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MAKE ENDS MEET
ACROSS
1 Backtalk
5 Request from a dentist 9 ___ and seek 13 Detangling target 14 Backpedaling phrase
16 Object of worship 17 Digging 18 Reluctant 19 Breathing organ for a fish
20 Doormat saying
23 Carne ___
25 Painter Amos
26 “Aw, darn!”
27 Email address
character
28 Anti-smoking ad,
e.g.
31 Shaadi garment
33 Pancake made with fermented batter
35 Prefix meaning
“three”
37 Male cats 39 Cyndi Lauper hit 43 HR rep on “The
Office”
44 ___ Lanka 45 ___ Scotia
47 Goes bad 49 Firewood splitter 51 First-aid ___
52 Flying saucer, e.g.
55 Some brownie mix-ins 57 Singer with albums named for her age
59 “Deal with it”
63 Language of
Ghalib’s poetry
64 Historical period
65 Word after
“banner” or “gap”
68 Like extra-sharp
cheddar
69 Piece of sitting
furniture
70 Bronte protagonist
Jane
71 Mythology 72 Common pet fish name since 2003 73 Clarinet insert
DOWN
1 One of a crosscountry pair 2 “The Street” author Petry 3 “I guess we’re done here?” 4 Lasted 5 Bottom part of a shoe 6 They’re in the + column 7 Totally stunned 8 Sacred symbols 9 Hottest temperature of the day 10 “In a pickle,” e.g. 11 Stuffed vegetable dish 12 Journalist Nakashima 15 Famous trans allegory in film 21 Treasure hunt aid 22 Deck and cups with swords 23 Opposite of subtract 24 Chimney particles 29 “Keep listening!” 30 Sound from a corgi 32 “Sign me up!” 34 “Mi ___” (“my love”) 36 “___ been a pleasure!” 38 Dramatic look 40 Magazine with a Power 100 list 41 Historical period 42 Descriptor for geniuses or grins 46 Broke a fast 48 Drop by 50 Lobe’s place 52 Regular 53 Pass up 54 Sequence 56 Kitchen appliance under a hood 58 Washer’s partner 60 Impolite
61 Get-rich-quick scheme, almost always
62 Phrase after a
gulp, maybe
66 “___ You Happy Now?” (Michelle Branch song)
67 Colorful Taylor
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