LIFE / CULTURE
Crossword
Published: Dec 09, 2021 06:58 PM
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 ACROSS



  1 Transparent eye part

  7 South Pacific nation

 11 Break in continuity

 14 Cooks, like clams

 15 Cheese in a red wax

 16 Game with a Wild Draw Four card

 17 *Slanted text

 20 Person up on a soapbox, maybe

 21 Erases

 22 "Bottled or ___?" (waiter's question)

 24 House call?

 25 Preamble

 30 www.indiana.___

 33 Worry

 36 *Structure that tourists "hold up" in photos

 40 Attorney's field

 41 ___ kick (soccer move named for a cutting tool)

 42 Slight trace

 44 "Ten Responses to the Phrase '___ Up'" (Guante poem)

 45 *Column with an angle

 47 "Into the Unknown" singer in "Frozen 2"

 49 Get the picture

 50 Like some wine barrels

 51 Tats

 53 Chow line?

 56 "Quit fidgeting!"

 60 More greasy

 65 *Piece of equipment with rungs and sliding sections

 68 Gibbon or bonobo, e.g.

 69 A bit wet

 70 Name that sounds like a self-description of each starred clue's answer

 71 Word paired with "neither"

 72 "At once!"

 73 Gets hot on social media

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  1 Long-running CBS drama

  2 Apt name for a race car driver

  3 Raise, like a child

  4 Beyonce's role in "The Lion King"

  5 Give off

  6 Fred's neckwear in "Scooby-Doo"

  7 Hat with tassels

  8 Pointed a finger at?

  9 Green gemstone prized in China

 10 Insinuate

 11 Bit of embellishment in a rock song

 12 Actress/model Watanabe

 13 Soup-cooking vessels

 18 Playwright Levin

 19 Place to see clown fish

 23 Word before "talk" or "rally"

 25 Unhelpful response to "Who's there?"

 26 Super lite

 27 Artemis, to Apollo

 28 High-___ monitor

 29 "Ish"

 31 Opera star

 32 Person rating an app, probably

 34 "King of birds"

 35 12-year-old, e.g.

 37 "Sorry, my mistake!"

 38 Like water at most restaurants

 39 Concerning

 43 Aunt, in Spanish

 46 Anti-trafficking org.

 48 Feed the kitty

 52 Varieties

 54 Comedian Funches

 55 ___ mignon

 56 Fava or mung morsel

 57 Convention center event

 58 Aspiring D.A.'s exam

 59 Capital of Peru

 61 Villain's hideout

 62 Sit with the engine running

 63 Starter home?

 64 Clarinet necessity

 66 Make a choice

 67 Some hospital employees: Abbr.

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