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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Devices that may shed some light on a situation 10 “4X2=8” rapper from Korea

13 Got credit, in a way?

15 Consumed

16 Simple cocktail

18 Agcy. whose logo is an eagle holding a scale

19 Freelancer’s info

20 Event that might be called “morp”

22 Two dry gallons

23 “__ Mañanitas”: Mexican birthday song

26 Artisan at Kells

27 De Armas of “No Time to Die”

28 Semisolid dessert

30 Flax fabric

31 Fast tracks?

33 Element of 1990s fashion

34 Sticks in windows

35 Stand in a painting class

36 Tries out

37 Handheld or holding hands, for short

40 Performs brilliantl­y 42 __ Moines

43 Did some digging

44 Many a Mugler garment

46 In the stars

47 Reddit Q&A

48 Celebratio­n where many are out on the streets?

52 Bestie

53 Cry of horrible realizatio­n?

54 Class for some immigrants: Abbr.

55 Cool footwear

DOWN

1 Place for some nail trims

2 Camp nurse’s item 3 Great Hill People 4 Flair

5 __ flare

6 Tally

7 Pilates roll

8 Employee’s perk: Abbr.

9 Provided backup, in a way

10 Twosomes

11 Flashers in a club

12 Sycophants

14 __-variance tradeoff

17 Brooklyn MiLB team

21 Stripes, florals, etc.

23 “I got this!” 24 Herb honored with a National Medal of Arts in 2013

25 Sucked hard

28 Cancel one’s order?

29 Go against

31 Paired symbols, for short

32 Seasons, as pasta water

33 Wants for nothing

34 Nation in the Lucayan Archipelag­o

35 __ room

37 Latke ingredient

38 “Dexter’s Laboratory” older sister

39 One of three snake species native to Britain

41 Assistant who can control HomeKit accessorie­s

43 Cruel

45 Sturdy tan work boots, slangily

46 Album buyers, presumably

49 Auerbach of the Black Keys

50 Prefix with “pop” or “rock”

51 Hard-hitting sound

 ?? ?? By Malaika Handa ©2022 Tribune Content Agency 7/16/22
By Malaika Handa ©2022 Tribune Content Agency 7/16/22

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