The Central Wire

ALMOST TWINS

- By Barbara Olson © ClassiCana­dian Crosswords

ACROSS

1 Some “Monopoly” cards

6 Most work week enders: Abbr.

10 Taken a dip

14 White house in the Arctic

15 When Ash Wednesday begins

16 “Rule Brittania” composer

17 Big-mouthed wuss?: 2 wds.

19 Nervous twitches

20 B-F connection

21 Chaplin of “Game of Thrones”

22 “We Got the Beat” band, with “The”

23 Ditty promoting the rainforest?: 2 wds.

26 A little, on sheet music

29 Man, in Mazatlán

30 Young chap

31 “Gone With the Wind” accents

34 Milkshake alternativ­e

36 With 38-Across, is a man stalker?

38 See 36-Across

41 Parisian high schools

43 Sting operations, e.g.

44 Barenaked Ladies’ label

46 Go-___ (kiddie wheels)

48 “Look ___ when I’m talking to you”: 2 wds.

49 Resentful baseball player?: 2 wds

53 Make ___ ditch effort: 2 wds.

54 Bear young, as sheep 55 ___-fi (movie genre)

58 “Zippo”

59 Fools fools?: 2 wds.

62 Tree protrusion

63 Cowboy boot jangler

64 Headline-making virus, 2014

65 Beans in miso paste

66 Thanksgivi­ng months: Abbr.

67 Airheaded

DOWN

1 D drive insert

2 “Zounds!”

3 “You better, or ___!”

4 ___ and don’ts (list of tips)

5 “Just ___ know, ...”

6 Frivolous romances

7 Most Value Village transactio­ns

8 Corporate string-pullers

9 Neat freak’s nightmare

10 Was a member of, as a board: 2 wds.

11 Squirm free (of): 2 wds.

12 7 Up’s answer to Coke, with “the”

13 Made disorderly

18 Delivery boy?

22 Cousin of a corset

23 Like Diefenbake­r’s face, in a cartoon

24 Adequate, in texts

25 Canadian curling champ Jennifer ___

26 Adobe Acrobat file

27 Au, to a Spanish chemist

28 Wrap up for now: 4 wds.

32 Hinged necklace dangler

33 Create work for a broadcast bleeper

35 Union or communion site

37 Sarajevo citizen

39 Typist’s résumé stat

40 180° from NNW

42 “Don’t even think about moving!”: 2 wds.

44 Online loan sources

45 Italian fashion hub, to locals

47 Cattle men?

50 Winter Palace residents, once

51 Classroom aides, for short

52 Kiboshed

55 Apt Dalmatian name

56 Cartoon frames

57 “What can ___?” (modest rejoinder): 2 wds.

59 Esteemed military honour: Abbr.

60 Modern price tag, in brief

61 Kimono closer

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