CROSSWORD

V- DAY

ACROSS

1 Sums 5 Swedish Music Hall of Fame group 9 Actress Mid-thunder 14 Climactic part of a dance song 15 Defeat decisively 16 Workplace benefit for a new parent 17 The other way around 19 Glove material 20 Supper time 21 Skirt feature 23 Lets 24 “Little Miss Sunshine” Oscar winner Alan 26 Recede 29 Sandwich initials 30 One might be shared millions of times 32 Tegan and Sara, e. g. 34 Borg who advocated for gender parity in technology 35 Accidents 38 Animal 40 Form option accompanied by a text box 41 Liquid- Plumr alternative 42 Revving sounds 45 ___- ray disc 48 Feature of a needle or a potato 49 Deep Blue’s game 50 Shade that Amadeus Cho turns, in the comics 52 Be defeated 53 Import/ export taxes 55 Run ___ of 58 Simple Congressional procedure 60 “Cool!” 61 “___ kleine Nachtmusik” 62 Diva’s highlight 63 Dissuade 64 Traversed a hardwood floor in socks, perhaps 65 Observance before Easter

DOWN

1 “Always” or “never,” grammatically 2 Nonsense 3 Museum tour guide 4 Very weary 5 “Hear, hear!” 6 Steals 7 Do a table- clearing job 8 Largest U. S. state by area 9 Totally ineffectual 10 Food group sometimes avoided on Mondays 11 Vampire in disguise 12 12/ 31, e. g. 13 Tyrannosaurus ___ 18 French word before and after “a” 22 Rapper ___ Kim 25 Monopoly board quartet ( Abbr.) 26 Turn from rough draft to final draft 27 ___ noire 28 Wild swine 30 A- lister 31 Digging 32 Actor Germaine 33 Red, orange or yellow 35 Relocate 36 Humble response to a compliment 37 Wedge or mule, for example 38 Italian breadand- toppings appetizer 39 Male sheep 41 Uno x 2 43 “Be Kind Rewind” medium 44 19th- century lawman Bass ___ 45 Prior to 46 Didn’t take out 47 Depose 50 Standardized test for a future Ph. D., often 51 Nemesis 52 String instrument 54 Got every question correct on 55 “Go on . . .?” 56 Finder’s reward 57 Nondairy milk source 59 Stir- fry need

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