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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues 7 Hubs: Abbr. 11 Catch

14 Operating

mindlessly

15 “Call on me!

I know!”

16 Mined resource 17 Getting some sun 18 Like a phenom’s

rise to stardom 20 *“Black Widow”

co-star 22 Placeholde­r abbr. 25 Court divider 26 Light lunch

27 Spy of kid-lit fame 30 Olympics

participan­t 32 Oxen harnesses 33 “Should that be

the case ...” 35 Costa del __ 36 *Cathedral bench 40 Isr. neighbor 43 Genius Bar pro 44 Capital city on the

Andean Plateau 48 Forced

51 Binge watcher’s

unit

53 Venomous snake 54 Sound from a fold 55 Came in first 56 *Offer of

assistance

61 Much of nursery

school

62 Of France

66 Brain scan letters 67 Comparable 68 New York prison

in 1971 headlines 69 Mormon initials 70 Enthusiast, colloquial­ly

Sci-fi weapon that makes the sounds heard at the ends of the answers to the starred clues

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1 Towel holder

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De Armas of “Blonde”

Happy cry

Wide gap

Elec., for one

Zero

Cupid colleague “__ what?” Campus mil. unit

“Jeepers!” “Anything goes!” Japanese

“thank you” Alison who wrote the graphic memoir “The Secret to Superhuman Strength”

Stone for a Libra No longer working

Poetic possessive Steamed bun in Asian cuisine Genesis boat “Parks and __” Sorta

Metaphor for no-longerrele­vant history Blouse

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Media-monitoring org.

Great Basin native Actor Wallach Is past?

Surgical tool

Sang some high notes? Colorful sale labels

“Kaboom!” Commotion Garden type “Ratatouill­e” rat who loves gourmet food 50 52 54 57

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Greek islander Evidence of workplace gender bias, perhaps

Mix

Walk in the park, maybe Mideast dignitary Pledge

Beauty store chain Fleur-de-__ Curling surface Automobile

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By Michael Sharp © 2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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