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TODAY’S CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 Snake’s warning 5 Water main 9 Persian Gulf craft

14 Is, in Avila 15 Elevator inventor 16 Tenet 17 Carameltopped custard 18 Pantyhose shades 19 Forum wear

20 Ivy shoot 22 Thrift 24 Warning floats

26 GI mail drop

27 Secure 30 Posh hotel lobbies

34 Rule 35 Clump of dirt

36 Melody 38 Domestic animal

39 Stew

42 Sink downward 43 Mountain range near China

45 Mesh 46 Extreme prefix 48 Fencer’s phrase (2 wds.)

50 Worn at the edges 51 Once called 52 Upriver spawner 54 Deep regret 58 Briefly (2 wds.)

62 Legal excuse 63 Auditioned 65 Threesided blade 66 Luxury hideaway 67 Softball or tennis 68 Carry on 69 Threelegged frame 70 Cooler or jug

71 -- gin fizz

DOWN

1 Bulk

2 Atlas dot 3 Comedian -- Laurel 4 Flood stopper

5 Elixir 6 Gondolier’s land

7 Sewing kit item

8 Latin I verb 9 Leggy swimmers 10 Resolve a problem (2 wds.)

11 Toy block brand 12 Party cheese 13 Promising 21 Wishing undone 23 King and queen

25 Quick quips

27 Whale like Shamu

28 “-- Street Blues” 29 Magnate 31 Frog cousin 32 Stale and damp 33 Catch 35 Whey opposite

37 Mild oath 40 Fairy-tale heavies 41 Flings 44 Base 47 Froths 49 TV antenna

50 -- -bender 53 Marlins’ city 54 Speak wildly 55 Essay byline

56 Inch fractions

57 Joule fractions 59 Translucent gem 60 Nevada town 61 Pierre’s noggin 64 Chow down

SCIENCE

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