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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS 1 Soothsayer 5 Quick fix for an elbow hole 10 Underwater vessel 13 Cuba libre fruit 14 Lorena of LPGA fame 15 Phony 16 Votes in favor 17 “My mistake” 18 Rice field draft animals 19 Panama Canal

nickname 22 Robotic maid on “The

Jetsons” 23 Inherently 27 Where to find Lima

and llamas 30 Like farm country 31 Thanksgivi­ng tuber 34 When baseball closers usually shine 38 They’re often big in showbiz 40 Sparkle 41 “I’m hungry enough to

__ horse!” 42 NYC thoroughfa­re that becomes Amsterdam at 59th Street 45 Vert. counterpar­t 46 Gandhi’s land 47 Garbage email 49 “Get moving!” 53 Wash or spin 57 When time is running

out 60 Computer image 63 TV signal part 64 “Giant” author Ferber 65 Four-sided campus area 66 Extended families 67 Cincinnati ballplayer­s 68 Tennis match segment 69 Saintly rings 70 “Garfield” pooch DOWN 1 Not as forthright 2 “Old MacDonald” letters 3 Webzines 4 Mail again, as a package 5 Fancy-schmancy 6 Have __: freak out 7 Pulsate 8 Like grandpa’s jokes, probably 9 Contempora­ry of Mozart 10 Jazz combo horn 11 Don Ho’s instrument 12 “Gone Girl” co-star Affleck 15 Mint of money 20 High school junior, usually 21 Merit 24 Dickens villain Heep 25 Totaled, as a bill 26 “Pomp and Circumstan­ce” composer 28 Capital of Latvia 29 Sch. near the Strip 31 “Abominable” critters 32 Insurance rep 33 Paris newspaper Le __ 35 Golfer’s starting point 36 __ Christian Andersen 37 “Still sleeping?” response 39 Regular payment 43 Precipitat­ion stones 44 A pop 48 Rescued damsel’s cry 50 Enlighten 51 Throat dangler 52 Bicycle feature 54 Encrypted 55 Monday, in Le Mans 56 Use the delete key, e.g. 58 El __: weather phenomenon 59 Throw away 60 Mensa nos. 61 Billiards stick 62 Breakfast grain

 ?? Puzzle by Mark McClain 2/20/17 ??
Puzzle by Mark McClain 2/20/17

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