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Crossword

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1 The Mideast’s City of Jasmine 9 Backup for R&B’s Booker T. 15 Open, oneseated horsedrawn carriage 16 ___ B. Price, creator of the comic strip “Rhymes With Orange” 17 Iconic snacks that re-debuted in 2013 19 Sainted archbishop of Canterbury 20 Darn 21 It may have butterflie­s 22 Tara of the “Sharknado” films 23 Clinched 25 Score mark indicating a passage to be repeated 27 Adobe document suffix 28 Honker 30 Poker action 31 Exquisite gem 32 Knotted 34 Toon who often congratula­tes himself with “You’ve done it again!” 37 Near Eastern inns 38 Duke legend, to fans 39 Phrase said five times by Lady Macbeth soon after “Out, damned spot!” 40 Kellogg’s brand 41 Tennis players Dementieva and Makarova 43 Display of glee 46 World’s largest religious denominati­on 48 Steed noted for its stamina 49 “Personally …” 50 Part of a Connecticu­t trio? 51 Amts. of powder, maybe 53 Unstable 55 Sext symbols 58 The Mona Lisa’s smile, e.g. 59 Coral reef inhabitant 60 Put in another light 61 Typical inventor

Down

1 Note in the B major scale 2 Expiated 3 Cluster of mountains 4 Got in the game, say 5 First name in children’s literature 6 Twist of fate you can’t help but laugh at 7 Paradoxica­l answer to appear among the Downs in a crossword 8 Thanksgivi­ng offering at many restaurant­s 9 Add water to, say 10 Some deer 11 Some deer 12 It’s usually next to a ticket booth 13 O.K.’d 14 Contractio­ns of the heart 18 Shared vow 24 Shoe designer Jimmy 26 Lame (but ecofriendl­y) birthday gift 28 It may accompany an eye roll 29 Dweller between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers 31 Earnings, in slang 33 Turndowns across the Atlantic 34 Artist who drew “Waterfall” and “Hand With Reflecting Sphere” 35 Second-highest-grossing movie of 2016 after “Captain America: Civil War” 36 Attractive 37 Where Macbeth is buried 39 Least likely to ramble 42 Certain Finn 43 Household chore system 44 “And my reaction was …,” in teenspeak 45 Jet launcher 47 Word on an express lane sign 49 What’s your beef? 52 Small scrap 54 Locale of Dostoyevsk­y’s exile 56 ___ Championsh­ip (event since 1916) 57 King, in Portugal

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