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1 Reckon
5 Beauty-supply chain
9 Plays a part... or parts of plays13 “My word!”
14 Takes to a mechanic, perhaps
15 Org. that has awarded the Spingarn
Medal to Rosa Parks and Gordon Parks
17 Without any bells and whistles
19 Elroy Jetson’s pet dog
20 Become ready to eat, naturally
21 Assists, e.g.
22 Sidesteps
24 Assists
25 Naughty little devil
28 “Slow your roll!”
30 ___ cake
32 Starry-eyed and impractical
35 Treat that’s not always black and white
36 Stomping ground
38 Eye irritant, at times
39 Nice buns?
41 Opening song from “Beauty and the
Beast”
42 Grand Ole Opry locale
45 Organ with an anvil
46 Unpleasant chores
48 Smarts
50 Sound from a contented cat
51 Small talk
55 Actress Winter of “Modern Family”
57 Gemstone set by itself in a piece of
jewelry
58 Book’s right-hand page
59 Place before a decimal point
60 Genealogical diagram
61 Just all right
62 Furtive exclamation
63 Sewer line?
DOWN
1 “Mine!”
2 Biblical brother of Jacob3 Work hard for
4 “Monster” author Walter Dean ___
5 Ideal society
6 Hardly social butterflies
7 Road-trip pastime
8 Complete jerk
9 “Blade Runner 2049” actress de Armas
10 Oven-baked potluck dish
11 One known to squeal
12 ___ paper
16 Houseplant homes
18 Competed in the Tour de France, say
23 Leave speechless, maybe
24 Bit of witchcraft
25 MP3 player since 2001
26 “That’s ___ like it!”
27 Home to El Yunque, the only tropical
rain forest in the U.S. national forest
system
29 Smashing success
31 Motto akin to “YOLO”
33 27-Down, por ejemplo
34 Star whose name sounds like something
nice to do
36 Feathered farm female
37 Greek god of war
40 Network connections?41 Bring about
43 Moves sneakily
44 Join the ranks
46 Exchange blows
47 Tackle-box contents
49 Does some improvisational singing
52 Employ
53 A in math class?
54 Be rife (with)
56 British throne, so to speak
57 Soak (up)PUZZLES & GAMES DEPT.
THE
CROSSWORD
A lightly challenging puzzle.