DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Big drink of water 5 Choice 9 Pesky crawler 14 Like most eggs 15 Making people wait, maybe 16 Wolf pack leader 17 Self-named 2000s sitcom set in Texas 18 Somewhat 19 Landlocked Asian country 20 Good-looking 23 Awesome, in slang 24 Chinese toy 25 Works a wedding 27 Prince in a can? 30 Classic film involving a split personality 32 Chow __ 33 Wind heard in Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” 35 “The Metamorphosis” author 38 Bag or ball lead-in 39 Vegas loser, often 41 Early 11th-century year 42 Couldn’t say no 44 Help to withdraw 45 Many a gospel song 46 Run-scoring out 48 Lao-tzu follower 50 “Peer Gynt Suite” dancer 52 Put on 53 Rainbow mnemonic surname 54 Payback phrase altered to provide a hint to solving four other puzzle answers 60 Jennyanydots’ creator 62 Farm house 63 “The Favourite” actress Stone 64 The “A” in CDA, to an Idahoan 65 Automaker Ferrari 66 Verbal quirks, like “y’know” 67 Coolidge’s VP 68 Texter’s sign-off 69 “Right now!”
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1 2000 presidential runner-up 2 Pigmented eye layer 3 Some yellow dogs 4 New parent’s purchase 5 Mr. Krabs’ nemesis 6 Dunkin’ Donuts offering 7 U.S. territory until 1896 8 Ancient Persian 9 Pillages 10 Cry after un gol 11 Affectionate idiom that originally referred to a pupil 12 Committee leader 13 Stops 21 Above, to a bard 22 Like some stares 26 Lil Wayne’s “__ Carter III” 27 Asian nurse 28 Princess from Alderaan 29 Perch perspective 30 Stir 31 “I __ red door and I want it painted black”: Stones 34 Cry buckets 36 Basinger and Cattrall 37 “If it __ broke ... ” 39 Ancient dialogues subject 40 Worldwide anticrime group 43 Ankle pic 45 Charlotte NBA team 47 Autograph seeker 49 Duracell size 50 Draw __ on: aim at 51 Wafer brand 52 Light-headed 55 Very cool rapper? 56 Type of type 57 Radiate 58 Disco hit with arm motions 59 Towards sunrise 61 Phone button with no letters