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MAIL CALL ACROSS

1 Chevy hybrid 5 Halt in hostilities 10 Hoagie, by another name 14 Lightbulb, in comics 15 Ventriloquist ___ Wences 16 Bell-ringing cosmetics company 17 Performer who’s heard but not seen 19 Feature of Earth’s axis 20 Torch’s misdeed 21 Be indisposed 22 Name tag word 23 Beachgoers’ markings 26 Well-read 30 Piano’s sustaining pedal 33 Grand Canal locale 34 Chick of the future 35 Vigorous spirit 37 Not just smoldering 38 Sandra of “Gidget” 39 “Steppenwolf” novelist Hermann 40 When the stars are out, in adspeak 41 San Francisco Bay weather phenomenon 42 Plastic used in furniture manufacture 43 Quadrant, e.g. 45 Disheveled hair in the morning 46 Quaked in one’s boots 48 Titillating, as gossip 51 Unlikely tic-tac-toe win 52 Moved like a kangaroo 57 “As a result . . .” 58 Buyer of scrap metal 60 They may be bruised or inflated 61 Information booth visitor 62 Dull way to learn 63 Smart-alecky 64 Tough to resolve 65 “Please don’t go!”

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1 “___ Las Vegas” (Presley movie) 2 “P-U!” inducer 3 Fragrant neckwear 4 ___ Tuesday (food special) 5 Baggage-checking org. 6 Repair, as a woven chair 7 “___ we meet again” 8 President nicknamed “Silent Cal” 9 Boot a grounder, e.g. 10 Attack on a race or religion, say 11 Rotten to the core 12 Monopoly turn 13 Not duped by 18 Sweet-talk 22 Alter, in a way 24 Absorbed, as a cost 25 Act the shrew 26 “Almighty” character in a 2007 movie 27 New mortgage deals, informally 28 Form a coalition 29 Price of manufacturing supplies, e.g. 31 Classic spokescow 32 Bob Marley, e.g., for short 34 ER readout 36 Basis for some grants 38 Rodent in “A Mad Tea-Party” 39 Meeting before a snap 41 Goliath, to David 42 General at Appomattox 44 “Give it a whirl!” 45 London chaps 47 Knocks on the noggin 48 “M*A*S*H” vehicle 49 More than merely suggest 50 Dr. Frankenstein’s flunky 53 Organs with drums 54 Oodles and oodles 55 “Fur Is Dead” org. 56 Basket made from “downtown,” say 58 Copier problem 59 Like some martinis

© Andrews McMeel