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ACROSS

1 Toon frames 5 Honking birds 10 U.S. state that hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics 14 Declare openly 15 Comparable to a beet 16 Prefix with physics 17 Like collectibl­e coins 18 Coen Brothers’ “Best Original” Oscar-winning output for “Fargo” 20 Roll with the punches 22 Egypt’s Mubarak 23 Before, to a bard 24 Weather warning on your cellphone, e.g. 26 Lukewarm 28 Detroit labor gp. 29 Amtrak express 31 Add, as to a list 35 To’s counterpar­t 36 “__ girl!”: encouragin­g words 39 Informal name for the classic painting “Arrangemen­t in Grey and Black No. 1” 42 Ships’ records 43 Yalie 44 Like favorite car radio stations 45 Ibsen’s “__ Gabler” 47 Actor Stephen 48 Siri counterpar­t 50 Sleight-of-hand swindle 56 Green expanse 57 Greek i’s 59 Shipwreck site 60 Say “See you mañana,” e.g . ... and a hint to each set of circles 63 Rice-like pasta 64 Small bills 65 Freeze over 66 Resign, with “down” 67 Senator’s helper 68 Mississipp­i quartet 69 Stun with a zapper

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1 Diamond weight 2 Sidestep 3 “I speak for the trees” Seuss character 4 Won every game 5 Fuel from a pump 6 Abstain from 7 There’s one in “beleive” 8 Reel from a bang on the head 9 Biblical garden 10 Strike caller 11 Mind readers 12 Gaming brand since 1972 13 Cut and collected in bales 19 After-dark period, in ads 21 Tease 25 Served, as soup 27 Delight to the max 30 Force, as to do something 31 Boring tool 32 Vietnamese soup 33 Stubborn in a porcine way 34 Southeast England county 35 Thu. follower 37 Golf driving aid 38 Part of MoMA 40 Stretchy things 41 Grad school grillings 46 Speaker’s stand 47 Save 48 Big name in foil 49 “Madam Secretary” star Téa 51 Despises 52 Halloween sheet wearer 53 Big blood vessel 54 Lab rats’ challenges 55 Say “I do” without the ado 58 Bruise, to a tot 61 Opposite of WNW 62 Some PCs

 ?? By Catherine Cetta ©2022 Tribune Content Agency ?? 1/17/22
By Catherine Cetta ©2022 Tribune Content Agency 1/17/22

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