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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Playfully shy 4 Cooled with cubes 8 Shrubs arranged as barriers

14 Anger

15 It has three numbers and two slashes

16 Staves off 17 *Afternoon social thatmay include a waltz or three 19 Stay close to 20 Start of a pirate’s

refrain

21 Matching tops

worn together 23 Phobos, toMars 25 Cry after a golfer’s

ace

26 “Even __ speak ... ” 29 Goldarn

31 [None of the

above] 34 NewMexico art

community

35 Wall St. takeover 36 Tom, Dick or

Harry

37 U.K. continent 38 *Brewery

container

40 Arg. neighbor 41 Hopping joints? 43 Elton John’s title 44 Chinesemen­u

possessive

45 Used a stun gun on 46 Jared of “Panic

Room”

47 Russo of

“Ransom” 48 Panache

50 “Giant” author

Ferber

52 “The Piano Lesson” painter Henri

54 Depends (on) 58 SummerTVfa­re 59 Like theU.S. political system, and a hint to the answers to starred clues

61 Hush-hush

62 Deep sleep

63 B&B, maybe 64 1896 and 2004

Olympics setting 65 Commandto a dog 66 Anatomical pouch

DOWN

1 Part of SLC 2 Sundae-topping cookie

3 “All right!” 4 “Famous Potatoes” state 5 Does some necking 6 “Yada, yada, yada” letters

7 Tick repellent 8 Hard thing to kick 9 Vespers 10 Population statistic 11 *Growing

business?

12 Coup d’__

13 Ukr. or Est., once 18 Stadium toppers 22 Barrister’s topper 24 Local theater,

briefly

26 Bothered big-time 27 Hot spot 28 *Monster.com

activity

30 Swedes’ neighbors 32 Noted 2001

bankruptcy 33 Word in a green

trio?

36 British landing

facility

38 Sheets and

pillowcase­s

39 Sky box? 42 Professor’s

address

44 Singing syllables 46 Capt.’s underlings 49 Helpers: Abbr. 51 Sherpa’s country 52 Convene

53 Carve in stone 55 Colored eye part 56 Italian peak 57 Match audio and

video

58 Mandela’s land:

Abbr.

60 Tales of __:

misfortune­s

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