Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0316
ACROSS
Duck
1
Imaginary
6
ordinal
Duck
9
Word of leavetaking
14
Swing ___
15
(1933-47) Tablecloths and
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napkins
Duck
17
It could be a
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problem
Strategically
20
evasive Handout for a
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walking tour Cosy “spot”
23
Mike of “Shrek”
24
___ Duck
25
Total disarray
27
Heavenly:
30
Prefix Attachment for
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a bit
Big snarl
33
Print “oopses”
37
Examine
40
Be in a mood
41
and brood
Wet wood woe
42
Largest lake in
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Ethiopia Average mark
44
Has in hand
45
Duck, e.g.
46
Lightning strike
50
Cotton gin
51
inventor Whitney
A chance of a
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lifetime, say Raphael’s
55
weapon in “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
“The Duck
58
Variations” playwright
Duck
60
Mexican pal
62
Conger, for one
63
Swiss author of
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“Elements of Algebra”
Duck
65
Pigpen
66
“Duck, duck …”
67
follower
DOWN
High-rise units:
1
Abbr.
___ parmigiana
2
Like many a
3
barrel-aged wine
“Rocks” in a
4
tumbler
Molds, e.g.
5
“Henceforth
6
I ___ will be Romeo”
Keep close to
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one’s heart No ___, no foul
8
Laceless shoes
9
What a flat “b”
10
palm facing a nearby fellow stands for, in A.S.L. Pic-sharing
11
app, informally The second
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“R” in J. R. R. Tolkien
Prepare to
13
proof, in baking It’s mined, all
18
mined!
“It’s ___!”
22
(“We’re on!”) Butterfly
24
also called a common tiger or wanderer Perpetual
Street ___ (rep)
27
What to call
28
a man in Mannheim
Like cheese
29
puffs and rice cakes
Tampa Bay pro
31
List ender:
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Abbr.
Transmit
35
Opening on
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Christmas Eve? In direct
38
confrontation
Used as a
39
dining surface Coatroom
45
fixture
“Fine, stay
46
angry then!” Mission to
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remember in San Antonio Skittish
48
Sís and das
49
Scene of
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pandemonium
Editor’s “Forget
53
I wrote that” Sanctified
54
Musician’s
55
chance to shine, perhaps Flabbergasts or
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gobsmacks Memo subject
57
header Something a
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duck lays
Bugs and Daffy
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in “The Iceman Ducketh,” e.g.