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IT’S IN THE GRASS

- By Mark Hooper

ACROSS

1 Suffix with “narc” 5 Submarine sandwich additions, perhaps 9 Asset for an inventor 13 Pro ___ (in proportion) 14 Wedge-shaped mark 15 Window feature 16 Huge viper 18 “Rant” partner 19 Borrower’s note 20 Ambulance chaser’s advice 21 “Don’t leave home without it” card (Abbr.) 22 Embrace 26 1990s Toyotas 28 Awl or saw, e.g. 29 “Not a moment ___ soon!” 31 Potter’s cooker 32 Battleship success 33 Supermarke­t walkway 35 Accomplish­ed, Biblically 38 Winter hours in NYC 39 Class that might have a lab 41 Opposite of sell 42 City on the Saone and Rhone 44 Hullabaloo­s 45 Cleopatra’s biter 46 Head-shaking responses 48 Musical note between “fa” and “la” 49 Jogger’s malady 50 Behaves theatrical­ly 52 Made to grip the road 54 Nerve cell impulse transmitte­r 55 Oohs and ___ 57 Ready alternativ­e? 58 Tater 59 Poisonous brown snake 64 Minuscule amount 65 Corbeled-out window 66 Thick head of hair 67 Like a fireplace floor 68 Took one’s turn 69 Crafts partner

DOWN

1 Symbol of royalty 2 Greek letter after sigma 3 Oft-mistyped possessive 4 John Wayne title marshal 5 Owns 6 Table scraps 7 Get ready for kickoff 8 Barely make it across the field? 9 Acre resident 10 Certain rattlesnak­e 11 Shoemaker’s helpers, in a fairy tale 12 “Potpourri for a thousand, ___” 14 Severely critical 17 Wingless extinct bird 22 “I Love Lucy” name 23 Causing a ruckus 24 Snake also known as a water moccasin 25 Assume for argument’s sake 27 A and B, on LPS 30 Butter substitute­s 33 Valued possession 34 “___ a good note” 36 It’s often served with ginger and wasabi 37 Went “tap tap tap” on a keyboard 40 Sanders or Mustard 43 When the sun is highest 47 Docile marine mammal 49 Breathtaki­ng condition? 50 Nationals, formerly 51 Sandcastle setting 53 Neither partner? 54 Largest continent 56 “Wheel of Fortune” option 60 Your dog or cat, for example 61 Hammer and anvil site 62 Suffix with “claim” or “cool” 63 ___ Moines River

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