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Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

1 Picture with a

surprise ending? 10 Cheaply, with

“for” 15 Land across the Baltic from Sweden 16 Organ __ 17 Burden to bear 18 Lead-in for here

or nowhere 19 Much data: Abbr. 20 River of Tuscany 21 Oliver Twist, for

one 22 Architectural

molding 23 Cut twice,

perhaps 24 Clear of snow 27 The King’s

middle name 28 McBride of “Draft

Day” 29 Metz meal 30 __ vote 31 Wi-Fi relative 32 Eisner’s successor at Disney 33 Org. formed in

Manila in 1954 34 Pulitzer poet Van

Duyn 35 With 22-Down, immortal 20thcentury racer 36 British county 37 Spherical

bacteria 38 Racing Unsers 39 Make sound 40 Quenched 41 Downwind current 43 Improvisational

style 44 Aspects 45 Sainted pope

called “the Great” 46 Masterpiece 49 Heron relative 50 Product announced but never produced or canceled 52 Coeur d’__ 53 Crash and burn 54 Treat again, as

leather 55 Relax

1 Work on one’s vacation, say

2 Hawaii’s __ Bay 3 Places with indoor windows, briefly 4 Rap article 5 Storm problems 6 Kept out 7 Two __: fastbreak advantage 8 Protein-rich

paste 9 Humanities degs. 10 Like most

grandparents 11 Stock options? 12 Facing a

deadline 13 “In your dreams!” 14 Federal subsidy 21 College town about 100 miles NE of Portland 22 See 35-Across 23 Hackneyed 24 1993 William Diehl thriller on which a 1996 film was based 25 Formidable court

figure 26 Nevada’s Area

51, notably 27 Agatha or Edgar 30 The Pont Neuf

spans it

33 Molts 34 Defense that may

be all wet 36 Gaga 37 “Does she ... or doesn’t she?” brand 40 Part of a fictional dog name inspired by Sinatra’s “Strangers in the Night” xwordeditor@aol.com

42 R&B singer __

Marie 43 Dividing walls 45 Café supply 46 León relative 47 Piccadilly Circus

statue 48 Hand raiser’s

attention-getter 50 Beta rival 51 Org. that complements the IMF

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