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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 Business issue

since 1979 4 Compares 10 Cyberspace gatekeeper­s, for short

14 Org. supporting

museums 15 Skink or skunk 16 German refusal 17 Very loudly, in

music

19 Logan of “60

Minutes” 20 Savvy about 21 Archipelag­o unit 22 Culture medium 23 __ Jordan: sports

brand

24 Simple top

25 Hill group 27 Iconic 1962 role

for Gregory 29 Frittered (away) 30 Prefix with -lithic 31 New Mexico

tribe

32 Sanctify

33 Boggy area 34 Forest floor

litter

39 13-digit ID since

2007

41 Caravan stops 42 “Salvator Mundi”

artist 46 Between-course

refreshers 48 Whiteboard

accessory 49 Skedaddled 50 Wager 51 Discover

alternativ­e 52 Functional 54 Spillane’s

“__ Jury”

56 Like many

breakfast bars 57 Like some smiles in an orthodonti­st’s office ... and like three puzzle rows 59 Quelques-__: a

few, in French 60 Novelist Graham 61 “__ you quite

finished?” 62 Hawaiian staple 63 Smoothing tool 64 Score half

DOWN

1 Data, e.g.

2 Like a hospital ward with a tiny population? 3 Jaguar

documentat­ion 4 China’s Chou

En-__

5 Where it

originally was 6 Some canoodling 7 “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” actor Hirsch

8 Put a handle on 9 Adds, as an appointmen­t to a busy schedule 10 Away from shore 11 Action star Steven 12 Hook, for one 13 Caught 18 Parliament

figures

26 Prose pro

27 Msg. to the

squad 28 Scientific calculator function

29 Many a dad joke 31 __ master

33 “The X-Files” org.

35 Bugs, to a toon

hunter

36 “It’s quite clear

now”

37 Arrive

38 Air fryer sound 40 Country legend

Earl

42 Pious

43 “7 Rings” singer

Grande

44 Even more

expansive

45 Laying-down-the

law words

46 Like most peanuts 47 Low-scoring tie 49 Mature on the

vine 53 “Sharknado”

actress Reid 55 Fall setting 58 “Save me, and hover __ me with your wings”: Hamlet

 ?? By Jeffrey Wechsler ?? 11/12/20
By Jeffrey Wechsler 11/12/20

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