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CROSSWORD

IT’S SHOE TIME!

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Locker room emanation 5 Wilson of “Starsky and Hutch”

9 Head for a treehouse 14 Cher or Beyonce, e.g.

15 Batting practice structure

16 Make good on

17 Liquid-Plumr target

19 Leave slack-jawed

20 Ticket scalpers’ hopes

21 Some battery terminals

22 Initials at

20-Across

23 Be the first act

24 “Let’s talk” note

28 Tom, Dick or Harry

30 Military buffs’ interests

34 “You just missed!”

36 Sales slip figure

37 Corpulent “South Park” kid

38 Slow-pitch pitches

39 Protective atmospheri­c layer 41 The Flintstone­s’ pet

42 Monthly Oil Market Report issuer

43 7 or 10, in a 7-10 split

44 Superlativ­ely wise

46 Great Fire of Rome emperor

47 Coffeehous­e recitation

49 Monica with a racket

50 Brownish songbird

52 Patronize a deli

54 Pointed a finger at

57 Movie studio events

62 Toyota’s upscale line

63 Setting of a Bret Harte tale

64 Like a curious dog’s head

65 In charge of

66 Parks who sparked a boycott

67 Coils in sheds

68 Prell competitor

69 Comply with

DOWN

1 Tip sheet figures

2 Potentiall­y ruinous

3 Skating rink shape

4 Racetrack barrier

5 Crop up

6 Sam of Sam’s Club

7 Traits of many

14-Acrosses 8 Blood-typing word (Abbr.)

9 Heavy lifter

10 Iced tea garnish

11 Device for an Apple Pencil 12 Puzzle on a place mat, perhaps 13 Off weeks, in football 18 They sense scents 21 Pyramids’ high points

23 Strait of Hormuz land

24 Place for a perm

25 Run off to the J.P.

26 Bonfire glower

27 Vodka/ginger beer drink

29 Do penance

31 Aquatic Disney princess

32 Car wash cycle

33 Edinburgh natives

35 Added whipped cream to, say

40 Israel, biblically

45 Fall bloom

48 Not as assertive

51 Takes time off

53 On one’s guard

54 Lacking pizzazz

55 Jared of “Suicide Squad”

56 Rod in a globe

57 Yield to wanderlust

58 Many a Woodstock hairdo

59 Neatnik’s opposite

60 Effortless manner

61 Hang around

63 Michael Jackson’s “kingdom”

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