Crossword Edited by Will Shortz
No. 1227
ACROSS
“Ain’t that the
1
truth!”
Use a swizzle
7
stick
“You don’t need
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to be ___, Roy” (rhyming Paul Simon lyric) Human beings
14
Keister, in
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Leicester Filmmaker
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DuVernay
*TV remote
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inserts, often Implement with
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ink
Technical detail,
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for short *Sobriety
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support group session, informally
Give off, as vibes
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Little criticism
26
Pub barrel
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*Animal whose
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name means “earth pig” in Afrikaans
Line on a sales
35
receipt
Skirmish
36
Lena of
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“Chocolat”
Floor cover
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*“Winnie-thePooh”
40 writer Lacto-___
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vegetarianism Element that
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also names a household appliance Acknowledges
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with a head tilt Snag
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*4.0 on a
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transcript
Shapes made in
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the snow
Swing ___ (when
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big bands were big)
Disney snow
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queen *Three-time Emmy winner for “Breaking Bad” Word with butter or Stadium What’s central in heliocentrism Tennessee Smokies or Portland Sea Dogs … or what the answers to the starred clues comprise?
Words from an
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altar ego?
Fairy tale
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menace
Section of a
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sentence
What’s inside an
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inner tube
Fly high
70
Summer wear
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with a T-shirt
53
58
62
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DOWN
Many hoppy
1
brews, in brief ___ of faith
2
One of four in
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the human brain Actress Sissy
4
Ctrl-___-Del
5
Nonetheless
6
Singer Bareilles
7
Minor haircut
8
“Ah, gotcha”
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Forward, as mail
10
Banking giant
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that makes the Venture card Bakery hot spot
12
Yin’s opposite
13
“Don’t starve
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yourself!”
Big name in
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DVRs
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Prefix with
24 Car for a
32 physics vacationer Tropical lizard Archcompetitor
25 33
Some volume Indoor spaces controls
34
27 with lots of natural light Pollution in city
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skies
First lady Bush
Like, forever!
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41
Arnold
29 Emperor during
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Schwarzenegger the Great Fire of or Ronald Rome
Reagan, for
California Total strangers,
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in modern slang Parenthetical Prefix with
30 50 comment enterologist
“___ Well That Right-angle
31 52
Ends Well” shape
Home of seven
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-stans A4 automaker
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Jumping stick
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Vibe
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Lyft competitor
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Consider, as a
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judicial case Down ___
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(Maine)
Iowa campus
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town Mini-albums, in
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brief
“Say ___”
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(doctor’s request)
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