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CROSSWORD FLYING STARTS

- BY Tracy Gray

ACROSS

1 Willie Nelson vocal quality 6 Witness stand pledge 10 FBI agent, slangily 14 Steve, the “Crocodile Hunter” 15 Lady Antebellum or the Dixie Chicks 16 Go berserk 17 Big top 19 43,560 square feet 20 Ocular woe 21 Qualifying races 22 Building built from a kit, perhaps 23 Clothing department suffix 25 Pocketful, in a nursery rhyme 27 Have the means 30 Hume of “Cocoon” 32 River of Nantes 33 Woodwind that’s reedless 34 Chow down 37 Receptioni­st’s place 38 Unsliced hunks of bacon 39 Shrek or Fiona 40 Pellet stove residue 41 Like so-called “Monopoly money” 42 Occasion to smoke a peace pipe 43 Ben & Jerry’s servings 45 Start to catch up to 46 Be a noodge to 48 Title for Helen Mirren 49 Birthplace of seven presidents 50 Many a Trump message 53 Air Jordan sneaker brand 57 Baylor’s city 58 Shag securer 60 Ticks off 61 Part of CPU 62 As clear as mud 63 “Child’s play!” 64 Genius Bar pro 65 Feeds in a sty

DOWN

1 Rapid blinking and hand flapping, for two 2 Order in the court? 3 Off course 4 “Good job!” 5 Largest species of antelope 6 Playful, web-footed mammal 7 Field of expertise 8 Feature of limousine windows, perhaps 9 Places with Wi-Fi availabili­ty 10 Lush, like a pasture 11 Weapon in gangster movies 12 Be on the same page 13 Must-haves 18 Herring kin rich in omega-3s 24 Poetic homophone of “air” 26 Number that shares a key with “!” 27 Pierce portrayer on “M*A*S*H” 28 Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze, to Batman 29 Seafood in the frozen food aisle 30 Highlands groups 31 July birthstone 33 Broadway bomb 35 With the bow, in music 36 Many a Taylor Swift fan 38 Time-saving route 39 Monopoly avenue in the light-blue group 41 “The Tell-Tale Heart” author 42 Topper with a pom-pom 44 Difficult to please 45 Scandal suffix 46 David who sang “Under Pressure” 47 Family name at Tara 48 It’s measured in fathoms 51 Peter out 52 Former Attorney General Holder 54 Shakespear­e’s “Spartan dog” 55 Keurig single-serve pod 56 Barely scrapes together, with “out” 59 Man cave essentials, for short

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© Andrews McMeel 10/10

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