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Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Defeated player’s

concession 6 Phone download 9 Cobra’s warning 13 “Yes to Fresh”

candy

15 Bath bathroom 16 Snack (on) 17 Black-and-white

cruisers

19 “Aw, shucks!” 20 Fit to eat, to

Muslims 21 Bygone Russian

royal

23 First digit in a

googol

24 Little cut 26 Former name of

Ball Arena 29 Cargo weight 30 Sunscreen nos. 31 Indonesian island between Java and Lombok 32 “So that’s it!” 34 Knee injury initials 36 “What a shame!” 39 Public space in London’s West End

44 Oolong, e.g. 45 Combat sport,

briefly

46 “We did it!”

47 __ year 50 Blueprint detail,

for short 52 Overhead trains 53 Influentia­l duo 57 Tuckered out 58 Spanish “that” 59 Short “And yet ... ” 60 Hunter in the

night sky

62 Said yes to an

invite, say 64 Snack Pack

product

68 Jigsaw puzzle

part 69 Memorable

period

70 Cruise venues 71 Beltway VIPs 72 Add sound to 73 Promotes

aggressive­ly

DOWN

1 Little rascal 2 Actress DeLaria 3 In a precarious

position

4 Sandal fastener 5 Home Depot

purchase

6 Fla. neighbor 7 Some dessert

wines

8 “Could be” 9 “Come again?” 10 Gold bar

11 Play division 12 See-through 14 Hit with an open

hand

16 Gourmet

mushroom 18 Score symbol 22 Obamacare,

initially

24 “Knock it off!” 25 Like nine games of the 2021 baseball season 27 Biblical song 28 Part of TNT 30 Dead __ Scrolls 33 Weighing device 35 Bracelet

fastener 37 Image in many a

software tutorial 38 __ Lumpur,

Malaysia 40 “That was

exhausting!” 41 “Toodle-oo!” 42 Winter Games

org.

43 Method: Abbr. 48 Slowly wear down 49 The second “A”

of 22-Down 51 Trudge 53 Suspects, in

police slang 54 Davis of “Do the

Right Thing” 55 Like wicker

baskets 56 Freedom, in

Swahili

57 One over par,

in golf

61 Ruler division 63 Some laptops, and a hint to five long answers in this puzzle 65 Perfume

amount 66 French article 67 Ltr. add-ons

 ?? ?? By Tom Pepper & C.C. Burnikel 3/21/23
By Tom Pepper & C.C. Burnikel 3/21/23

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