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Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Gets debriefed?

7 One that may come from Yale

14 Exactly as planned

15 Hot sauce with a rooster logo

16 __ Ravenclaw, founder of a Hogwarts house

17 Like one who can’t even hit an easy pitch

18 Matter makeup

19 Galoot

20 Like some humor or meat

21 Causes

22 Conciliato­ry gestures

23 “Enemy of the State” org.

24 Snacks on

25 They circle worlds

29 Behave

30 Stopped working, as an engine

31 Celebrator­y bar buys

35 Miniseries given a 5-star rating (out of 6) by Magnus Carlsen

38 Croatia neighbor

39 Autumn gemstone

40 Carrier to Osaka

41 Wide receiver, historical­ly

43 Scuba diver’s item

44 Name-linking trio

47 “__ a Bad Mama Jama”: 1981 Carl Carlton hit

48 Care

49 Norse prankster

51 Stopped at a base, in a way

52 1980 Crichton lost-world novel

53 Exam involving a pupil

55 Lake on the California/Arizona border

56 Comics hero’s weapon

57 Folded dish

58 Briefly

59 Razzie winners

DOWN

1 Boaters, e.g.

2 Canine woe

3 Shucked edible

4 Express lane sign word

5 Source of some black and blue marks

6 Java __

7 “Remembranc­e of Things Past” author

8 Informal negative

9 Dr. without a degree

10 Actress Cheryl

11 Indian __

12 Seals in the juices of

13 “All language is but a poor translatio­n” author

15 Do whatever it takes

19 Disney duck

22 Delighted sound

25 Furnish

26 Hearts, e.g.

27 “The BFG” author Dahl

28 (In) brief

32 Bulls dominated them in the ’90s

33 China can be found in one

34 Humdingers

36 Montana et al.: Abbr.

37 Arrival time factor

42 Kitchen prep spot

44 It may check out

45 Arabic holy book

46 Breed in “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale”

48 Dolly user

50 Part of Caesar’s boast

51 Toon lion voiced by Jeremy Irons

52 Grunt wear

54 Sellout letters

55 Method

 ?? By Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen ?? 2/12/22
By Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen 2/12/22

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