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CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1. Ending for cyto- or proto6. Divisions of a min.
10. Four Corners state
14. Indian side dish of
yogurt, chopped cucumbers
and spices
15. Medical discovery
16. Slangy denial
17. Had title to
18. For most gridirons it’s
17,600 square yards
19. Coxswain’s men
20. One of the most entertaining and exciting football
finals in many years
23. Pizza parlor order
24. Desert-like
25. Where to store your
meerschaums
30. Scamp
34. Frequent problem with
teamwork
35. So all can hear
37. Major ISP who bought
Tumblr in May 2013
38. To boot
40. Like medieval church
music
42. Colt’s mother
43. Stamp rolls
45. Kind of pole
47. Word often given an
incorrect apostrophe
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48. Common food at a
ballpark
50. Open grasslands,
usually with scattered
bushes or trees
52. Wildebeests
54. Poet’s preposition
55. Gridiron giants from
Space City
61. Carbonated beverage
62. Threesome
63. World Cup powerhouse
65. Arabic for commander
66. Sea eagle
67. Brownish tint of old
photos
68. Watch
69. Types of whiskey
70. Vagabond
DOWN
1. Money maker, in sports
2. Statutes
3. Japanese aborigine
4. Treeless plain
5. Sweet, amber-colored
European wine
6. Strike breaker
7. Common Market money
8. Rowing teams in sculling
9. Wax, perhaps
10. Classic figure in a
top hat
by Scott Ward
11. Aaron Spelling’s
daughter
12. Highest point
13. Chop down
21. Domain
22. Medical picture
25. Georgia’s state fruit
26. Beverage cooler
company based in Texas
27. Hypothesize
28. Old geezer
29. Accolades
31. It’s only as strong as
its weakest link
32. Main artery
33. Windblown soil
36. Raw facts
39. Those who understand
the rules from former days
41. Flood barrier
44. Word in some business
names
46. Communist or socialist
sympathizer
49. Place where a novice
bowler’s ball goes
51. Less cluttered
53. Game in which each
player has four pawns
55. Diamond plate
56. Ruler at Asgard
57. Baseball team
58. Little piggies
59. California wine valley
60. Like some pickings
61. Tennis-match part
64. Mouth, slangily
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