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- EDITED Erik Agard BY Erik Agard

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ACROSS

1 Programmin­g language with a coffee logo 5 Laundry quantity 9 Specter 14 Iowa State University city 15 Coin in Spain 16 GPS suggestion 17 Midwestern city nicknamed “The Little Apple” 20 They worshipped Quetzalcoa­tl 21 Skeletal 22 Samantha Bee channel 23 “___ Miserables” 24 Two ___ time 26 Expressway, e.g. 28 Headpiece for a princess 30 Slows the bike down 34 Incur a bleep 37 They’re sealed for secrecy 39 Vote into office 40 Sorority founded at Howard in 1908 43 Slow creature 44 Overcame friction 45 Like ___ of bricks 46 Naomie or Emmylou 48 Pointy-eared fantasy creatures 50 High marks at a ball 52 Bagel fish 53 Acquire 56 Small amount of hot sauce 59 Bread from a tandoor 61 Et ___ 63 Start of a palindrome about a waterway 66 Roomba, for one 67 Revise 68 “Star Wars: Episode IX” title word 69 “I wish you would!” 70 Chess ending 71 Golfer’s pegs

DOWN

1 Name that means “beauty” 2 Stun 3 Unloads frustratio­n 4 Tennis legend Arthur 5 “We should touch base” 6 Publicly trans, say 7 League of ___ States 8 Organ offerer 9 Spot of moral uncertaint­y 10 Dearie 11 Remove from power 12 Attempt 13 Model Holliday 18 Berry native to Brazil 19 Part of a door or a drawer 25 Songs sung by divas 27 Where Wings and Mavs ball 28 Bit of cannon fodder at a sporting event 29 Tech giant 31 Hung on to 32 Reverberat­e 33 “We have decided to ___ forever” (superfan’s declaratio­n) 34 Tip jar’s contents 35 Site of a Monteggia fracture 36 Practice-fight 38 “Tell. Me. Everything!” 41 Estrange 42 Champion of a cause 47 Provide percussion by hand 49 Boardroom figure, for short 51 City in Oregon or Massachuse­tts 53 Bottle being 54 Remove in Photoshop 55 Stories 56 Pub projectile 57 Love, in telenovela­s 58 “___ Shark” (children’s song) 60 “From Prada to ___” 62 Sour 64 Chance at an Oscar, for short 65 A meticulous person might pick one

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12/3 © Andrews McMeel

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