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CROSSWORD

- EDITED Erik Agard & Amanda Rafkin BY Patrick Jordan

INNER NET SEARCH ACROSS

1 Informal affirmativ­e 4 Pear part 8 Hindustani classical music instrument 13 Head offstage 15 Stash out of sight 16 Deliver a speech 17 “Cheerio!” alternativ­e 18 Flower or part of the eye 19 Sportscast summary

20 “Who’da thunk it?” 23 Feeling feverish, say

24 “As the saying ___ . . .”

25 Not budgetfrie­ndly 27 Greek capital 30 Complete scope 32 Bayou plants 33 “Breathing Lessons” novelist 37 Organ next to a sideburn

38 Lord and Lady Macbeth, e. g. 39 Firefighte­r’s chopper

40 Busy parent’s recharging period 43 Made a homemade costume, perhaps 45 Part of an ice skate 46 Complete failure 47 Watering hole on a train 50 Crunchy bits in a brownie 51 Nwodim of “SNL” 52 Grilling accessory 58 Some security guards’ posts 60 Electrical network 61 Lake bordering four states

62 Set things right

63 Glowing review 64 Sakkarai pongal ingredient

65 ___ Rope ( Wonka candy) 66 Studied closely 67 Lions’ place

DOWN

1 Abominable snowman 2 Midterm or final 3 Bread eaten with hummus 4 Gives a great performanc­e 5 Grows weary 6 Radio ___ ( clean version of a song) 7 See- through material

8 Deal with 9 Rage 10 Unsaid, yet understood

11 In the slightest 12 Not leave someone on read 14 Labeled 21 Cyclotron particles

22 Uppermost points 26 Oinkers’ quarters 27 Word after “gray” or “bay” 28 Greenish- blue hue 29 Villain vanquisher 30 Lawn ornament 31 Prefix meaning “before” 33 Corrosive fluid 34 They’re studied by attorneys 35 Business bigwig, for short 36 Second chance 38 Singer Kay 41 “Superstore” network 42 Goes by 43 Webpage 44 Holiday with an egg hunt 46 Provided an endowment for

47 Started 48 Colorful marble 49 Helicopter blade 50 Far from worldly 53 Frightful folklore figure

54 Use a mala 55 Word found in “Kalahari desert” 56 “Impressive work!” 57 Sharp 59 Shallow ___

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