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Today's crossword

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ACROSS

1 Flies past 9 Supported in the

garden 15 Co-founder of the Iroquois Confederac­y 16 Pottsylvan­ia spy

Natasha

17 __ calculus 18 Choice in luxury

leather 19 Practice figures,

for short 20 Raced while

supine

22 Fell upon 23 Fruity addition to

pico de gallo 24 Critics, e.g. 26 Many a custom

Gibson 30 Freetown

currency

31 “The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?” playwright 32 Grandstand

division

35 Kicks out of Oz? 36 NSFW

37 Noodle house

noodles

38 Drag strip? 39 Fibber of old

radio

40 Salmon, e.g. 41 New York neighborho­od also called El Barrio

44 Shiny fabric 46 Architectu­ral

projection

47 Dull sound 48 Stagger

50 O, for one 53 Company whose logo is an alien named Snoo 55 Line at an

entrance 57 Many “The Twelve Days of Christmas” gifts 58 Used

59 Illinois River port 60 Culture club?

DOWN

1 Level 2 Golden __:

Drake’s ship

By Doug Peterson & Christina Iverson

3 Aveeno

ingredient

4 Be somewhat

shy

5 “The Breakfast of

Champions,” e.g. 6 __ along

7 “The Song by

God” scripture 8 Rory Gilmore’s

alma mater 9 Alaska Airlines

hub: Abbr. 10 Uncle Sam’s

piece of the pie 11 Goddess who oversaw the Argo’s constructi­on 12 Deli choice 13 Honored one 14 Lowdown 21 Train pulled by a pair of locomotive­s 23 Spare parts? 25 First name in

geometric art 26 Blow

27 Toy company based in Billund, Denmark 28 Place to stretch

one’s legs

29 Binders

33 Wind often made from grenadilla wood

34 Close, in a way 36 Skin concern 37 Put out

39 Bit of Borat attire 40 Sudden

collapses 42 “Learn what you are and be such” poet

43 Strong suit? 44 Like a lemon,

eventually 45 Naproxen brand 49 __ fide: in bad

faith

50 Mean relative 51 Soon, in stanzas 52 Factor in cilantro tolerance, e.g. 54 Org. with wands 56 Noir sleuth

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