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CROSSWORD

- BY Martin Ashwood-Smith

SOUND REASONING

ACROSS 1 Come down in sheets 5 Bread with falafel 9 ___ Canyon (Utah attraction) 14 “I’m ___ mood to argue” 15 At the zenith of 16 Words at the watercoole­r, maybe 17 Stick-to-it-iveness 18 Orange juice component 19 Grammarian’s concern 20 Lomond and others 23 Channel that airs B&W films 24 Oktoberfes­t quaff 25 Leave speechless 26 Gun designer ___ Gal 29 Quick-witted 31 Worked like Rumpelstil­tskin 33 Jersey utterance 34 Home to all but one MLB team 36 Between ports 38 Mrs. Mitt Romney 39 Yale products 44 Foofaraw 45 Cut back, as expenses 46 Source of clean energy 47 Right out of the box 48 Mars rover org. 50 Hero’s bestowal 54 Yin/yang principle 55 Annoying pop-ups 56 Dapper dude? 58 Nest egg letters 59 Bagel filler, perhaps 63 “The Taming of the Shrew” cit y 65 Rail-riding wanderer 66 Do a slow burn 67 Helps with a heist 68 Solemn assent 69 Some JFK guesses 70 Serving with sauerkraut 71 Zap with a stun gun 72 Shrine Game side DOWN 1 Ballerina’s wear 2 Add fertilizer to 3 Brain-twister 4 Wardrobe ruiner 5 Word before bull or cross 6 Apple introducti­on of 2001 7 Didn’t keep mum 8 Standing O, say 9 Wayne of Wayne Manor 10 Carry the pigskin 11 Singer with a five-octave-plus range 12 Key underling 13 Poetic palindrome 21 Really enjoys 22 One side in sports negotiatio­ns 27 Stupef y, slangily 28 Particles with + or - symbols 30 Mind-numbing routine 32 Fence pickets 35 Bynes of “Hairspray” 37 Bush 41 and 43, to Yale 39 Huff and puff 40 Think tank product 41 “Well, duh!” 42 Militar y bigwig 43 Word before “Lif toff!” 49 Pueblo bricks 51 Make weaker 52 Appetitewh­etting allures 53 Least stringent 55 Salt’s “Halt!” 57 Do penance 60 Results of most pop flies 61 Medically induced condition, maybe 62 Not ver y many 63 Handle crudely 64 ___ Dhabi

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© Andrews McMeel 1/31

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