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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 They clean up 9 Menu category including shells 14 Park, for one 15 Monopoly player? 16 Sign in many restaurant windows 17 Emblem on a dollar bill 18 For or against 19 Parisian street food 21 CPR group 22 “__ Story” 23 Reasons for sighs 25 Female rabbit 26 Like “Home Alone” 28 City NNW of Park City 31 Many glasses are sold as one 33 Queen dowager of Jordan 34 Browning but not cooking 35 Have the ability to 36 Ripped 37 Barbecue tool feature 38 Fireside sight 39 Like some tricks 40 Showed scorn 42 “Erie Canal” mule 43 App update messages, say 46 Award show VIPs 49 Egg dropper 50 Plane, for one 51 “What can I help you with?” speaker 52 Clear out 54 It often includes a colon 56 Amtrak speedsters 57 Retreat from, as a previous statement 58 Gives up 59 Clomps (through), as a puddle

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1 Renaissanc­e faire contest 2 Challengin­g H.S. science class 3 Clingy, say 4 Memo intro 5 Menlo Park, N.J., notable 6 Pythia of the Temple of Apollo, for one 7 Vintage 8 MS enclosures 9 Volkswagen sedan 10 MGM motto word 11 Safe room barrier 12 Baseball or soccer 13 Start of a Shakespear­e title 15 Its lines have lines 20 Hazards 23 Sting 24 Ingredient in the Indian dish dal 25 Discourage­s 27 Like a cloudy London day 28 Goes (for) 29 Gentle parting sentiment 30 Criticized publicly 31 Charley, in Steinbeck’s “Travels With Charley” 32 National Mustard Day mo. 35 Adheres ... or separates 39 “__ Kapital” 41 Angle symbols 42 Boardwalk activity 44 Online show offering Hollywood info 45 Update after a new survey, maybe 46 Biblical prophet 47 “Time in a Bottle” singer 48 Some islands have them 49 Temperatur­e control syst. 51 They’re often rivals 53 Ginger __ 55 Ring decision, briefly

 ??  ?? By Sheryl Bartol 10/17/20
By Sheryl Bartol 10/17/20

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