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CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Bruce Venzke

ACROSS

1 “The Beekeeper” singer Tori 5 Barn bundle 9 Woody Allen emotion 14 Place for mascara 15 Eden outcast 16 Cattle catcher 17 Exercise consequenc­e, sometimes 18 Highway heavyweigh­t 19 Stable mothers 20 Group seeking a missing person 23 Ankle pic, perhaps 24 Many a Pulitzer winner 25 With undue haste 27 Theater tix 30 Pleasure trip 32 “That’s disgusting!” 33 Tailwind for an eastbound flight 37 Dieter’s target 39 Forms a froth 40 Award for playwritin­g 41 Aries and Leo, for two 43 Radio spots 44 Paint or photo finish 45 ESPN anchor Storm 48 Jams with the band 51 Manage, somehow 52 Tennis club figure 53 Natural resource transport 59 Vivien who played Scarlett O’Hara 61 California winery city 62 Santa’s suit soiler 63 Fjord or firth 64 Make the first bet 65 Redding with a posthumous No. 1 hit 66 Reasons to bone up 67 Arctic Ocean sight 68 ___ a soul (no one)

DOWN

1 Doleful word 2 Pepper spray brand 3 Dept. of Labor agency 4 Nepali mountainee­r 5 Talks trash about 6 Sure-handed 7 Priest of the East 8 Qatari leader 9 Marching insect 10 Peeples of “Fame” 11 Brooks in the Songwriter­s Hall of Fame 12 Super bargain, slangily 13 “Mmmmmm!” 21 Shelter bed 22 Bridge support 26 Houston ballplayer, informally 27 Tushie 28 Wrinkly hybrid fruit 29 Blacken on a barbecue 30 Acid-washed wear, perhaps 31 Withdrawal sites 33 Does easy laps, say 34 Abba of Israel 35 Verdi premiere of 1871 36 Screen door material 38 Seeks alms 39 Shrek’s love 42 Givestheco­ld shoulder to 45 With fingers crossed 46 Fossey or Goodall focus 47 Mandela of the ANC 48 Go separate ways 49 Hurricane of 2011 50 Workslikea­dog 51 Mulled beverage 54 Grungy sort 55 Bishop of Rome 56 Letter after theta 57 “D.O.A.” movie genre 58 Online crafts marketplac­e 60 Understand, as a joke

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© Andrews McMeel 3/7

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