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1 One of seven in a Kurosawa film
8 Trilogy of graphic memoirs co-written
by John Lewis13 In general
14 Christmas cheer?
15 Ingredient in some acne creams
16 Quadriceps exercise that can be done
almost anywhere
17 “Here Come the Warm Jets” musician
Brian
18 Motivate
20 Sit out in the sun
21 Tiniest puppy
23 Country rocker Steve
24 Descartes who wrote “Meditations on
First Philosophy”
25 “Jane ___” (book originally published as
an autobiography edited by Currer Bell)
27 Tenth Hebrew letter
28 Bar game
29 Coming-of-age drama?
32 Huff
33 Kick out of the group chat, say
34 Swear words?
39 Suits, briefly
40 Wander (about)
41 ___ Gang (political fan base)
43 Expectorated
44 Tierney of “ER”
46 March Madness org.
48 “Waterfalls” trio
49 Illustrious
51 Cleaning compound
52 Underlings in a castle
54 Green ingredient in a rainbow roll
56 Planet that orbits the sun on its side
57 Odyssey, e.g.
58 Pulitzer-winning playwright Tracy with
roles in “The Post” and “Lady Bird”
59 Small pieces
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1 More likely to groan, perhaps
2 Monopoly buy
3 Hollywood, for the U.S. film industry
4 Ocean State sch.
5 Hindu queen
6 ___ time (opportunity to recharge one’s
batteries)
7 “For the umpteenth time.. .”
8 Unit written out as 6.022 × 10^23
9 Org. whose champion is awarded the
Calder Cup
10 Team lists
11 Wine famously paired with liver in a line
from a 1991 film
12 What chili peppers might indicate on a
menu
14 Rabbit relative
16 Taylor Swift power ballad with the lyrics
“He’s so tall and handsome as hell / He’s
so bad, but he does it so well”
19 Lecture giver, casually
22 Split with two cuts, maybe
24 Best Picture Oscar winner inspired by
the life of Kim Peek
26 Best and Ferber
28 ___ Lane (where the Muffin Man lives)
30 Exciting, slangily
31 Michael of “S.N.L.”
34 Like good sleep
35 Research
36 Double-breasted outerwear37 Mr. Tumnus, in “The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe,” for one
38 Vatican City or San Marino, e.g.
42 Sense of orientation?
44 Mlles. after marriage
45 Weapon for Wile E. Coyote
47 Millennia on end
49 Avian sprinters
50 Morrison who was born Chloe Ardelia
Wofford
53 Weapon for Wile E. Coyote
55 Video-game series created by Sid Meier,
for shortPUZZLES & GAMES DEPT.
THE
CROSSWORD
A moderately challenging puzzle.