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ACROSS 1 In need of mopping 6 Apple app mostly replaced by Messages 11 Clock std. 14 Some plankton 15 Iconic Vivien Leigh role 16 2014 World Cup Final host 17 Bungles 18 Stable moms 19 “What is THAT?” 20 What Darwin did aboard the Beagle? 23 Far from fresh 24 Reduced to crumbs, perhaps 25 London supermarke­t sections? 30 Behaved like a lovestruck heart 31 Lakeside temperatur­e gauge? 32 End 35 Love interest for WALL-E 36 Word that may follow a president’s name 39 Carrier merged with Delta since 2010 41 Game with Reverse cards 42 ’50s sitcom name 44 Something to wrestle with 46 Figure out 48 Tie shoes profession­ally? 52 Walking aid 54 Distribute­d 55 Lacking a critical watch-making supply? 60 Hitter’s stat 61 Sometimes plucked instrument 62 Dorothy, to Em 64 Common base 65 Impulses 66 Showman’s talent 67 Braz. neighbor 68 Flirt 69 “Voting Rights Trail” terminus

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1 Sink 2 Slam (into) 3 Movie lab helper 4 Battle of New Orleans pirate 5 Short Golf drive? 6 Insect with eyespots on its wings 7 Be irritated by 8 Plucked instrument 9 Region 10 Academic hanger 11 “Nice work!” 12 Onslaught 13 Symbolic yet insubstant­ial 21 München cubes 22 RSVP holders 25 Word after well or ill 26 Techno club event 27 Winter recreation 28 Solar wind particle 29 Use a needle 33 R.E.M.’s “The __ Love” 34 Cargo pickup site 37 Ubiquitous rodent 38 Warning sound, perhaps 40 Southwest routes 43 Recon target 45 Interchang­eable components 47 Mean 49 Lumber remnant, in Liverpool 50 Ascended again 51 “Blast it!” 52 Wavering word 53 Potato or yam 56 “Try this” 57 Contempora­ry of Nadia 58 Computer giant 59 In retrospect, it may have sounded too good to be true 63 SFO posting

 ??  ?? ©2018 Tribune Content Agency 3/9/18 By Alex Bajcz
©2018 Tribune Content Agency 3/9/18 By Alex Bajcz

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