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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Play for time 6 Soup aisle array 10 Murdermyst­ery

staple 14 Apexpredat­ors of

the sea

15 “I __ my wit’s end!” 16 Sacred Nile bird 17 Many aMumbai

resident 18 Triangle ratio 19 Hand over 20 Doas told 21 Comfy clothing 23 Dogwalker’s need 25 “Little ol’me?” 26 Supernatur­al 29 Appetizer platter

items

33 Fowl fencing

material

36 Morse “T”

37 Gas container 38 Abu Dhabi’s fed. 39 Nativity scene

threesome 40 RedCross offering 41 Forecast that calls for a scarf and gloves 45 Plasterboa­rd 47 Separate by type 48 LAX: Los Angeles

:: __ : Chicago 49 Like extreme

41-Across 51

Circle with primary and secondary hues 55 Variety show

lineup

59 Apple gadget with

playlists 60 Sinuous swimmers 61 Letter-shaped

opening 62 Column before

ones

63 Pudding starch 64 Prefix forRome’s

country

65 Jittery 66 Spiderweb, e.g. 67 Grand Ole Opry genre, briefly, that’s also a hint to 21-, 33-, 41- and 51-Across

DOWN

1 Artsy Manhattan area 2 Chicago daily, for short 3 Proactiv+ target 4 Female symbol of good fortune 5 The SEC’s Tigers 6 Acapulco abodes 7 Pennsylvan­ia sect 8 Half aMork-toOrson farewell 9 Soft-shell clam 10 Kingpin 11 NYCdrama award 12 Female opera star 13 Belgian river 21 Blanchett of

“Ocean’s 8” 22 Theater tier 24 Deer in a lodge

logo

26 Set of eight 27 Committee head 28 Williams of “Laverne& Shirley”

29 Beach house

selling point 30 Boise’s state

31 All fired up

32 T-__: 21-Across item 34 Void partner 35 Fistful of dollars 39 Calif. Cascades

peak

41 Author Caleb 42 OKCorral setting 43 British noble 44 Donkey

46 Like a forest 49 Hgar’s comics wife 50 Writer of tales with

talking animals 51 Namein a footnote 52 Pagewith opinions 53 Time-consuming 54 Catch wind of 56 Tartan-sporting

family

57 Broke thenews to 58 Store securely 61 Personal quirk

 ?? By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ??
By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2021 Tribune Content Agency

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