CROSSWORD

BREAD STARTERS

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River’s movement Musical phrase 9 5 Sit-___ ( protests) 12 Norwegian capital 13 Anticipate 15 Became acquainted with 16 Sauce hidden in “asparagus” 17 Sign that’s three before Gemini 19 Flattery

22 ___ Dame 23 Yiddish lament 24 502, in Roman numerals 26 Financial planning initials 27 Scallion relative 28 Vessel for Union, Wade, Paul and James in an infamous vacation photo

32 Levy on TV 33 Traveled 34 Silent- letter bird 35 Reigning over 37 Colorful parrots 39 Food that’s a mineral backward 40 Fourth planet from the sun 41 40- Across hue 43 Rat race, say 46 Eat

47 MLK’s title, for short

48 “Pushing Daisies” pie- maker 49 Complete 50 Bedard who voiced Pocahontas 53 Latte alternative 56 Sparrow, for one 58 Statement of comprehension 59 “Just kidding!” 60 English major’s assignment

61 Acceptable 62 College senior’s test, perhaps 63 Opposite of difficulty 64 Dorothy’s first victim hails from this direction

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1 Number of winks in a nap 2 College senior’s test, perhaps 3 Author Tokarczuk 4 “___ that be nice!” 5 Genre with freestyles 6 Triumphant shout 7 Burkina ___ 8 Short story author’s field 9 “Sounds good to me!”

10 Time to switch calendars

11 He . . . is a Crystal Gem

14 Lead- in to “firma” or “cotta”

18 Spot at the table 20 “Get it away from me!” 21 Hyundai competitor 25 Away from the outside

28 Not harmful 29 Director Lee 30 Curving paths 31 “How to ___ Human Being” ( Glass Animals album)

33 Lean but strong

36 “ur hilarious” 37 “Jeez!” 38 Politician with a six- year term 40 Time when some crises take place 42 Rhyme of

49- Down, and what you might do to one

43 ___ coffee

44 Bird of prey’s nest

45 Official with a whistle

46 “I goofed!” 49 Receiver of likes 51 Rocket- launching org.

52 GPS calculations 54 Vietnam’s continent 55 Some bills 57 Anatomical palindrome

© Andrews McMeel