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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 “Vice” (2018) Oscar nominee Amy

6 Pairing

11 __ water

14 Jazz pianist

Chick

15 Fit provider 16 Gulf st. 17 Equivalent

Stanley award? 19 Storage unit 20 __-Caps: candy 21 Memo opener 22 Went up 24 Produce

26 Venue that may

sell naming rights 27 Forward, in a way 30 Take different

paths

32 Cake decorators 33 “The Ra Expedition­s” author Heyerdahl 35 MSN and AOL 39 Equivalent

Scotland locale? 42 Japanese sandal 43 Not taxing 44 Cuban boy in

2000 headlines 45 Thickener in

Asian desserts 47 They may be

special or secret 48 Passionate dance 51 Bouts

54 Off-topic

56 Ohio border lake 57 Anonymous party 60 __ service 61 Equivalent type of

horse?

64 Mound stat 65 Long-stemmed

mushrooms 66 Some South

Pacific carvings 67 Court unit of at

least six games 68 Search for water 69 “Mad Men” pool

member

DOWN

1 Blackjack cards 2 “Whatcha __?” 3 Cornstarch brand 4 Indifferen­t

reaction 5 Stephen Colbert,

for one 6 Enterprise

officer

7 Large chamber

group

8 Fortune

competitor

9 2016 work by Pulitzer poet Sharon Olds 10 Org. with a long

track record? 11 Put on ice 12 Strange

13 World Wildlife Fund logo animal

18 New law student 23 Things, or written

things

24 Baby transport 25 Bond creator? 27 Big name in hotels and crackers 28 Lingering effect 29 Golda of Israel 31 MSNBC analyst

Melber 33 Romanov royals 34 Casual hellos 36 __ guard

37 Fuel from a bog 38 Taxpayer IDs 40 Pro vote

41 Pays no attention

to

46 Hit the links 47 Others, to Ovid 48 Grimm accounts 49 Pumped up

50 Go after, puppy

style

52 Sneaks a look

53 Orange half of a “Sesame Street” duo

55 Purple pet in old

cartoons

57 Fake in the rink 58 Lena of “The

Reader” 59 Exxon, formerly 62 Sacred promise 63 Assembly

required boxful

 ?? By Jim Holland ?? 12/17/20
By Jim Holland 12/17/20

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