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CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Fred Piscop

CAKE SALE ACROSS

1 Mountain goat’s perch 5 “Wrong! ”ona playground 10 Egyptian cobras 14 Like holes-in-one 15 Like bread for croutons

16 Start of a gridiron play 17 Atmospheri­c region with a “hole” 19 “Hava Nagila” dance

20 Horse feed holder 21 Collapsed under pressure

23 Poet’s prepositio­n 24 No longer divided 25 Eric of “Troy” 26 Rundgren of rock 27 Olive of “Thimble Theatre”

28 Army E-7, e.g.

31 Place to fish 34 Prankster’s weapon

36 Visibility reducer 37 Roofer’s material 39 Tarzan’s call 40 Hung on the line 42 PBJ part

43 First lady McKinley 44 15-Across, perhaps 45 “Ulee’s Gold” insects 47 Like some 49-Acrosses

49 Hoppy brew 50 Sandy’s bark 53 Some patches or T-shirt designs 56 Big name in frozen desserts

58 Beat the pants off 59 Exam taker’s crib 61 Zebra feature 62 Lindbergh,

“the Lone ___” 63 Place for a cotter pin

64 Uses a four-function calculator, perhaps 65 Chasers chase them, at bars 66 Doo-wop group member

DOWN

1 Witchy woman

2 Stubble remover

3 Greeted the day

4 Word before pool or therapy 5 Manhattan, e.g. 6 Not impromptu 7 Bill-blocking vote 8 Russian name similar to “Alec” 9 Cloud data unit 10 Visibly frightened 11 Design made by moving one’s arms and legs

12 Law office worker, for short

13 Fix at the vet’s office 18 Nook reading 22 Lowland, to poets 26 Prepared to drive, with “up” 27 20-Across morsel 29 Thin out, as a herd 30 Word in sale ads 31 ___ latte (spicy Starbucks offering) 32 Insecticid­e brand 33 Poet who supported Mussolini

34 Bubble gum glob 35 Whiskeys in Old Fashioneds

37 Puts a muzzle on 38 Outpaced the pack 41 Caramel-filled Hershey’s candy

42 Hoots at

45 Moon rock compositio­n 46 Makes rhapsodic 48 Opening chips, at times

50 Vega of “Spy

Kids” movies 51 Projection booth items, once 52 Throws a party for 53 Hogwarts librarian Pince

54 Where away games are played 55 Deposed Iranian ruler 57 Ishmael’s captain 60 Swellhead’s problem

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© Andrews McMeel 2/25

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