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Today’s Crossword

- Puzzle by Bruce Haight and Natalie Murphy 9/11/18

ACROSS 1 Setting for smooth sailing

8 Aptly, it rhymes with “ahh”

11 Cease and desist

order?

14 Stuffed oneself 15 Pursue romantical­ly 16 Valuable metal 17 “NCIS: Los Angeles”

actress

18 Court order? 20 Remove varnish from 21 NBC weekend fixture,

briefly

22 Distinctiv­e flair 23 Modern renewable fuel 27 Reverse order? 30 Assures the sad fate of 34 Easy throw

35 “Angie Tribeca” TV network

36 “Help me out, will ya?” 37 Facilitate­s 40 Bergen of “Murphy Brown”

41 Stay behind 42 Drunkard 43 Dubai’s fed. 44 Former Russian rulers 45 Money order? 48 Words said with an extended fork 50 Continent explored by Marco Polo

53 Talk on and on 54 Scalawag

58 Work order?

60 Shoe cushions 62 Abbr. used to save

space

63 Not worth a __ 64 Muzzle-loading gadgets 65 Gag order?

66 Kindle download 67 Chart-reading exam

DOWN

1 Some recyclable­s 2 Going __: fighting 3 Shakespear­ean king with three daughters 4 Beach city near Hollywood 5 Restrainin­g order? 6 Quite some time 7 Taiwan-born director Lee 8 River in a Stephen Foster song 9 Voting sites 10 Pioneering ISP 11 Wind up like a snake 12 Celestial bear 13 High-schooler, typically

19 Put another roll of film in 21 Incites to attack, with “on”

24 More than occasional­ly 25 Blots gently 26 Biblical garden 27 Warning 28 Scraps for Fido 29 President between Bush and Trump 31 Poppy product 32 Gambling mecca near Hong Kong 33 Catch some zzz’s 36 Cookie recipe yield 38 Bill for drinks

39 Bart Simpson’s sister 40 San Francisco’s __ Tower

42 Dance move 45 Postpone one’s bedtime 46 Pecking order? 47 Go along with 49 Online admin 50 Quite some time 51 “Family Guy” creator MacFarlane 52 Nagging desire 55 Sunburn reliever 56 Rx items 57 Sibilant summons 59 NATO founding member 60 Fury

61 “Aye? Not!”

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