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1 Sorry for 6 Drawing 11 Advantage 14 — contendere 15 Coating metal 16 Jargon 18 Help 20 Put up a fight 22 Road curves 24 Lofty 25 Bed spread 26 Tonic mixer 27 Actors in a play 28 Hirsute 30 Boscs and Anjous 31 Penny 32 Mr. Onassis 33 Chili con — 34 Laps up 35 Big-eared bunny 36 Sporting breaks 38 Song 39 Most rational 41 Graven images 42 Sounds of relief 43 Point of a fable 44 Somersaults 45 Netlike 46 Runway walker 47 Edicts 48 Respond to 49 Buzz off! 50 — End 52 Hill dwellers 53 Telephone guide 55 Informal talk 56 Average grade 57 Son of Zeus 58 Artist’s stand 59 Campus digs 60 Mature, as fruit 61 Wash off 62 Attempts 63 Smoothing tools 64 Loose-fitting 65 Rests against 67 Wears away

© C. R. ELUM 2022 69 Closet pests 70 Place to make cabinets 72 God of war 73 Kindled anew 74 Unrestrained 75 Egg cells 76 Level 77 Brief fight 78 — diem 79 Actor Baldwin 80 Timber tree 81 Written guidelines 82 Felines 83 Army chaplain 84 366 days 86 Groundskeepers 89 Impoverished 90 High point 91 Art — 92 “Star Wars” character 93 Got away 94 Pocket cutter

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1 Skunks 2 Small picture on a map 3 Flip a coin 4 Inventor Whitney 5 Negative replies 6 Drab 7 Foot part 8 Top card 9 Changes slightly 10 Swamps 11 Bird-to-be 12 Crummy poetry 13 Happening 15 Kinshasa’s country 17 Cashew, e.g. 18 Incorporate 19 Gets skinny 20 Unstable 21 Places to wait 23 India garment 25 Religious factions 28 Lugs around 29 Garfunkel and Linkletter 30 Concise 31 Suez or Panama 33 Fowl territories? 34 Certain boxer 35 Sultan’s bevy of beauties 37 Blue-pencils 38 Dance club 39 Soft drinks 40 Doctrines 42 Official emblems 43 Certain mushroom 44 Satisfactory 45 Canteloupe, e.g. 46 Radio and TV’s Fibber 47 Building front 48 Descartes and Coty 49 Impudent 50 Doorsills 51 Stage hogs 53 Cry of surprise 54 Feelings of hunger 55 Pocket change 57 Running units 59 Male duck 60 Document addition 61 Percentage 62 Curt 63 Tennis shot 64 Lightning strikes 65 Chicago district 66 Rocket era 68 Lift up 69 Length unit 70 Least favorable 71 Finished 73 Passes along 74 Kind of paint 76 Add up 77 Napped leather 78 Was concerned 79 Producer Spelling 81 Bread choice 82 Superman wears one 83 Produce measure 85 Tiny veggie 86 Hat 87 Fruit drink 88 Author Kesey