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ACROSS
1 Radisson rival
7 Title role for Bryan Cranston in a 2015 biopic
13 Neologism coined by Cole Porter 15 Sea that Homer called “wine-dark” 16 Song whose opening lyric translates to “What a beautiful thing is a sunny day”
17 Missionaries’ targets
18 Scratch
19 River bisecting Orsk
21 Squad cmdr.
22 White notes in Monopoly
23 Golf cart foursome
25 1962 Organization of American States expellee 26 Necromancers
27 Crown cover
28 Part of an armada 31 Instructions on where to go? 32 World’s oldest currency still in use 33 Total
34 Grate catches?
35 Early automotive pioneer 36 Scoopers for taramasalata 37 Musical group with “energy domes” 41 End of a cause?
42 ___ soup
43 Pole topper
45 LeBron James, by birth 47 Restless sort
49 “She understands her business better than we do,” per Montaigne 50 Agricultural outfit
51 Banded metamorphic rock 52 Lively wit
DOWN
1 Substance used in Egyptian mummification
2 Unaided
3 Earthworm trappers
4 Contend
5 Things mailed without a label?
6 Who said “I’m so mean I make medicine sick”
7 Cantina offerings
8 De facto
9 ___ boots
10 Ruler’s role
11 Reports of gunfire? 12 Performing for an audience 13 Dummkopf
14 Emancipation proclamation 20 Lay-by : England :: ___ : America 24 “No need to trouble yourself”
25 Firth of “The King’s Speech”
26 Make a hash of
27 France’s patron saint 28 Conversation piece?
29 Follows the game?
30 They meet at a summit 31 Surname of TV’s “Hot Lips” 32 Extend
36 Seven ___ (Civil War battle site) 37 Shut out
38 Things that take guts? 39 Cathedral feature 40 Withdraws, with “out” 42 Opportunity’s on it
44 Gefilte fish option
46 Word of agreement that sounds like a pronoun
48 Road map abbr.