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CROSSWORD

DON’T PROCRASTIN­ATE

- EDITED Timothy Parker BY Lucia Cole

ACROSS 1 Grow crops 5 La ___ opera house 10 Taxies 14 Occasion to wear a muumuu 15 Second-largest Great Lake 16 Beat soundly 17 “East” or “west” endings 18 Alaska native 19 Opera highlight 20 Handle a line poorly? 23 Model of perfection 24 Starring roles 25 Barnum’s way out 28 Family members, for short 30 Pigeon sounds 31 Brief conflict 33 “Capital” attachment 36 Patient one’s proverb 40 Kind of poem 41 Southern refreshmen­t 42 Horner’s find 43 Fast-spreading cultural idea 44 Big name in small swimsuits 46 Tall stor y? 49 Petal product 51 Procrastin­ate 57 Injured, as a ligament 58 More uncommon 59 Russian chain 60 “. . . happily ___ after” 61 Ermine, at times 62 Muddy, as water 63 Cincinnati nine 64 “Patton” props 65 They justif y the means? DOWN 1 Took to the air 2 Ambience 3 Eastern royalty 4 Most stale and moldy 5 Brings dishonor to 6 Mea ___ 7 “He’s ___ nowhere man . . .” 8 Good-for-nothing 9 “Body” or “social” start 10 I-beam lif ters 11 Major arter y 12 Muscleman’s pride 13 Does not leave 21 Bouncers’ reading material? 22 Pipe shaped like 56-Down 25 Comeback, of sorts 26 Spur on 27 Thorny plant 28 Part of a process 29 “___ your call” 31 After-holiday event 32 Just manage (with “out”) 33 ___ of Capri 34 Poker variety 35 Short note in the office 37 Oust by force 38 Close-mouthed 39 Camera feature 43 Does a carpenter’s task 44 Beginnings 45 Yield, as a dividend 46 Diet-ad photo caption 47 Hoarded treasure 48 Exhausted 49 Hitter of 755 home runs 50 Fix just a bit 52 “While” attachment 53 ___-tat-tat 54 Fe, to a chemist 55 Old ___ (card game) 56 Right-angle bends

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