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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Spanish tennis great Nadal, familiarly

5 Upgrade, as machinery

10 Uncertain

14 Cabbage buy

15 Glazer of “The Afterparty”

16 Skating commentato­r Lipinski

17 Analogy words

18 Bridal path flower piece

19 Stash, as gear

20 Japanese drama

21 Cookbook contents

23 Author Rand

24 Genre for composer Terence Blanchard

26 Informal “You’re oversharin­g”

27 Caramel candies

29 Like some dangerous isotopes

32 Curry of the NBA

34 Bike part 35 Quintet for most starfish

38 Prefix for a lifesaving “Pen”

39 Not so big

41 Knock

42 Try to hit

44 Tell it like it isn’t

45 Speed skater Ohno

47 Act parts 49 Past the point of caring

50 Michelle of “Crazy Rich Asians”

52 Neighborho­od

53 *Secretive email option

60 Uncommon

61 Assertion

62 Cookie used as a 12-Down topping

63 Admit frankly

64 Omit in speech

65 Spreadshee­t unit

66 Soaks up the sun

67 Calf-roping event

68 Diet that’s high in fats and low in carbs, as illustrate­d by parts of the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

1 Safari herbivore

2 Fabulous writer?

3 *Figure often depicted with a scythe and an hourglass

4 Hubbub

5 Ready for picking

6 __ college

7 *Pakistani-born chef who was posthumous­ly honored with a James Beard Award

8 Up the creek

9 Story

10 Part of FWIW 11 *Serious software problem

12 Dessert from 16 Handles, familiarly

13 Signs of boredom

21 “Wicked!”

22 __ Lanka

25 Sidelines cheer

28 Fertility lab cells

30 Maker of the Deep Blue chess computer

31 Workout top

32 Bodies of water

33 __ fail

36 Timbuktu’s land

37 Predicamen­t

39 Fine horse

40 Black bird

43 “What’s the latest?”

46 NBC symbol

48 Abby Wambach’s sport

49 Juliet’s cry

51 Winnie-the-Pooh greeting

52 Tolerate

53 Sassy kid

54 Chocolate __ cake

55 Waffle maker

56 “Kills bugs dead!” spray

57 Hockey Hall of Famer Willie

58 Hit, as with snowballs

59 “Seize the day”

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 ?? By Lisa Senzel and Christina Iverson ©2022 Tribune Content Agency ?? 9/14/22
By Lisa Senzel and Christina Iverson ©2022 Tribune Content Agency 9/14/22

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