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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Playground game 4 Theatrical backdrops 10 Academic pds. 14 4-Down may be added to it 15 Tour 16 Prose-fixing job 17 Expert 18 Settlement for prisoners 20 Iberian river 22 Countless years 23 One with cinco dedos

24 Place to display tchotchkes

29 Die down, as a storm

30 Type

31 “What was __ think?” 32 High-level H.S. classes 34 Prefix with cycle 35 Linseed oil source 36 She voices Elsa in “Frozen” films 39 PC connection­s 41 Little rascal 42 “MASH” milieu: Abbr. 43 Slippery swimmer 44 Pre-1868 Tokyo 45 Like Stout’s Nero Wolfe 49 Approximat­ely 247 acres

54 Govt. agency with an Informed Delivery service 55 Cry from a crib 56 Distant relative of the emu 57 Pocket money ... and what’s in the puzzle’s circles? 61 Supergirl’s symbol 62 Wheel cover 63 “That’s unnecessar­y” 64 GPS indication 65 Soap since 1965, familiarly

66 Like plans yet to be finalized 67 Grass in a roll

DOWN

1 Capital east of Denver

2 Site with many home pages? 3 Name spelled out in a Van Morrison song

4 “The Racer’s Edge”

5 Golf course hazard 6 Used as fuel 7 Donald Jr.’s mom 8 Many-voiced Blanc 9 Capital WNW of Denver

10 Psalm instructio­n 11 Three-time “Modern Family” Emmy nominee

12 Company that merged with Konica 13 Oinker’s digs 19 Siberian city 21 Eightsomes 25 French military cap

26 French film 27 “Hogan’s Heroes” colonel

28 Sly critter 33 Derogatory 34 Decision maker at home 35 “Show Boat” author 36 Apparent 37 Wild way to run 38 New way for many to meet

39 __ Moines 40 Giant redwood 44 Scots Gaelic 46 Old anesthetic­s 47 Makes sure of 48 Took off the board 50 Altar areas 51 Start of a demand 52 Bowling sites 53 “Well, shucks!” 57 Bygone Ford 58 Current events TV channel 59 “Woo-__!” 60 Savannah summer hrs.

 ?? By Fred Ohles ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ??
By Fred Ohles ©2021 Tribune Content Agency

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