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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Station lineup 5 Lacks calmness,

in modern slang 15 Wrench or twist 16 SiriusXM channel devoted to “the King”

17 Feature of some

cheeses 18 Jigsaw-making

process

19 Site with many

alteration­s 20 Kelly of “Anchors

Aweigh” 21 Fast-food order 22 Eurasian

ecoregion 24 Improvemen­t plan 27 Source of relief 30 Take off

31 Place with a

bucket list? 32 Steamed by 34 Familia nickname 35 TV program generally targeted for women

38 See 39-Across 39 With 38-Across,

SLR since 1987 40 London’s Old __ 41 Loosen, in a way 43 Portfolio item 45 Brings back to

the team, say 47 Best Picture title locale the year after the West Side 51 Uncommitte­d 52 What a reservatio­n can prevent 55 Philosophe­r influenced by Hegel 56 Yellowish-tinted

spirit

59 Stress indicator:

Abbr.

60 Munch, e.g. 61 Period in ads 62 Timely quality 63 Barely gets (by)

DOWN

1 Dark-tongued

dogs

2 Regular review 3 Destitute 4 Remove, as

varnish

5 Natural

windbreaks 6 “Fascism is __ told by bullies”: Hemingway

7 Old Norse name meaning “young man”

8 Not so rough 9 Pac-12’s

Beavers

10 Early TV

component 11 Genteel gesture 12 Like much

spoken language 13 Chantelle offering 14 Access, in a way 23 Indy front-runner? 25 Semi-hard

cheese

26 Move beyond 28 “Game on!” 29 The Apolima Strait separates its two main islands

31 Greet

affectiona­tely 33 Escape rooms 35 In an atom’s outer shell, two electrons not bonded to another atom 36 Red annoyance? 37 Wheat germ

nutrient 38 ABBA’s genre 42 Evening hr. 44 Mythical wine

lovers 46 Proust character married to Odette 48 Cloth-dyeing

method 49 Steamed 50 Beetle bars 53 Play fare 54 Shakespear­ean

warning word 57 Christian denom. 58 Slowing, in mus.

 ?? By Matthew Sewell ?? 1/4/20
By Matthew Sewell 1/4/20

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