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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Boast

5 Mil. truant

9 Witch played by Elizabeth Olsen in Marvel films 14 “Othello” villain 15 Smoke an e-cig 16 Dude who might ask, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” 17 Some agts. 18 __-steven 19 Sparkly stone 20 Line dance that’s

actually a hustle? 23 “What’s your

point?”

24 “Sick!”

25 Quiets

29 “Coming soon” ad 31 Breakfast, lunch, and dinner for Pacino?

33 Like many

mountain roads 35 Hotmail provider 36 Instructio­n before an oath, and a feature of 20-, 31-, 43-, and 54-Across 41 Mint alternativ­e 42 Blood line? 43 Singer DiFranco, as portrayed in Japanese cartoons? 47 Girls in the family 51 Emotional strain 52 Request

53 Regret

54 One inevitable bar

of music?

58 Bear in the WWF

logo

61 Voracious

62 Like items at a thrift

shop

63 “How fun!” 64 DoorDash link 65 Cuba libre

ingredient 66 Becomes more

friendly

67 Support, with “up” 68 Cabbage unit

DOWN

1 Member of the genus Panthera

2 “I Wanna Be Sedated” surname 3 Meeting guide 4 Pagoda instrument 5 Beyoncé song that samples Schubert 6 Greeted wordlessly 7 Intl. oil group 8 Longtime NBC host

9 Ralph of “The Simpsons” who said, “Me, fail English? That’s unpossible” 10 “You can relax now” 11 Oxfam, e.g. 12 Disappoint­ment 13 Sailor’s yes

21 “__ having fun yet?” 22 School org. for top

students

26 “Mad Men” star 27 Otherwise 28 Govt.-issued ID 30 Valvoline rival 31 Classic arcade

name

32 Uber alternativ­e 34 Suffix meaning

“land”

36 Litter’s smallest 37 Mideast title 38 Started to freeze 39 “Get Out” actress

Alexander

40 Deli slice

41 Tank filler 44 Grassy expanse 45 Op-ed pieces 46 Sch. with a

Phoenix campus 48 Literary castaway 49 California city on

Humboldt Bay 50 Like some 40Down bread

52 __ acid

55 Skate park feature 56 At any time

57 “No __ luck!” 58 Cauldron

59 “That feels nice!” 60 Org. with Cavs and

Mavs

 ?? By Joe Hansen ©2023 Tribune Content Agency ?? 3/2/23
By Joe Hansen ©2023 Tribune Content Agency 3/2/23

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