CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

1 Hospital IV amts. 4 Irrational fear

sufferer’s suffix 9 Texas city 13 Until now 14 Specialized

language 15 Dashing style 16 Expose

wrongdoing 19 Gymnast Korbut 20 Choose by

majority vote 21 Wok cook’s

flavoring 23 Attacked by

surprise 26 Baseball card

stat 27 Day, in Durango 28 MBA hopeful’s

test 29 Take a break 32 Lead singer’s

part 34 “No need to

explain the joke” 36 Is obliged to pay 37 With the breeze at your back, in sailing 41 Creative fields 42 Feathers 43 Hot chocolate

drinks 46 Actor Morales 47 Braz. neighbor 50 Astounded state 51 What it takes to

tango 53 Maple syrup

rating 55 Bank acct.

earnings 56 Peddler’s

merchandise 59 Like “Supergirl,”

ratings-wise 60 Where the driver

sits 64 Decimated Asian

sea 65 Budget prefix 66 Genetics lab

subj. 67 Audacity 68 __ Island 69 Incidentally, in texting ... and a hint to three long puzzle answers

1 RoboCop is one

2 Wine storage

area 3 Inferior cigar 4 Compliment “on

the back” 5 Princely letters 6 S-shaped

molding 7 Soup serving 8 Out-of-use

anesthetic 9 White terrier,

familiarly 10 Ctrl-__-Del: PC

reboot combo 11 “You’re getting

too excited” 12 Like a 45-10

football game 17 Roll of bills 18 Long-range nuke 22 Many pride parade participants 24 Therefore 25 Bucks and does 30 Instructions

component 31 “Superman,” e.g. 33 Superman lover

Lane 34 “In that case ... ” 35 Consequently 37 Lunchbox

alternative

38 And so forth 39 Cyberzine 40 Small dam 41 Berry rich in

antioxidants 44 Whenever you

want to 45 Ugly duckling, as

we learn later 47 “-ly” word,

usually 48 Admonition to a

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49 Act that suppresses free speech 52 What an unruly

courtroom lacks 54 Part of NCAA:

Abbr. 57 Carve in stone 58 Chase off 61 Evil film computer 62 Last in a

sequence 63 “__ is me!”

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: