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ACROSS

1 Handle the roasting

10 Large amounts 15 Words of

exasperati­on 16 Likemost residents of Nunavut 17 Ironic lead-in to stating the obvious 18 Slowly consume 19 Org. created in

2001 20 Requestwhi­le

extending a glass 22 Light-footed 24 Disney princess voiced by Kristen Bell

25 Genre in a battle,

perhaps 26 Pandemoniu­m 28 Flakes in boxes 30 Territory from1861

to 1889 32 Branches

33 Dove headfirst,

maybe 34 Surreptiti­ous sip

source

36 __ hammer 40 “QuoVadis”

directorMe­rvyn __ 42 Area of influence 44 Almamater of about half the SupremeCou­rt 47 Onthe level 48 Long beginning? 49 Measures of

current events? 51 Nepali wrap 52 Briskly depart 55 Hogwash

58 Nets 59 Lecturer’s“My

bad”

61 “Skyfall” singer 62 “Dang!” 63 Oneswho rarely

skip class 64 Obvious

DOWN

1 Add some contrast

to

2 High pair

3 Jet Skimaker

4 Two for dinner? 5 Before digging deeper

6 Kids’ sandwich ingredient 7 Like zeroes 8 “DieYoung” singer 9 Increases in desirabili­ty 10 Illustrati­ons without shades and hues 11 Heavyweigh­t 12 Highlights? 13 Really bad

14 Soaks

21 Tee choices

23 Toy with curly hair 26 Mediawith narrow

tracks

27 Movie villain that

reads lips 29 “Relativity” artist 31 Slopeside sight 32 “... tonameone” 35 Ad come-on 37 “Cool Hand Luke”

restraints

38 Chase Field team,

on scoreboard­s 39 __ paint

41 Goes by

43 Doesn’t do

seriously 44 Boss-pleasing guy 45 “The Suburbs” Grammy-winning indie rock band __ Fire

46 Secret source 50 American __ 51 Showing ‘tude 53 Merge

54 Standings column 56 Arkansan’s

neighbor

57 Nice place for a

cap?

60 Behind

 ?? By Evan Kalish ©2020 Tribune Content Agency ?? 10/3/20
By Evan Kalish ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 10/3/20

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