s birthday suit 20 Former president, perhaps 23 “Bye!” 24 Dreidel, e.g. 25 Knuckle under 28 1922 Physics Nobelist Niels 30 Applicatio­n datum (Abbr.) 33 Lewis who voiced Lamb Chop 34 Kachina doll carver 35 Olympian’s blade 36 Corporate VIP 39 SEATO part 40 Like a desert 41 Reduce to confetti 42 Pink-elephantsi­ghter’s woe, for short 43 Auth. unknown 44 Evolution or relativit y 45 Dot follower in some addresses 46 Interprete­r of omens 47 Seafarer in a Coleridge poem 54 Black-bordered notices 55 Christian and Prohibitio­n, for two 56 Take a risk 57 “The Sandbox” dramatist Edward 58 Rub the wrong way 59 Sheepish look 60 Trial runs 61 Blockhead 62 Green-___ ( jealous)

DOWN 1 Fair y tale starter 2 Roald who created Willy Wonka 3 Picked from a lineup, for short 4 Food fight site 5 Pure as the driven snow 6 Line from the heart 7 “Nolo contendere,” e.g. 8 Musical chairs goal 9 Security system device 10 Muscle woe 11 “My Way” lyricist Paul 12 Claim on property 13 Substance banned by MLB 21 NPR part 22 Moral standard 25 Syria’s Bashar al-___ 26 Place for toys or treasure 27 ___ Major (Sirius’ constellat­ion) 28 Completely confine 29 Essayist’s piece 30 Former Vice President Agnew 31 Break off 32 Down and out 34 Subway fare? 35 Melissa who sang “I’m the Only One” 37 Deer-and-antelope playground 38 Wedding party member 43 Crops up 44 Service for an afternoon break 45 Largish combo 46 Like some talk or print 47 Up to the task 48 Quill pen points 49 Uncool kid 50 Rock’s ZZ Top, e.g. 51 ___ a soul (nobody) 52 Pennsylvan­ia port 53 Tear to pieces 54 Feedbag morsel

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© Universal Uclick 12/20

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