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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 TV’s “Ozark,” e.g. 6 Comedy club

regulars

9 Dodge

14 Pool service? 16 Bright, loyal breed 17 1998 Academy Honorary Awardwinni­ng director 18 Dried chili pepper 19 Reason to shake 20 Brilliant

22 Sky cat? 23 “Madam Secretary” star 25 Make calls at home, maybe 26 More shrewd 29 Curling spots 31 Bike chain alternativ­e 32 Word from the German for “spirit of the age” 36 Corner piece 37 Guinness orders 38 Woman’s name that sounds like two letters 39 Ride in the sand 41 Drop, as dough 42 Lionsgate premium cable subsidiary 43 Prince Harry’s

dukedom

44 NBA on __ 46 Dry deliveries 49 Game of luck 50 Generated again 51 Little elephant 55 “Hotel du Lac” author Brookner 57 Chaotic situation, in slang 59 Finish, as a tat 60 Posse 61 Putin’s denials 62 “The Partridge Family” actress 63 Nonmusical notes

DOWN

1 Scott in a landmark Supreme Court case

2 Upset

3 1998 hit from the Sarah McLachlan album “Surfacing” 4 Singer’s voice, e.g. 5 Part of AMA, on Reddit 6 Yiddish fortune 7 Bird at a constructi­on site? 8 Asset on the corporate ladder 9 Taking down a peg 10 Word in many German names 11 Some scoops 12 Take up again, in a way 13 Brownie bunch 15 Horrible comic? 21 Hands and feet 24 Cry of dismay 26 Morsel for Miss Muffet 27 Baseball brother 28 Walk out 30 Tallies 32 Didn’t go straight 33 Lang. of Belize 34 Geometry calculatio­n 35 Acronymic term for some local talks

37 Baby food, usually 40 Undeserved charges

41 Bask

43 Took care of 44 “When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade” writer 45 Household helper 47 Modern delivery vehicle 48 Boglike

52 Scott of “Big Little Lies” 53 Danish toy maker 54 Ones at odds 56 Mild rebuke 58 Hurricane component

 ?? By Debbie Ellerin ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ?? 5/8/21
By Debbie Ellerin ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 5/8/21

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