Crossword

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1 Press (down), as

pipe bowl ash 5 Life-saving proc. 8 Collect $200 in

Monopoly 14 Top poker pair 15 Feel remorse for 16 Brewpub fixture 17 *Palestine, to

many 19 Soccer game

shout 20 St. plagued by

wildfires in 2017 21 Leaves out 23 Colorado resort 24 Other side in a

fight 26 Monterey County

seat 28 *Slam-dance

area 30 Spontaneous

notion 33 Classic Ford 36 One of eight Eng.

kings 37 Cola, e.g. 38 Actress Longoria 39 Vienna’s country:

Abbr. 41 Gobble up 43 Do sales work

(for) 44 Baseball glove 46 Baseball throw 48 Multi-room

accommodations 50 Praiseful verses 51 *What “blows no

good” 53 More geeky 55 V-shaped carving 59 Happy

expression 61 “Six __

a-laying ... ” 63 Yokohama yes 64 Descartes’

“I think” 66 “Spring forward” partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have 68 From boat to

beach 69 Island strings 70 Pre-deal wager 71 Poker player, e.g. 72 ’60s hallucinogen 73 Enjoys 23-Across

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1 Nevada border

lake 2 Bit of a squirrel’s

stash 3 Messy fight 4 Future therapist’s

maj. 5 Study at the last

minute 6 Say “You’re

grounded” to, say 7 Administrative

complications 8 Kung __ chicken 9 Edgar __ Poe 10 Up-and-down playground fixtures 11 *Jam on the

brakes 12 More than a

breeze 13 Ready for

customers 18 Common Jesuit

school name 22 Playground fixture 25 Sra., on the Seine 27 Formal “My bad” 29 Dumb 31 Camille’s concept 32 Route providers 33 Note to the staff 34 Exiled Roman

poet 35 *Regular dinnerand-a-movie evening 40 Former MLB commissioner Bud 42 Way under a

river 45 “Cats” poet 47 Full of joy 49 About-to-be

spouse’s words 52 Inflicts, as

havoc xwordeditor@aol.com 54 Nostalgically

trendy 56 Say “Much

obliged” to 57 Desert plants 58 Walks with

backpacks 59 Picket line violator 60 Jazzman Allison 62 Word with bob or

dog 65 Poetic “above” 67 Eng. majors’

degrees