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CROSSWORD

- BY Randolph Ross

BAKERY BATCH

ACROSS 1 Oreo filling 6 Pull a scam on, slangily 10 Subway alternativ­e 13 Some parlor pieces 15 Albert, “the voice of basketball” 16 Call to a flamenco dancer 17 Clever sort 19 Semi-colon? 20 Alternativ­es to Volvos, once 21 Where gladiators toiled 23 Language that gave us “Kwanzaa” 26 Some Christmas trees 28 In a docile manner 29 Oder River, to the Baltic Sea 30 They’re splitsvill­e 31 Ballet rail 32 Quick on the uptake 35 “Always,” in poem 36 Put-up ponytail, maybe 38 Many a 10-Across 39 Air pump letters 40 Looks at lustfully 41 “___ From Muskogee” 42 Beasts ridden by the Magi 44 Bridge player’s blunder 46 “We Build, We Fight” group 48 Like lasagna or baklava 49 Works with rattan 50 45’s more-played half, usually 51 Cleopatra’s undoing 52 “No problemo” 58 ___ Day (May 1 in Hawaii) 59 Celestial bear 60 Harbored, as a grudge 61 Publican’s offering 62 Creator of the GOP elephant 63 Shows partiality DOWN 1 Band’s merch table offerings 2 Salted part of a margarita glass 3 NASA “walk” 4 Cattails’ locales 5 Involve by necessity 6 Aetna and CIGNA 7 Tree sacred to the Druids 8 ___ Lanka 9 “Our Miss Brooks” star 10 CIA worker, perhaps 11 Without peer 12 Often-buggy software versions 14 Like a dragon’s skin 18 Geisha’s accessory 22 Regret bitterly 23 Hard to climb, perhaps 24 Tends to, as a handlebar mustache 25 1971 Don McLean hit 26 Novi Sad natives 27 Cuzco’s land 29 10-Across riders 31 Unwelcome mail, perhaps 33 Satchel in Cooperstow­n 34 Trapped, as a cat 36 Like Will Rogers’ humor 37 “A Death in the Family” author 41 Good-sized suburban lot 43 The fin man? 44 Gas tested for in homes 45 Sight to behold 46 La ___ (Milan opera house) 47 Stand for a portraitis­t 48 Risk a perjury rap 50 Sing like Cab Calloway 53 Org. in “Michael Collins” 54 Pothook shape 55 Simile center 56 Trivia whiz Jennings 57 MS. recipients

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