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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 It’s happening

now 6 Controvers­ial

reading 10 Circumstan­ce

partner

14 Brain center associated with speech

16 ’60s pop singer

Sands

17 Borders of old,

e.g.

18 First name in jazz 19 Abbr. on an

invoice

20 Tech boss 21 Relating to the arrangemen­t of atoms in space 23 Mealtime alert 26 Magic

competitio­n? 27 Give rise to 28 Rap’s “Puffy”

Combs

29 Head of

Parliament? 30 ’40s-’50s

paranoia

32 Bud’s bud 33 Judge in stripes 36 Anago or unagi 37 “__ that been

done?”

39 2019 Uber

landmark, briefly 40 Brought under

control

43 Soup sometimes served with banh mi

44 Eastern brew 45 Bass-baritone

Simon

48 “Time to move

on”

50 Co-star of Cox

and Kudrow 52 “No worries” 53 Behave 54 Co-star of Ethan

in “Gattaca” 55 Without rocks 56 Mexican fare 60 “Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died” writer Bombeck

61 Latin American

fare

62 Enervates 63 Certain farm, or one of its residents 64 Pesto ingredient

DOWN

1 Arafat’s successor 2 Ads, e.g.

3 Pull from the ground, in Plymouth 4 Disgusted remark 5 Much of “Deck

the Halls”

6 “The Python

Years” diarist 7 Janis’ comics

mate

8 Casual brand 9 Milky Way cousin 10 Crony of Captain Bildad, in “Moby-Dick” 11 Constructi­on sight 12 Quick getaway

for newlyweds 13 Hipster’s “Later” 15 Vote to support 22 “Between the World and Me” National Book Award winner Coates

24 Henry VIII’s sixth 25 Affirms 26 Author Zora __

Hurston 28 Director’s unit 31 Quartz watch

innovator 33 Rainforest

explorers’ aids 34 Transient things 35 Military training

site

38 Red stingers 41 Bald babies? 42 Most of a tooth 46 Liszt’s

“Paganini __” 47 Mogadishu native 49 Little bits 50 Needed a

massage

51 Like “m” or “n,”

phonetical­ly 53 Org. co-founded

by Helen Keller 57 Surfer’s setting 58 Alley-oop pass 59 Actress Gardner

 ??  ?? 4/11/20 By Debbie Ellerin
4/11/20 By Debbie Ellerin
 ??  ?? Friday’s Puzzle Solved 4/11/20 ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
Friday’s Puzzle Solved 4/11/20 ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC

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