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ACROSS 1 “Roll Tide” school, informally

5 Bit of subterfuge 9 Cops with sniffer dogs, for short 14 “The Wire” stick-up man ___ Little 15 General’s right-hand person

16 ___ Steaks (mail-order meat company) 17 Gunpowder Plot planner of 1605 19 Had a few too many 20 Bring into play 21 Trash bag closers 22 Wine holder sans handles or stopper 23 Deliveries from pulpits

25 Starchy fare, informally 26 Texter’s “Unbelievab­le!” 27 Like Benedictin­es or Trappists 30 Church area near the transept 33 Footnote abbr. 34 Solemn “yes” 35 Barack’s running mate 36 Cylindrica­l Chinese appetizer 39 Home to Disney’s Ariel

40 Tarzan’s adoptive mother, e.g. 41 Slimy garden pest 42 ESPN factoid 43 Republican-leaning section of a map 45 Sound of jackhammer­s, e.g. 47 Hotel hirees 48 State emphatical­ly 52 They’re tracked by Doppler radar 54 Support a telethon 55 Suit up in

56 ___ Kinte (“Roots” role) 57 Clan-vs.-clan fight 59 Showing little energy 60 “Truth in Engineerin­g” automaker 61 To boot

62 Check endorser

63 Scout’s good work

64 Whacker victim DOWN 1 Like “funny money” 2 Elicit a grin from 3 Oscar ___ (Wienermobi­le company) 4 “Bow-wow” equivalent 5 Handling roughly 6 Facebook approvals 7 Glorifying verses 8 “That works for me” 9 Response to “Do you mind?” 10 Collection of Ovid’s love poems 11 Kanye West, for one 12 Cook-off contestant 13 “Marat/___” (Peter Weiss play) 18 Particle in a smasher 22 Gondolier’s workplace 24 Server of Duff Beer to Homer 25 Canine visitor to the Emerald City 27 Road constructi­on sign

28 Germ for a patent 29 Layer applied by brush

30 Not quite shut 31 Speaker overlookin­g St. Peter’s Square 32 Start-up capital 36 Repair shop figure 37 Flowers in the iris family, briefly 38 Intestinal fortitude

42 Show that spawned the Blues Brothers, informally

44 “No Exit” playwright Jean-Paul 45 Lacking, with “of” 46 Decorated, at a patisserie 48 Vacuum tube type

49 Singer awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth 50 Shake out of slumber 51 Faded to black 52 Choose not to attend 53 Fish in casseroles 54 Scrapbooke­r’s need 57 Word that can precede the first parts of 17-, 36- and

57-Across, and 11- and

32-Down 58 Hardly a whole bunch

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© Andrews McMeel 10/6

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