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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Really dig 6 Prohibitio­n

incursion 10 Baking device 14 Coming-out 15 Grabbing-the-tab

words 16 “Scream” star

Campbell

17 One who doesn’t

fit in

20 Library sect. for

Christie books 21 Maiden name

lead-in

22 The Governator, as he might pronounce it 23 Rocks in bars 25 Oklahoma city 26 Measure of what

you can buy 34 Mayo is fifth in it 35 Makes right 36 Herr’s honey 37 Hoof sound 39 Fig. with a radius 40 Bother

41 Utensil sticker 42 Smooth

transition­s 45 WSJ competitor 46 Drove faster 49 Brazilian soccer

legend

50 Tailor’s alteration 51 Lampoon 54 Piece of poetic

praise 56 Diamond Head

locale 60 Providers of the necessitie­s that end 17-, 26- and 46-Across 63 Face-to-face

exam

64 Bad thing to blow

on the road 65 Horror or humor 66 Blackens

67 It may be

reserved

68 Mary of “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)

DOWN

1 Eaton of the

Washington Nats 2 Buck

3 Eastern sashes 4 Backwoodsy 5 Horn of Africa

country: Abbr. 6 Scoundrel 7 Required

Hold ’em bet 8 Texter’s twocents intro 9 Renders

harmless 10 Intermitte­nt 11 Quash, as a bill 12 Daredevil Knievel 13 Dorky sort

18 An hr. past

midnight

19 Beat into a froth 24 When doubled, a

dance

25 Evasive

maneuver 26 Agreements 27 Lacking

illuminati­on

28 TV sports

pioneer Arledge 29 Formally break

away

30 Architect Jones 31 Twisted dry 32 Course that helps

your GPA 33 Corrodes 38 Uppers, drugwise

42 Culls 43 Merman on

Broadway 44 Pronoun for many

an individual 47 “Frasier” actress

Gilpin

48 Chews the

scenery

51 __ card: two through nine in each suit 52 Ghostly glow 53 Alpine transport 54 __ vez: another

time, in Spanish 55 Losing

propositio­n? 57 “If it __ broke ... ” 58 Protagonis­t 59 Computer

operator 61 One-eighty 62 “Hometown Proud” supermarke­t chain

 ?? By Paul Coulter ?? 8/11/20
By Paul Coulter 8/11/20

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