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ACROSS 1 Actress Shahi 6 Jiggly dessert 11 Huge venues 13 Climb the ___ ladder (move up at work) 14 Filling for Ethiopian sambusas 16 Very surprising in an unpleasant way 17 Encouragement from a dinner host 18 Preserving 20 Pop-ups on the

web, for example 21 Marketing term often disputed by dietitians 23 Relaxing soak 26 General on Chinese takeout menus 16 Peanut butter 27 Mystery brand 31 Broadcasted 19 Destination

again invoked in King’s 33 Boxes for bassists “I’ve Been to the 35 Spoken word Mountaintop”

poetry event speech

36 WNBA All-star DOWN 21 Unsolid

Ogunbowale 1 Black Friday event foundation

37 Super Mario 2 Surface ___ 22 Share gossip

Galaxy console (geometry 23 Unruly kid

38 Bangladesh’s calculation) 24 Prefix for “space”

capital 3 First-of-the-month 25 Slightly 39 Spicy, sour soup payment shorten 41 Sprays with liquid 4 Industrious insect 28 Donut coating 43 Munch like a 5 Poetic form used 29 Manufacturer

zebra by Basho 30 Gather over 45 Seat finders 6 Lingo time 46 Rhode Island’s 7 Slip up 32 Cells that

capital 8 “Star Wars” transmit 48 Vegetable with general electrical

layers 9 ___ an ear signals 50 “i’m begging u” 10 Formal groups, 34 Spot on a die 51 Skilled for short 38 Gets rid of 55 Luxury car brand 12 Took a siesta 40 Dallas NBA

owned by Toyota 13 Campsite boats player, for

56 Faucet 15 Playground short

57 The Yangtze, for fixture with two 42 What feet

example seats facing each and noses can

58 “You said it!” other both do

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59 Hotel alternative 60 Male bee

61 Make a crease in 62 School email

ending

63 Sculpture material

2/14 44 Fastener for cables 46 Small part of a

digital image

47 College athletics

channel

48 Snowman in

“Frozen”

49 Pixar title fish

52 Acronym for a

cooking fat

53 School in Philly

54 Birch or beech Monday’s Answer