Washington Examiner

Restoring America

- By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS

1 Play groups 6 South Carolina senator Tim 11 Doofus 14 Skateboard­ing trick 15 Potato for one 16 Signal 17 Interplane­tary soldier, e.g. 19 Psychic’s claim to fame 20 Floor covering 21 Lower, as lights 22 __-garde

24 Tops off the cake 26 Decorative pottery, say

30 Christmas song 32 Zero

33 Blind mice, e.g. 34 Dolt’s remark 36 Kimono adjunct. 38 Sports announcer Eagle 39 Mayor’s abode in New York City. 44 Poker term

45 “Law & Order: ___” 46 Do-it-yourselfer’s aid 47 Result of some bites 49 Mrs. Romney 51 Tennis stroke

55 It’s something in the water

59 Singer James 60 Delivery giant 61 Code word 63 Exclamatio­n of surprise. 64 Mom-and-pop org. 65 Like some TV studios that shoot multiple subjects

69 Place for an acting president? 70 Lawyer Marc 71 Something to do around midday? 72 Cause of a duel, maybe 73 Surgical tube 74 Largest city of Nebraska

DOWN

1 Grand

2 Wool source 3 Christian of Hollywood 4 Personal quirk

5 Bird feeder tidbit 6 Pollen bearer 7 Hardly a show dog 8 Geisha’s band 9 Coffee break hr. 10 Fountain in Rome 11 Plot outline 12 Arnold Schwarzene­gger, for one

13 Elan

18 Rapper’s handful 23 Group of scenes 25 Soft drink 27 Equatorial Guinea’s Mbini, formerly 28 Jessica of “Dark Angel” 29 Bricks measure 31 Director Jean-___ Godard 35 __ Honor

37 Sign

39 Scold

40 Make again from scratch 41 Emergency exodus operation, briefly 42 Bro’s sib

43 “I relate to this so hard” 44 Drink daintily 48 Scammed 50 There’s nothing on him 52 Goddess of wisdom 53 Stiffness

54 “Very funny!” 56 Fast-spreading Internet images 57 Jump for joy 58 Apple on a desk 62 Angelic light

64 Tire letters

66 Be deceitful 67 Process, as leather 68 It’s “the word”

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