DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 Destroy 7 Editor of “The Hugo Winners” anthology series 13 Bee sting treatment, perhaps 14 Ricotta-stuffed pastry 15 Big game places 16 Decor style associated with hobo bags 17 Soft drink size 18 Cousin of org 19 Tropical fruit tree 20 Home of Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Cans,” briefly 21 “Hot House” Grammy-winning pianist 23 Driver of a converted bus, maybe 24 Eastern honorific 25 Mercury’s had wings 27 Floundering sounds 28 Code of concern to users 31 Gothic fiction outgrowth 33 Beverage rebranded to include “Zero Sugar” in its name in 2020 35 President whose nickname originated in childhood 38 Open-bodied truck 39 Barbecue flavoring 41 Beer flavoring 43 Whitewater principal 44 Catnap 45 En este momento 47 “Who am __ judge?” 48 Pie not served for dessert 49 Java serving 51 Winter airs 52 Obsolescent club usually replaced by a fairway wood 53 Member of a noted octet 54 Serviceman? 55 Break
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1 Kingdoms 2 Valid independent of experience 3 Former Asian communist coalition 4 Sleep woe 5 Paraphernalia 6 Northern frontiers? 7 “Finally I can relax!” 8 Neck, in Newcastle 9 Provoke 10 Northwestern Arizona county 11 “Last Week Tonight” host John 12 Parish priests 14 “Bring it on, dude!” 16 Locale with special regard for customs? 18 Implicit meaning 21 Library array 22 Done 25 Character-building aid? 26 Bookmarked, in effect 29 “Dracula” (1931) director Browning 30 Carry the day 32 Multicountry union using the same currency 34 Daily newspaper entertainment 35 Friday revelation? 36 Islands bigwig 37 Romeo or Juliet, marriage-wise 40 Rhinos and hippos 42 Nice crowd 44 1933 physics Nobelist Paul 46 Curly hairdo 48 Lose color 50 Hamm of “Mad Men” 51 EMT proficiency