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Today’s crossword

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ACROSS

1 NYC theater

award

5 Jackson 5 hairdo 9 Blue Ribbon

brewer

14 Caleb’s twin in

“East of Eden” 15 Bank claim 16 Acquiesce 17 Natural’s ability 19 Bank offerings 20 Willie Nelson album of pop standards

21 Has coming 22 Banned bug

spray

23 Wrap for

sandwiches 24 Cerium or yttrium 30 Acted alarmed,

as a horse 31 Designer

Saarinen 32 Pretoria’s home:

Abbr. 33 Under-the-wing

fuel containers 34 Decrease

36 Like thick, green

lawns

37 Suffix with meth38 Ex-Yankee with

696 career HRs 39 French equivalent of the Oscar

40 Like prisons for not-the-worst criminals 44 Scandal-plagued

energy giant 45 Musician Brian 46 Composer

Berlioz

48 Roads that avoid

downtown 53 Carrier that added “ways” to its name in 1997 54 Famous 55 ABBA’s “__ Mia!” 56 Vowel-heavy baseball family name 57 Vowel-heavy end

of a court game 58 Holmes smoked

them

59 Chimed 60 Confined, with

“up”

DOWN

1 Dinghy movers 2 Tough tyke to

handle

3 “Field of Dreams”

setting

4 __’acte:

intermissi­on 5 Hint at, with “to” 6 Party with a

piñata

7 Cost of living? 8 Toronto’s prov. 9 Sicilian seaport 10 Ancient Greek

meeting places 11 FDR advisory

group 12 Dispatched 13 Melanie’s “Working Girl” role

18 Said further 21 1984 Olympic

slalom champion 23 Editor’s “Let it

stand”

24 French wine

region

25 Military assistant 26 Dorm, briefly 27 Aptly named

English novelist 28 Test, as ore

29 Cowardly Lion

portrayer Bert 30 Inbox annoyance 34 Knight’s “suit” 35 Cap’n’s mate 36 Floral necklace 38 Natural light

shows

39 Frog sound 41 Punctually

42 Sri Lanka, once 43 Disconnect from

the socket

46 Camel feature 47 Actor Morales 48 Composer

Bartók

49 “Oh, __!”:

“Whoa!” 50 Exclusive 51 Obi-Wan portrayer McGregor 52 Agitated state 54 High-card-wins

game

 ?? By Paul Coulter ?? 7/6/21
By Paul Coulter 7/6/21

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