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ACROSS

1 Spec. for tires 4 Alphabetic­al lunch

7 Show stoppers 10 PC component 13 Close to a delivery 15 Searches, like a pig

does for truffles 17 Attending

18 Starts up again 19 *Failed-delivery

words

21 Perfect spot 22 Lease alternativ­e 23 Bond, say

26 Home of Triple-A

baseball’s Rainiers 32 Order to leave 35 Eyeroll inducer,

perhaps, briefly 36 Not seen as much 37 *Arrives back at

square one 41 Worship

42 Dubai’s fed. 43 Informatio­n 44 Diddles (around) 46 __ opposite 48 Granola bit

50 Folk tail? 53 *Bamboozled

... and what the circled letters, when connected in the proper sequence, can be? 60 Incredulou­s response to an unexpected revelation

61 Oxford campus 63 Blow off some

steam, maybe? 64 Many a door

opening

65 Neruda wrote one

to “things” 66 Many a golfer’s aim 67 Naval initials 68 46-yr.-old satire

DOWN

1 Wilbur of “Charlotte’s Web,” e.g.

2 It might keep you

up

3 “Fine, you got me” 4 Many air rifles 5 Trilogy with

hobbits: Abbr. 6 1982 sci-fi film set

in a computer 7 Common

keyboard symbol 8 “It __ add up”

9 Iced tea brand named for a Florida neighborho­od 10 Lump

11 Best on drums 12 Cold War initials 14 Predators named

for their prey 16 Overwhelmi­ng homework amount

20 Equal, as a sum 24 Beach lotion meas.

25 School URL

ending

27 NFL’s Cardinals,

on scoreboard­s 28 Bridge locales 29 Penguin predator 30 Tuna __ 31 Geometry figure 32 Bit of trickery 33 JavaScript lines,

say

34 “Famous” cookie

guy

38 “Get the picture?” 39 Asian language 40 Road Runner

frame 45 Beethoven’s

“Waldstein,” e.g. 47 Where to see strikes but not strikeouts 49 Subsequent­ly 51 Stirs up

52 One of three companies in the Seiko Group 53 This clue has on 54 Rain protection 55 “No shirt, no shoes, no service,” e.g.

56 Symbol of wisdom 57 Demolish 58 Amazon Fire TV

Stick alternativ­e 59 Brew choices 62 MLB’s Cardinals,

on scoreboard­s

 ?? ?? By Alexander Liebeskind and Jeff Chen ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 10/22/21
By Alexander Liebeskind and Jeff Chen ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 10/22/21

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