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FRONTRUNNERS ACROSS

1 Short haircut 4 Opera star 8 Place to get a

pedicure 13 Opera solo 15 Substance like vinegar or lemon juice 16 Yoga pose 17 Simba or Mufasa 18 Join, like two pieces

of metal 19 Dalai Lama’s

homeland 20 Layer under ski

pants, perhaps 23 “The Doctor” in

Doctor Who, e.g. 24 End-of-Ramadan

holiday 25 Cash-dispensing

machine 28 Official order 30 Web portal with a

butterfly logo 31 Thought 12 Jazz singer ___ 32 Bouquet holders King Cole 34 Where some bras 14 Rage

clasp 21 Like a cobblestone 35 Surface that a road teacher might 22 Triumph write on with Expo 26 Look after markers 27 Welcome ___ (front 39 Classic reaction to door feature)

a pun 29 Body part that

40 Detection system someone might that uses radio Power ___ “lend” waves (emotional song) 30 Flat-topped hills 41 Not difficult 2 Orange-and-black 31 Retirement 42 Room-cooling bird plan letters appliances 3 Like some 33 Snarky (Abbr.) prosthetics 34 Bambi’s home 43 Dry, sandy biome 4 Daybreak 35 Sketch 48 The “O” in IOU 5 Like some summer 36 Reddish flower 49 Place to get coffee orders fruits that can

pampered 6 Really gross be used in tea

50 Screen ___ (idle 7 Spoke to 37 “Woohoo!”

computer’s display) 8 Completely full 38 Not good 51 “Ahh, it’s good to 9 Most populated 39 Prefix for be here!” saying on continent “cache” or some decor 10 Canadian region “thermal” 56 Actor’s comment to that shares a name 42 Gorilla or

the audience with a popular dog bonobo 58 “Voila!” breed 44 43-Across in 59 Similar 11 Single North Africa Answers: Call 1-900-988-8300, 99 cents a minute; or, with a credit card, 1-800-320-4280. © Andrews McMeel

60 Old-timey photo

color

61 Midmonth day 62 Tear

63 High-tech light

beam

64 One of 100 in a

dollar

65 Contributes

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3/18 45 Brought to mind

46 Jog the memory of 47 Fads

49 Pap ___

52 Dog in “Garfield” 53 Slog through a bog 54 Paradise

55 Sunrise direction

56 Visual language used at Gallaudet University

Large body of water