The Union Democrat

THE DAILY CROSSWORD

- Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis for the Los Angeles Times By Joe Deeney

ACROSS

1 Feel compassion

(for) 5 Uncomforta­ble

spot

8 Focus on winning

a contest? 13 Arctic trout 14 Word with rock

or rain

16 “The Thunder

Dragon Kingdom” 17 Magazine article? 19 Pitching in 20 Egyptian leader

before Sadat 21 Hockey trophy

namesake

23 Go (for) 24 Magazine

employee?

28 Fail to hold it

together

30 Iris part 31 Japanese

national sport 32 Enter noisily 35 Swear 37 Magazine

revenue? 40 Submit

43 FBI director

before Comey 46 Atomic theory

pioneer

47 Blues and Jazz,

e.g.

50 Days of

anticipati­on 52 Magazine ad? 56 “__ had enough!” 57 Supreme Court appointee between Stevens and Scalia

58 Firm up 60 Captures 61 Magazine

founders?

64 See to

65 Shaving mishap 66 Chip in? 67 Baker’s starter

component 68 Look at intently 69 Certain survivor’s

malady, for short

DOWN

1 Commercial

imperative 2 Growing fad? 3 Pet with cheek

pouches 4 “__ Tu”: 1974 hit 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo, once

6 __ the kicker: call a time-out moments before a field goal attempt

7 Facial spasm 8 Overseas county 9 Like Leeds Castle,

architectu­rally 10 Contested 11 Coerced

payments 12 Lang. of Belize 15 Passed out 16 Sight in the skies

above Gotham 18 Cheerleadi­ng

asset 22 Blues-rocker

Chris

25 Role for Ronny 26 Remain

undecided

27 “I was being

sarcastic!” 29 Sources of juice 33 Fielder prefix 34 False purpose 36 __ Aviv

38 First year of the

next millennium

39 Get rid of 40 Robin Roberts’

network

41 Solar eclipse

phenomena 42 Certain MexicanAme­rican 44 Clear

45 Goes back 48 WWII command 49 Protective

garment

51 Intuited 53 Prepared to speak to a tot, maybe

54 Fail in the

clutch 55 Chewie’s pal 59 Gather 60 Short

62 Treat on

March 14 63 Not very

welcoming

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12/31/21

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