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CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Fred Piscop

UPSTAIRS/ DOWNSTAIRS

ACROSS

1 Muscles near lats

5 Uncle Remus term of address

9 “Ivanhoe” novelist Sir Walter 14 Remove to a MASH, briefly 15 Pervasive glow 16 Caveman-style, as a diet

17 Its depth is checked in an auto inspection

19 Flared dress style

20 Interlocki­ng pavers

21 “___ semper tyrannis”

23 Brings to a screeching halt

24 Exude, as charm

25 Pioneering deejay Freed

27 Tense moment for a pilot

34 Takes too much, for short

37 Home to most of us

38 Provo native

39 Playmates of antelopes, in song 41 Confined, like some

1-Down

43 Tomato in tomato paste

44 When glaciers advanced

46 Like the Mojave’s climate

48 Bench with hymnals

49 Way to work, for many suburbanit­es

52 Fit of temper

53 Ravens’ cries

56 Speed-of-sound word

59 Salary limit 61 Sheep prized for its wool

63 Brass or bronze

65 Night owl, usually

67 Chapel topper

68 Mineral in hemoglobin

69 Zoo houseful

70 Donald Duck and Daffy Duck 71 March 15 or May 15 72 Newbie

DOWN

1 Garfield and Odie, to Jon

2 Online party reminder 3 Billiard ball’s rebound

4 Like postcard pictures

5 Soap units

6 Feel remorse about

7 Time spans named for monarchs

8 Michelin offering

9 Place for a body scrub 10 Page-A-Day publicatio­n 11 “This Is Us” director Ken

12 Mind, as a store 13 Stocking parts 18 Neon ___ (aquarium fish)

22 Supermodel Schiffer

26 Aardvark’s victim

28 Self-denying one

29 “Cheap Thrills” singer

30 “Horrible” Viking of comics 31 Flapjack-serving chain

32 Word with stage or pen

33 Chew like a rat

34 Like Pindar’s poetry 35 Chrysler Building style, informally

36 Appear to be

40 It’s blown on Yom Kippur

42 Overthrow a base, say

45 Paintball weapon

47 Food-cubing gadget

50 “And others,” in citations

51 Steer snagger

54 Thin, like cirrus clouds

55 Grinch’s look

56 One of a ketch’s two

57 Gravy Train competitor

58 Advertiser’s award

60 Pal on the ranch

61 YMCA part

62 Guesstimat­e phrase

64 “I’d love to!”

66 Stubbed body part Monday’s Answer

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