PUZZLES CROSSWORD
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ACROSS
1 Parts traced for turkey drawings
6 “Totally Spies!” spy
9 Country with a five-sided flag 14 James who played Uncle Phil
15 Like some friends or numbers 17 Escorted through the entrance 18 Nintendo player’s cheating aid
19 Far from seldom 21 Cry of contempt 22 Profs’ aides 23 Reeves who led the Vandellas 25 What the second letter of 10-Down stands for
27 Misfortunes
28 With 55-Down, best
ever
30 “In a sec”
32 “Roll for initiative”
item
33 Gets closer
35 Is dressed in
38 Music genre for
Millie Small
39 Not optimal
41 “Yes,” in French
42 Two hours before
noon
44 Avenues, e.g.
45 ___ and match
46 Bros, e.g.
48 “The War With Grandpa” star Thurman
49 Gelato unit
50 Laugh or cringe, say
52 Wet-weather boot
54 “That was a million years ___” 57 Fenty Beauty owner’s nickname 58 Tennis great Williams 59 British Ferris wheel 62 Thousand bucks
65 Feud between inventors
66 NBA player with a purple-and-gold jersey
67 Thing skipped on a lake
68 No Man’s ___ (video
game)
69 Make really happy
DOWN
1 Owns 2 “Queen Sugar” creator DuVernay 3 The French Quarter’s city
4 Floats along
5 ’80s rock instrument, for short
6 Taurus or Pisces 7 I ___ Scientist (STEM diversity initiative) 8 Cuban dance 9 Late sleepers 10 Direction opposite WSW 11 Breathe heavily 12 Opera solo
13 Corrosive substances
16 Wheels with cogs
20 Polished off
23 Central spot
24 “Great minds think ___”
25 Let your geek flag fly 26 Weeding tool 29 Wig makeup 31 2020 US Open champion
33 Top of a top 10
list
34 Stitched line
36 Destroys
37 Position for F or
Saturn
40 Traditional
saying
43 What humidifiers humidify
47 Holy person
49 Like “cats,” but not “cat” 51 Munches 53 Feature of L or < 54 Swiss mountains
55 See 28-Across 56 “You’re ___ something” (“Good idea”)
58 Incredibly
60 “Man cave,” basically
61 Hairy Himalayan
animal
63 Butterfly-catching
tool
64 Name that might
be short for Andrea