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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Finishes

5 Spill the beans 9 Chest muscle, for

short

12 In __ of

13 Credit card user 14 “It follows logically

that ... “

15 Maintain

16 “Me too,” more

formally

17 State of mind 18 Make a real mess 21 Chillingly strange 22 “Pronto!”

23 Many moons __ 26 Rightmost computer menu, often

28 Cloak and __ 30 Tortoise’s fabled

competitor 33 Gymnastics rings position held with the body parallel to the ground 36 Norse god of war 37 Collaborat­ive sites 38 Another, in Spanish 39 Feature of some

espadrille­s 41 Witnessed 42 Swim team

swimwear 43 Toward sunrise 46 Extra sports periods, briefly 47 Per person 50 Chops, as an onion 53 Force-multiplyin­g device that can be found at the beginning of 18-, 33-, and 39-Across 57 Japanese noodle 59 Dog collar dangler 60 Notion

61 Come to a stop 62 “You’ve got some

__!” 63 Shakespear­e’s

mad king 64 “Yellowjack­ets”

network, briefly 65 Mardi __: pre-Lenten festival

66 Annoys

DOWN

1 Part of BPOE 2 Nephew’s sister 3 Brand of riding mowers

4 Ruins at Durrington Walls that once consisted of wooden posts, not stones

5 Giant party 6 Winona’s “Beetlejuic­e” role 7 Very long time 8 Units led by colonels

9 Grow cuttings from a succulent, say 10 Alter __ 11 Fish that may be

black or blue

13 Dev of “Lion” 14 Down Under bird 19 Golfer Michelle __

West

20 Practice in the ring 24 Bookstore section 25 Liver, for one 27 Ballet barre bend 29 Pepper in extremely hot curry dishes 30 “Can you explain?” 31 Skilled (at) 32 Works alone

34 __ out a win: almost

lose

35 Disgusting 37 Extraordin­arily

large

40 Dutch cheese 44 “Better late than

never,” e.g.

45 [as per the

original]

48 More mature 49 Historic site in Jordan known as the Rose City 51 Duck down

52 Go on tiptoe 54 Picked-off pass, for

short

55 Big D NBA squad 56 Prominent feature

of a fennec fox 57 Hesitation syllables 58 Lah-di-__

 ?? By Rebecca Goldstein ©2023 Tribune Content Agency ?? 12/26/23
By Rebecca Goldstein ©2023 Tribune Content Agency 12/26/23

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