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DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Sticky pine

product

6 First word of a rhyming cocktail name

9 Family name in Kafka’s “The Metamorpho­sis” 14 Scotch-brite

sponge

15 Like this clue’s

number 16 Change, as text 17 *Fleet of government vehicles 19 Flustered (by) 20 Red Cross supply 21 Philosophe­r

Descartes 23 Alphabet finale 24 Venue 25 *Payment method that may have a chip

28 Pro vote on the

House floor 29 Blue ink cartridge

for a color printer 30 Storm-tracking

device

34 “ER” actor Wyle 37 Barbed __ 40 *Media briefing 43 Part of a “Scream” costume

44 Not in favor of 45 Impeccable 46 Foot soldier

48 Pi follower in the

Greek alphabet 50 *Summertime

java order 54 Engrave deeply 58 Neither’s partner 59 Port or scope

prefix 60 Attraction 62 Dodge 64 Living-room lamp holders, and what the answers to the starred clues all have?

66 Like un enfant 67 Pitching superstar 68 “__ are red ...” 69 Deuce toppers 70 Fix a hem, say 71 Not ignoring the alarm

DOWN

1 Frolics

2 Bacteria in undercooke­d meat 3 Adjusted to, as a thermostat

4 “No medals for me this time” 5 Social standard 6 __ shu pork 7 Idolize

8 Sat at a light, say 9 The “S” of OSHA 10 Doc’s gp. 11 Theater seating section 12 Disdainful lip curl 13 Tacked on

18 Walk and walk 22 Not mainstream 26 Talked and talked 27 Sounded like a crow

28 Four-digit DOB nos. 30 Tach stat 31 Parseghian of Notre Dame football fame

32 Willing to take extreme measures 33 Queried 35 Ottawa’s prov. 36 Blazing 38 Small-screen

pioneer 39 Snaky fish 41 Lakeside boat

rental

42 Kia subcompact 47 Groups of eight 49 Miami

hoopsters 50 Likely to err

51 __ charge:

entry fee

52 Pests that may prompt a visit to the vet

53 Yard sticks? 54 Armrest occupier 55 Oklahoma’s second-largest city 56 Small stream 57 “Siddhartha”

novelist Hermann 61 Croft played by

Angelina Jolie 63 Craft kit letters 65 Morning moisture

 ?? By Susan Gelfand © 2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. ??
By Susan Gelfand © 2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

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