CLOSER CA$H CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Out of town 4 Meat treatments 8 Saguaro, for one 14 Truck compartment 15 Stops by for a chat 17 Geometry surfaces 19 Money box 21 Copper or silver 22 Salad veggie 23 Thieve 25 Serving plate 27 Stitch up 28 Part of the heart 31 Congressional helper 33 Supped 35 Vancouver native 38 After nit, half or dim 39 Bash into 40 Natural resource 41 “You betcha!” 42 Tartness 44 House plant 45 Authentic 47 Evil being 49 Schuss 50 Facts and figures 51 Trig functions 53 Deep in thought 57 Internet ending 59 Salamanders 61 Gen. Robert ___ 62 Bargain offering 65 All tucked in 67 Do away with 69 What’s more 70 Truss up 71 From ___ Z 72 Doctor’s clients 74 Public hanging 75 Current events 77 La Bohème is one 78 Game for recess 80 Folktales 82 Have faith in 86 Took a moment 89 Go fast, slangily 92 Gush forth 93 Harvesting tool 94 Deserved 95 Asian language 96 Untidy conditions 97 Changed the color 98 City in Germany
DOWN
1 Bible book 2 “Hold it!” 3 Ready and willing’s partner 4 Tire holder 5 Put into service 6 “Once ___, twice shy” 7 Asterisk 9 Liable to 10 Spot for shoes 11 Hardly racy 12 Clueless 13 Movie location 16 Smack in the face 18 Somber and serious 20 Volcanic flow 24 Meryl Streep hit The Iron ___ 26 Sleepy response 29 Fibbed 30 Flower holders 32 Musical jobs 34 Paving goo 35 Heavy string 36 District 37 Whiskey, straight up 42 Got in shape 43 Over again 44 Artillery command 46 Shoestring 48 Coal hole 52 Subway handhold 54 Actor Cumming 55 Shut in 56 Kennedy and Koppel 58 Partner for life 60 Location 62 Philatelist’s collection 63 Televise 64 Boston bibb, for one 66 Play tenpins 68 Tabloid fodder 71 Heavenly messengers 72 Bookstore section 73 Corn units 76 A few 79 Queries 81 Thoroughfare 83 Until now 84 The Wind and the Lion star Connery 85 Mattress size 87 Draw a bead on 88 Welsh river 90 Single unit 91 Apple color