Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
“Darn it!”
1
In base eight
5
“Resident Alien”
10
channel
Sound heard in a
14
long hall
Tennis champ
15
Osaka
City with a beef
16
Jovial seasonal
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mood
___-Seltzer
20
Take a snooze,
21
with “out”
Cost of not doing
22
business, maybe Significant ___
29
Hubbub
30
Like many a
31
go-getter
Warrior in the
32
Greek pantheon Regional wildlife
33
Lovable goofball,
35
say
NASA endeavors
36
whose vehicles can be found at the ends of 17-, 22-, 51- and 57-Across
Sketch show
39
since ’75
Fist bump
40
Walkie-talkie
41
band, briefly
Place to catch up
44
over a hot drink When repeated,
48
slangy sound of eating
Why everyone
51
loves a good train wreck
Fish also known
54
as a bluegill
Make a bow
55
Title woman in
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a classic 1973 breakup tune Uniquely
57
American cleverness
___ homo
60
Rest atop
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Cheeseboard
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choice
Quizzical Quebec
63
questions?
“I ___ know”
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(common excuse)
Member of the
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fam
DOWN
College app element
“___ Tannenbaum” (16th-century folk song that inspired a carol) Avid
3
skateboarder, in lingo
Gardeners’
4
orders, at times Straight out of
5
the barrel
Nanny ___
6
Ode words
7
Morning hrs.
8
Composer
9
of the piano piece played by Bugs Bunny in “Rhapsody Rabbit”
Lose the suit,
10
say
Certain designer
11
dog
Clarice Starling’s
12
employer in “The Silence of the Lambs,” in brief Nevertheless
13
Hershey toffee
18
confection
Fit of sullenness
19
Fertile ground
22
1
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“___ vez”
23
(“Again,” in Valencia)
Bother
24
“Hamilton” actor
25
Leslie ___ Jr. Indian flatbread
26
Cousin of a gull
27
Gabs
28
Like hay on a
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farm
“Same here”
34
Eventually
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___ Islands,
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Polynesian archipelago Awkward farewell
41
Poet who coined
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the term “carpe diem”
Kind of kiss
43
Timing of the
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Mercutio/Tybalt duel in “Romeo and Juliet”
Unfixable
46
Home to the
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deepest lake and river gorge in the U.S.
Cold rice topped
48
with wasabi and raw fish
Likely cause of a
49
cranky toddler’s ear-tugging “Ridiculous!”
50
Soaks up the hot
52
sun
Ignores
53
Days gone by, in
58
bygone days Fangorn Forest
59
dweller
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