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Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Puzzle

- “SEEING PROGRESS” By PAM AMICK KLAWITTER ©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

ACROSS Playground game with hoops Blobby sci-fi villain Biker’s protective wear In the know Fitness motto starter Removes faded flowers from 22 Fit

24 Brand with a

Jumpman logo 25 Regret

26 School near Windsor Stiles of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 28 “Friends” friend 29 Arrives like a

brainstorm

34 A, to Beethoven 36 Fair

37 Formal talk 39 Deer sir

43 Droid from Naboo, familiarly Volume unit Go inside Long, long tail? Start of a hopeful chant Tower engineer Simone’s state Dagger of yore Mosque official Bound to be

“I, Claudius” role Collapsed Like some fried food Letters on a bathroom tube Absolutely zero Dealer-busting org.

Meter starter Compared with Places where quiet is often demanded Cut of the loot River past Logroño

It’s raised at a circus Obligation Many surfers Ignore mistakes, say Letters on a GI’s letters Absorb, as a spill Twitter rampage Hale-Bopp, for one 1 6 11

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Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis Alphabetic­ally 2 Accept the 27 Boxing div. 60 Herd mentality first V8 blame 30 Suspects output? ingredient Wild party 31 Jordanian Golfer’s gouge Yawning cause “No seats” sign queen dowager Pasta Place to make a Job listing abbr. José’s hand restaurant rial deal “Precisely like A light bulb may closing? Some tributes this” symbolize one RPI and NIH Disney theme “Take __ at it” “It’s clear now” Cards, for short park Bingo cousin Multi-lingual Tiberius’ tongue Part of many a Marcel Marceau Irish singer Blessed __ plot clown persona First golfing Casual Friday Bristol bye-bye Snacked U.S. president fabric

Bit of politeness Princess with Pulitzer-winning Musical from a hat-tipper cinnamon-bun author James workout, at That guy, to locks __ standard times

Guy Not kidding Bowl, say Singer’s perfect Subject of many Asleep in Eng. Was highly pitch, say a watch class? regarded “... chips-down” Family film Cause of sticker Formal wear link feature shock at the item “Ciao” Enthusiast­ic to a florist? 1983 Indy 500 Swedish auto fault They may be champ Tom Bit of optimism Elicit a chuckle unsung Fancy moldings Lotion additive A detective may “CSI” actor Throw very hard Fuzzy memory act on one George Berkshire One taking a Spoofs Old food label racecourse class over Minibike kin figs. Deadlocked Juice with a __ music I-9 ID Alleged creation lizard logo Thoughts of the of Buffalo’s Picard’s beach while in Anchor Bar counselor class, e.g. Wray of “King Jon of “Mad MIT offerings Kong” Men”

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Checkout action Stamps Figure with a cape

__ kit: Ancestry. com item Signed off on Speechless player

Like morning fields Stimulate Memory miscue Pass-rushing group, briefly Prevention amount Strength Inventing middle name

Card holder, maybe

Pub mugfuls Jazzy genre Yokohama yes Omelet filler 70-Down trio opener Bright students’ org.

“How obvious”

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