New York Daily News

THE BIG X-WORD

- HARD TIMES by James Barrick

ACROSS

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kingdom kp Anguish ke Crayfish: P wds. kh Gob kl Foible k8 Trial location k9 “— de lune” mn Budget concern mf Ruminant animal mp Eateries me Kind of mother mk Russell and Powell mm Rec room amenity ml Look m8 Sometimesc barely m9 Horse opera hn Bug hf “The Merry —” hp Improbable stories hk Alla — hm Part of MLB h8 Gooch in “Auntie

Mame” h9 Literary category ln Abetted lf — 5 Perrins lp Drug bust le Destroyer god lk Glacial deposit lm Oscar Madisonc

famously lh Household mem. ll Wornc in a way l9 Outmoded employee 8N Taking eagerly 8P Tore 8e Bookworm 8k Kind of blue or green 8m Quickens 8l Hazard at sea 88 Ending in a point 9f Intrinsica­lly: P wds. 9P Repartee 9h Dependable: Hyph. 98 Expression­less: Hyph. FNN “— — Really Want

to Do” fnf Spanish snacks FNP Flaxen fne Jazz tp. fnk Noggin fnm Prayer in stone fnh Corpulent fnl Unearthly: Var.

DOWN

f PC board P Double reed

instrument e Denominati­on k Not acidicc the

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roasting: P wds. el Hopeless case e8 Amount regularly

consumed e9 Was uncooperat­ive kn Frame kf Dilettanti­sh ke Allude kk Musical interval km Blast k8 Bomb fins mn Saint John’s bread mp Commends me Mcqueen or

Wozniak mk Cynical mh Fastened ml Playground

fixture m8 Stair part hn Turn out hf Walked through

water hp Persian he Once more hk Fetch hm Traveled a

certain way hh Sierra — hl Business

expense h9 Get in touch with ln Residue le Stabbing

weapon lk Cappuccino base lm Go nowhere ll Cuts l8 Final-sale words:

Hyph. l9 Fries anagram 8f — Skywalker 8e Night flight: Hyph. 8m Kind of portable chair 8h Rendezvous 8l Stripes 88 Graceful horsec for

short 89 Salad plant 9N Campus out west:

Abbr. 9f Baby talk 9P Treat for Fido 9e “God’s Little —” 9k Cogwheel 9m Circular current 9l Pinna 99 Keyboard key

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