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Crossword Puzzle 1

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ACROSS

1 Country singer

McCann

5 Chose

10 Imitates

14 Poet’s “in a trice” 15 Legendary

crooner Mel 16 Red inside

17 *It often runs through the center of town 19 H.S. math class 20 Year at the

Sorbonne 21 Spare in a boot 22 DIY furniture

giant

23 Took five 25 Clutch

27 Stereo knob 30 Corporate

department 33 Apartment overseer, informally 36 “Homeland” org. 37 Fruit in a split 38 Japanese sash 39 *Sleeveless

shirt

41 NYSE listings 42 Undo

legislativ­ely 44 Place for a ring 45 “Winter Song”

musician John 46 Nottingham’s

river

47 Goofs

49 Stuff, as a

turkey

51 Zero chance 55 Root for a luau 57 Supply-anddemand sci. 60 Turkish coins 61 Cheese couleur 62 Like oceanside resort property

... and what the starts to the answers to starred clues can have? 64 Football’s QB

rating, for one 65 Modeling

adhesive 66 Arrogance, in

slang

67 Fleshy fruit 68 Tivoli’s Villa __ 69 Headliner

DOWN

1 Rapper

Kendrick 2 Mindless

3 Meat cuts 4 “Being Julia”

co-star Bening 5 Old-time baseball slugger called “Master Melvin” 6 Dessert wine

7 It beats a deuce 8 Come forth

9 Put a damper on 10 Craftspers­on 11 *Monopoly property three squares before Go

12 Toledo’s lake 13 Big name in

computer games 18 Fortunetel­ler 24 Image-transfer

item

26 “Now!”

28 Coal holder 29 Staples Center

player 31 Slaughter on the

diamond 32 Pageant body

band

33 Database

command

34 Above, in Berlin 35 *Bit of wishful

thinking

37 B in chem class 39 London art

gallery

40 Old salt

43 On the way 45 Vacation

souvenirs 47 Break out 48 Massage

therapeuti­cally

50 Put in stitches 52 “Are you in __?” 53 Bamboo muncher 54 Aromatic

compound

55 1/2 fl. oz.

56 Choir part 58 Platte River

people 59 Preceded in line by only one person

63 Bar staple

 ?? By Kurt Krauss ?? 8/31/21
By Kurt Krauss 8/31/21

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