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ACROSS 1 Big cats also
called cougars 6 “The ___”
(Showtime series) 9 Custardy dessert 13 ___ Inu (dog
breed) 14 Voting collective 15 Costa ___ 16 Tangy spice in
za’atar 17 Quick bucks 19 What a loyal friend will be with you through 21 Home of LA’S
Trojans 22 Winning 25 Advanced
creative degs. 28 Drama club
member 33 Tax-collecting org. 34 Large Australian 10 Maya who
bird designed the 35 “___ that!” (“Got wall memorializing
it!”) American 36 Stuffed Greek dish deaths in
39 “Don’t worry, it’s Vietnam
cool,” in a text 11 High poker card 40 Used a naughty 12 Opposing vote
word 14 Big ___ (London 41 Sharply inclined landmark)
42 Store with hiking 18 Workers
gear DOWN searching for ore 43 Surgical areas, for 1 “Over here!” 20 Part of a play
short sound 23 “Oh, sweet, that’s 44 Pet providing 2 “Nope” a relief”
anxiety relief 3 Apt-sounding 24 Capital of South 47 The ___ of March name for a selfish Dakota
48 Ill will person 25 “There’s a traitor 49 Pointy feature of 4 Counting tool with in our ___!”
a cat beads 26 Gets foamy
51 MTV show where 5 Big bags 27 Catching some strangers sharing 6 Iron___ zzz’s a house have (unbreakable) 29 “Barry” actor their lives taped 7 Restaurant Winkler
58 Youthful greeter 30 Firmly lodge
adoration 8 Oxymoronic pain 31 Video’s
61 Absinthe relief brand counterpart flavoring, whose 9 Seating area 32 One might be letters are all in closest to the strapless or “absinthe” stage backless
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62 Tibet’s continent 63 Of all time
64 Showed on TV
again
65 Refute
66 Nevada city where parts of “Sister Act” take place
67 Revises
2/25 37 Raise based on a
job well done
38 “I don’t care”
feeling
45 Rind-removing
tool
46 Some hair goop 47 De-wrinkled
50 In the know
52 Roam around
53 Not odd
54 Prefix for
“nautical”
55 “Lift Me Up”
singer, to fans
56 Exam for a future
atty.
57 Homes for cubs
58 Tampon
alternative
59 Employ
60 Bowling target