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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Home for Pogo 6 Affirmativ­e answer 9 Silences, as a TV 14 Artist’s prop 15 Pie __ mode 16 Wagnerian work 17 “Farewell, chérie” 18 CBS forensic drama 19 Antianxiet­y drug 20 “Bro, I thought you were gonna help” 23 Many a GI 24 Jerry Garcia’s band, familiarly 28 Socializin­g with the queen, maybe 31 Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er __” 32 Bullets and such 33 Lots and lots 35 Accessorie­s for the highchair set 36 Decide in advance 37 Gonzalez boy in 2000 headlines 39 Look at lascivious­ly 40 Hourly charge 41 “I expected as much” 43 “... __ saw Elba” 44 Owns 45 More like a button? 46 Is really boiling 48 Reggae kin 49 Follow the ethical path 55 Set to simmer, as a

burner 58 Spanish eye 59 Sag 60 Southern inflection 61 Looking sickly 62 Novelist Zola 63 Suddenly occurs to, with “on” 64 Computer program suffix 65 Went out with

DOWN

1 Close securely 2 Stroll in the shallows 3 “Yeah, sure!” 4 Track event 5 Made fluffy, as pillows 6 Millionair­e’s boat 7 “Frozen” princess 8 Minnesota college named for Norway’s patron 9 Spunk 10 Moving around 11 Morning break hour 12 Historical period 13 Classic doo-wop horn 21 Slip past 22 Phone button letters next to a 4 25 Political fugitive 26 One strolling 27 Medicine

measures 28 Harshly bright 29 Perfectly 30 “You’re talking too loud” 31 Puts the worm on 33 __-ski 34 Sewing machine inventor 38 Shaving mishaps 42 Covered, as in a man-to-man defense 44 Axe 47 Coyote cries 48 Rosetta __ 50 “Stronger than dirt!” cleanser 51 “Joy of Cooking” writer Rombauer 52 __ alone: have no help 53 Putting target 54 Adorned with Angel Soft, say 55 Like every other number 56 Food service trade org. 57 Attorney’s field

 ?? Puzzle by Sam Buchbinder 10/4/16 ??
Puzzle by Sam Buchbinder 10/4/16

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