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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Eldest Baldwin brother

5 Sales staffers 9 Fettuccine, e.g.

14 CapitalNWo­f Napoli

15 Suffix with stink

16 Value system

17 *Football score

19 Atlanta campus

20 Bargemover­s

21 “I’d like to help”

23 Island near Bora Bora

26 Soft French cheese

27 Chess pieces and board, e.g.

28 Lennon’s love

29 Palm starch

31 Sausage on a grill

33 We, to Henri

35 Deli counter cry

37 Got to one’s feet

40 Spout, as oil

41 Starts to fly, with “off”

43 Nashville venue

44 Yarn coil

46 Like peanut-butter pie

47 Wall St. events for young companies

48 Monterrey years

50 “God” prefix

52 Brian of rock

53 MLB dugout boss

55 Pouty look

57 Screenwrit­er Nora

59 Smooch that misses everything

61 Movie-rating org.

62 Unarmed, to a cop

63 Night driving need, and what can go with the starts of the answers to starred clues

68 Proverbial waste maker

69 Puzzle guy Rubik

70 Pt de __ gras

71 First name in perfumery

72 Tolled

73 Business envelope abbr.

DOWN

1 The “A” in MoMA

2 Place to go in London?

3 Big Aussie bird

4 Desert landscape features

5 Arcturus, for one

6 Greek Cupid

7 “Batman” sound effect

8 Underwater detector

9 Apple pie prep tools

10 Prefix with sphere

11 *Musical song generating extended applause

12 Velvet-voiced Mel

13 Until now

18 Simple shelters

22 Women’s __

23 Barbecue pair

24 Aime of “8 1/2”

25 *Confinemen­t that might involve an ankle monitor

26 *Right-angled flying toy

30 Mechanical part

32 Yours, to Yvonne

34 Area belowthe knee

36 Computer repair person

38 Maine college town

39 Bagless vacuum pioneer

42 Border collie, say

45 Candidate

49 “Help!”-ful soap pad brand

51 October gem

53 Papier-__

54 Biting desert lizards

56 Aisle escort

58 Israeli seaport

60 Evangeline Lilly’s “Lost” role

61 Public education advocate Ho race

64 Period often named for a president

65 Received

66 Two-bagger, for one

67 Half a score ... or a perfect score

 ?? By Gerry Wildenberg ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ?? 1/5/21
By Gerry Wildenberg ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 1/5/21

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