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ACROSS

1 Family member

4 Li’l __; comic strip hillbilly

9 Octopus’ octet

13 Fervent

15 Bit of garlic

16 __ up; absorb

17 Kelly or Wilder

18 Sleeveless wraps

19 Delhi dress

20 Stand for

22 Aggravates

23 Mesmerized; enthralled

24 Spanish article

26 No-nonsense

29 __ error; office boo-boo

34 Establish as fact

35 Pursue on foot

36 Long __; way back

37 Overdue

38 SWAT team actions

39 USC or UCLA

40 Court witness’ oath

41 Chimes

42 No longer fresh

43 Awful

45 Left shore

46 __, dos, tres…

47 TV’s Dr. __

48 Smooth-talking

51 Constant; reliable

56 “__ Out the Barrel”

57 Clamor

58 Chief Greek deity 60 Isn’t __ to; can’t

61 Pub game

62 NM-to-NC direction

63 Supervisor

64 Simple ghost costume

65 Shakespear­e’s “your”

DOWN

1 Hang limply

2 Finished; done

3 Largest digit

4 Agree to take

5 Use dynamite

6 Slangy denial

7 __ though; albeit

8 Antsy

9 St. Francis of __

10 __ of the crowd; stadium noise

11 Gospel writer

12 Winter resort rentals

14 __ of; withhold from

21 Track-and-field event

25 “Diamonds __ Forever”; 007 film

26 Banana __; ice cream treat

27 Swap

28 Helicopter blade

29 Neighbor of Argentina

30 Boys

31 Man-made waterway

32 Light on one’s feet

33 Was smitten with

35 Summon

38 Ricochets

39 Use

41 Canister

42 Spinnaker or jib

44 Russia’s dollars

45 Most reserved

47 Stickum

48 Seize

49 Mexican wolf

50 Woes

52 Webster or Wyle

53 Forest destroyer

54 Orderly

55 __ out; spew forth

59 Eyelid woe

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 7/3/21
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 7/3/21

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