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ACROSS

1 R’s followers 5 Couch

9 Noisy bird

13 “__ thy father and

thy mother” 15 Bed size

16 Bee’s retreat 17 More than enough 18 Without an equal 20 Hair goop 21 Youth

23 Money hoarders 24 Enlighten

26 “__ your age!”;

scolding words 27 Red wine 29 High-spirited

horses

32 Desert haven 33 Men

35 “A Nightmare on __ Street”; 1984 film

37 Word attached to

shot or dragon 38 Shoestring­s 39 Entreaty

40 Part of a royal

flush

41 Tendon 42 Marshmallo­w

chicks 43 Eurasian plain 45 Votes into office 46 Jaguar fuel

47 __ Ste. Marie 48 “Little Women”

author

51 Sing without

words

52 Flurry

55 Lake Charles’

location 58 Subsided 60 Cookware items 61 British fellow 62 Dinner course 63 Bud holder 64 Actor/singer/

dancer Danny 65 National League

team

DOWN

1 ’70s carpet style

2 Heavy book

3 Disagreeab­le

4 Abbr. on an encyc. spine

5 Burn the midnight oil

6 __ up; confess

7 Evergreen tree

8 Enlivens

9 Pure in thought and act

10 Aggravate

11 Go __; review

12 Takes the plunge

14 __ on; has confidence in

19 Bad habits

22 Fore and __

25 Faucet problem

27 Expense

28 Bowling alley divisions

29 Murdered

30 Scrumptiou­s

31 Slumbered

33 Horse’s hair

34 Large spade

36 __ media; papers, radio, TV

38 Cosmetic kit item

39 Rind

41 Squabbles

42 Feather clusters

44 Conceit

45 Avignon water

47 Out of __; not physically fit

48 Peaks seen from Salzburg

49 Pillage

50 __ as a button

53 Pushing up daisies

54 __-on favorite; likely winner

56 “Caughtcha!”

57 Thumbs-down vote

59 Prohibit from entering

 ?? Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews ?? 8/25/21
Created by Jacqueline E. Mathews 8/25/21

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