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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Moistureca­tching linings 11 Barbecue crust 15 Period that included the Civil War

16 Place with rolling

pins, perhaps 17 Making a plea 18 Present opener? 19 Have the

chutzpah

20 Farm structure 21 Word with

interest and error 22 Farm structure 23 Date night

convenienc­e 24 Pauses 25 “Femina Cup” (1910s contest) competitor 28 Turn

29 Informal “Right?” 32 Ball, e.g.

33 Links legend 34 It’s above lead

on tables

35 Ring of Saturn? 36 Hash ingredient 37 Makes even

more gross? 39 Plural possessive 40 Leo is one 41 Jalopies

43 __ wolf

44 Nasty current 47 R&B family

name

48 Caps on a

protective vest 50 Fundació Joan __: Barcelona museum 51 Family member 52 Blocks off 54 Level

55 Gerald Ford and

Glenn Ford, e.g. 56 Blues first name 57 Intermedia­ry’s

compensati­on

DOWN

1 They often have

runners 2 Succeed in 3 Contest form 4 Estate unit

5 __ the line 6 “Dang!” 7 Part of the Enterprise’s power source 8 Diamond of song 9 Bond classic 10 Decline 11 Leverage

12 Early code

name? 13 Alphabetic­ally second on a list of U.S. state capitals

14 Put back 21 Curse

23 All in

24 Whopper you

can’t eat

25 Ever so slightly 26 Not remotely

fresh

27 Flees in a panic 29 Like eight Supreme Court justices 30 Chasing, with

“of”

31 Artificial intelligen­ce framework

32 __ Torino: 1970s

Ford 35 Bacchanali­a 37 Beneficiar­ies of

a 1944 bill 38 PAC’s election

season purchase 40 “30 Rock”

creator 42 One-third of

dodeca44 No longer forced

to deal with 45 Sherlock’s foe

Adler 46 Term in Old West and hip-hop culture

48 Indian garb 49 Chirpy bird 50 Keyword in Newton’s second law

52 Texting partner, like, srsly!

53 Ford product

 ?? By Evan Kalish ?? 1/25/20
By Evan Kalish 1/25/20

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