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1 Very dry 5 “Thou shalt not __” 10 Bad air 14 Albacore, for one 15 Furious 16 Name for a Beatle 17 Likelihood 18 Sort into groups 20 __ Wee Reese 21 Many ballpoint pens 22 Large fruit 23 Blackboard user’s need 25 Hurry 26 Franciscan monastery 28 __ with; stands for 31 Church walkway 32 Nat & Natalie 34 Tennis court divider 36 In a __; miffed 37 Divans 38 Surgery memento 39 Ref.’s call 40 In need of a bath 41 Plumber’s tool 42 “You __, you lose” 44 Rough, as sandpaper 45 Boston cream __ 46 Earth tone 47 Colorado resort 50 Make well 51 JFK’s predecesso­r 54 Constant; unvarying 57 Martian transports, for short 58 Faith, __ and charity 59 Area of expertise 60 __ deck; ship’s upper level 61 Period of time 62 Estimate 63 Largest military branch

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1 Perched upon 2 Boorish 3 Reason for hemming & hawing 4 Pub. prosecutor­s 5 Mount Etna’s location 6 Train rail 7 Polishes off 8 Suffix for valid or liquid 9 Chicken piece 10 Shopping binges 11 Letter carrier’s bagful 12 Greek aperitif 13 Secluded valley 19 Deletes 21 Unadorned 24 Sentry’s cry 25 Peach & purple 26 Quick 27 Skating sites 28 Drama 29 Left to become run-down 30 Mountainto­ps 32 Apple’s center 33 Many times, to a poet 35 Sequoia or spruce 37S,M,LorXL 38 Pantyhose ding 40 “Nothing __!”; firm refusal 41 Dirt 43 Eye-__; startling thing 44 Stops 46 Outperform­s 47 Like overused muscles 48 Moccasin or loafer 49 Family member 50 “Present!” 52 Tragic fate 53 Notice 55 Encycl. volume 56 __ Diamond Phillips 57 Put __ fight; resist

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Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 1/28/21

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