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SWITCHPLAT­ES

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Tracy Gray

ACROSS

1 Dracula, after shapeshift­ing

4 Avocado dip, casually 8 Hawks and doves 13 Shape of some coffee tables 15 Singer James portrayed by Beyonce 16 Really go for 17 Features of some school uniform skirts 19 Zapped with a stun gun

20 Contemptib­le sort

21 Tour of duty

23 Green of “Dark Shadows”

24 Crate marker’s aid

26 What many fidget toys do

27 Klutzy sort

30 Castaway’s distress call

31 Descends a cliff

33 Pool noodles, e.g.

35 “Hold on, I’ve changed my mind!”

36 Indigenous plant life

37 Hotel shuttle, perhaps

38 Stock exchange membership­s 41 Matt of “Going in Style”

43 It may be cast in November

44 Camper’s cookware

46 In the doldrums

47 Bond or Bourne

48 ___ up (pay)

49 PTA part

52 “Made for Moments” TV brand

53 Car named for an inventor

54 Clatter or chatter

58 Give up one’s amateur standing

60 Painting medium similar to crayons

62 Dupont acrylic fiber

63 3-Down alternativ­e

64 Appear to be

65 Really small

66 Handsome, as a sum

67 House of Commons politicos, for short

DOWN

1 Flappers’ hairdos

2 Openly declare

3 Hired ride

4 “I had no idea!”

5 The Osmonds, by birth 6 Storage area beneath the rafters

7 Skillet material 8 Bed ___ & Beyond 9 Sun Valley’s state (Abbr.)

10 They may be strewn at weddings 11 Austin Powers nemesis 12 Cadillac CTS and Lincoln MKZ 14 Some hosp. staffers 18 “We need to hash this out!”

22 Meaty part of a crab

25 Camera named for a goddess

26 Pitchman’s pitch

27 Not on the job

28 The works

29 Corn or potatoes

32 Rose Bowl city

34 Greet the day

35 Bert Bobbsey’s twin

37 Unseats, as an elected official

39 Word after tank or tube

40 Where slop is served

42 “Lo-cal,” in ads

43 Scrooge’s interjecti­on

44 Robbie of “I, Tonya”

45 Concert finale, often

46 Ascended, as a cliff

50 “I was out of town at the time,” e.g. 51 Rachel’s love interest on “Friends”

53 Frosted Flakes tiger

55 Gossip magazine twosome

56 Ooze, as through cracks 57 Majestic trees 59 Harry’s best friend at Hogwarts

61 Act the snoop

 ?? © Andrews McMeel ?? 10/31
© Andrews McMeel 10/31

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