DIVERSIONS & AMUSEMENTS
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ACROSS
1 Hand-drawn animation sheet
4 up (absorb, as gravy off
a plate)
7 Annual event with livestock
and live music (2 wds.)
10 Tennessee city that hosts a
7-Across
11 Scottish “Gee!”
12 Bank acct. earnings (abbr.)
13 Baby-delivering docs, briefl y
15 Sheep barn female
17 Photo (picture-taking
events)
19 Honest ___ Lincoln
21 Ferris wheel at the 7-Across
in Dallas (2 wds.)
24 Some cattle show breeds
25 Org. with an April 15
deadline (inits.)
26 Preacher’s talk (abbr.)
DOWN
1 Ticket sellers’ portable
money receptacles
2 Biblical verb ending
3 Strauss of blue jeans fame
4 Type of taff y (2 wds.)
5 What corn dogs are fried in
6 Prefi x meaning “before”
7 ___-cone (7-Across treat)
8 Mexican-stand snack
9 ___ arts exhibit (7-Across
off ering)
14 Practice for a bout
16 Online auction site
18 Nine-digit IDs assigned at
birth (abbr.)
20 Hospital trauma centers,
briefl y
21 ___ Fridays restaurant
22 Continent where
Clydesdales originated (abbr.)
23 NNW’s opposite
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