CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 First 30-day month
6 Vendors’ spots
11 NFL highlight reel features 14 Sam’s instrument in “Casablanca” 15 Words after “You can’t fire me!” 16 Refuge from a biblical flood 17 Distribution chain’s terminus 19 Brazilian beach cit y, briefly
20 Dog breed with a curly tail
21 Pooh’s feline pal
23 Criminal’s flight
26 Seeker of secrets
27 Most squiggly
28 Nile waders
30 Up-to-date
31 Keep moist, in a way
32 Many pay periods
33 Subj. with a lab, often
36 Site selling handmade goods
37 Drops, as weight
38 On the pinnacle of
39 Wahine’s accessory
40 In position
41 Regional plant life
42 For all to see
44 Like many cakes at banquets
45 Kitchen adjunct, or its furniture
47 Meditative sect of Buddhism
48 Twisty section of a road
49 Producer of annoying pop-ups
50 Starting ingredients in some cake batters
52 “The Matrix” hero
53 Steadfast gaze
58 One in a fenderbender
59 Doing perfectly
60 IHOP supply
61 Rockies grazer
62 Provides, as aid
63 Newsboy’s cr y of yore
DOWN
1 Jungle swinger
2 Grenade part
3 “Awesome!” once
4 Sun worshipper of Peru
5 Quick visual inspection
6 Like the air around Niagara Falls 7 Pastel blue hue 8 Liquor in planter’s punch 9 Neckwear securers 10 Gives maximum effort
11 Chain outlet with a red-and-white logo
12 Hangs on the line 13 Hybrid sports garment
18 Wintry chills
22 Word before mill or rummy
23 Written assault on one’s reputation
24 Lessen in strength
25 Ministry activity
27 In need of hoeing
29 Mud wallow’s place
30 Like a bassoon’s sound
32 Spouting sea creature
34 Seedy centers
35 Tablets featuring Siri
37 Result of a conviction, often
38 Drink at a darts tournament, perhaps
40 Result of a hung jur y
41 Diplomatic skill
43 Roller on a dinner plate
44 Message that may be autocorrected
45 Mambo or moonwalk
46 Shining example
47 Insults with a one-liner
50 Cobble or patch
51 River of Hades
54 Oz woodman’s makeup
55 Calligraphy, e.g.
56 Play in which “robot” was coined 57 Energystar.gov org.
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