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CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

GYMNASTICS MEET

ACROSS

1 Job for Perry Mason 5 Adds frosting to 9 Chime in 14 List shortener, briefly 15 Dish made of leftovers 16 Like cornball humor 17 Surprise nominee 19 Islamic holy book 20 Period named for a genre 21 Boom times 22 Tweaked, as text 24 Infield hit, usually 26 Ready to explode 27 Talked ad nauseam 29 Suppress, as a yawn 33 Wolf of the west 36 Inning enders 38 Gastropod for a gourmet 39 State firmly 40 Spring for the tab 42 Burger King supply 43 Kevlar garments 45 Herb with roast chicken 46 Mandatory bet 47 Features of Gothic windows 49 Time off, briefly 51 Tries out for a role 53 Seed on some 42-Across 57 Like acid rock music 59 Moviedom’s Dr. Zaius, e.g. 60 Up to, informally 61 Place for indoor football 62 Light in a light show 65 Worrisome engine noises 66 Post-workout woe 67 Hotel quote 68 Henhouse fixture 69 Be lacking in 70 Sharif of “Che!”

DOWN

1 Gives up formally 2 Video game name since 1972 3 Wrap for leftovers 4 Animal in a lodge logo 5 “Heaven forbid!” 6 Alamo fleet 7 Section of winding road 8 Like see-through lingerie 9 Sister island of Nevis 10 Snacks for gym rats 11 Word on Irish euros 12 Just ___ (slightly) 13 “Triple” author Follett 18 Undulating dance 23 Courtroom figs. 25 Annual formations on trees 26 All blubbery 28 Pair’s pronoun 30 Man-goat of myth 31 Stuff in dust bunnies 32 “If all ___ fails . . .” 33 Obsidian, before cooling 34 OTC part 35 Long-necked pear 37 Story spanning generation­s 41 Many a vintage Schwinn bike 44 Overlook, as a fault 48 Gullible sort 50 Antelope’s playmate of song 52 “Lay Lady Lay” singer Bob 54 Elite squad 55 Sporty Mazda 56 Bull on a glue bottle 57 The Marx Brothers, after 1933 58 Gaming mecca on I-80 59 Arthur on a 2005 postage stamp 61 Car financing fig. 63 Bandage brand 64 “Dude!”

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© Andrews McMeel

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