The News Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
ACROSS
Breaded and
1 topped with tomato sauce and mozzarella, for short “Holy mackerel!” 5
Instrument
9 played by indie rock’s Sufjan Stevens Black-and-white 13 item in a sleeve V.I.P. on base
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Winter bugs
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With 26-Across, 16 game that uses a blindfold
Part of the food 18 pyramid Gardening tool 19
Fruit in the
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William Carlos Williams poem “This Is Just to Say” Edward
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Snowden’s former employer, in brief Black History Mo. 23
See 16-Across 26
“Why?”
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Puts up
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Bird that had no 32 natural predators until humans arrived
Tick (off)
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Babe Zaharias 35 was the first woman to compete on its tour, in brief Item exchanged 36 in a so-called “yankee swap” John Lewis was 41 born here: Abbr. Org. that
42 oversees O.T.C.s Campaign
43 expense
Get situated
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Pacify
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Frequent reveler, 50 or a hint to 16-/26- and 36-Across
Hit the slopes
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“___ be my
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pleasure”
Lots
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Hearty laugh
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Tidy
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Cartoonist
60 suggested by this puzzle’s theme Brand in the ice 65 cream aisle Aches (for)
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Words after a
67 gasp
Its underside
68 might be covered in gum
The first cloned mammals Yarn 69 70
DadDOWN
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“Midsommar”
2 director Aster ___ faire
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(historical re-enactment event, for short) Fly-by-night type? 4
Fuel up, in a way 5
Visual in an
6 annual report Nimble
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Hornswoggle
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Toggle option
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Artist’s starting 10 place Get-go
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Guest ___, what 12
The New York Times calls op-eds
What an asterisk 14 might suggest Centaur’s foot
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Transform
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Repeated string 23 in a chain letter subject line
Website with
24 articles like “10 Surprising Ways to Use Mayonnaise Around Your Home” Things best kept 25 under one’s hat? Data structure 27 with a root node Undo
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Half of a halfbathroom 30 Tiny toymaker 34
Tucker who had 37 her first hit in 1972 and won her first Grammys in 2020 Cheese used in 38
Babybels Fruits whose
39 seeds can act as a substitute for black peppercorns Something to do 40
Latin gods
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Shared one’s
45 views
For all ages, as a 46
video game
Tell
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Also
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At all, in dialect 51
Combined
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Pretzel, basically 57
Shaming syllable 59
Drug dosages: 61
Abbr.
Light bulb
62 moment sound Show with
63 the recurring character Target Lady, in brief “Piggy”
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