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tool 29 Charle s who created murals for Harlem Hospital and the American Museum of Natural History 32 St art of many a romantic comedy 34 19 22 Kafka short story 35 Hemat ologist’s measure 36 Pioneer in New Journalism in the 1960s’70s 37 A uthor who shares his name with a German state 38 F ire away 39 P et name meaning “faithful” 40 Michael Moore offering, for short 43 Sea ___ 47 Pa rt of a hit 1940s’50s film trio 50 Has dreams 52 C ompletely surpass 53 It doesn’t have much to say 54 Armful for Moses 55 Slide presentations? 56 Hedg e fund employee Down 1 S anta ___ 2 The y might

be ill 3 F eature of CNN or Fox News 4 Hindu goddess often portrayed with her husband Shiva 5 Work on a lead, maybe 6 Pa rt of a square 7 That there 8 F and G, but not H 9 Wi fe in Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections” 10 Me ander 11 It adds stress: Abbr. 12 “Glass half empty” sort 13 E mily Dickinson’s “Ended, ___ it begun” 14 W riter Sedaris 20 Lik e motel walls, it often seems 23 Ho st 25 R efuses to 26 Gr ade sch. class 27 Ladder ’s counterpart 28 T rack things 29 Spr ayer 30 “___ pray” 31 A uthor of the “Mostly Ghostly” book series 32 A ttribute as the cause of 33 Spr ayed, in a way 34 St art of a Hamlet monologue 35 Child support, for short? 39 Sp arring partners? 40 D ull-witted 41 Boots 42 Pe ak 44 R eady 45 Z odiac symbol 46 O ne sitting on a celestial throne 48 Go ya’s “Duchess of ___” 49 Grind down 50 L egal org. 51 Kind of card 52 Itiner ary abbr.