Part II: Tackling the Puzzles

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208 Part II: Tackling the Puzzles


Across



  1. Jazz variation

  2. Word with “bar” or
    “binary”

  3. Little bits

  4. Roll with the punches

  5. Cutlass, for one

  6. Heir to the Ponderosa

  7. Try

  8. Diving position

  9. Counterfeiters’ nemeses

  10. Japanese Prime
    Minister Hirobumi

  11. “It’s been ___ pleasure”

  12. Try

  13. Certain woodwind
    player

  14. Comparer’s words

  15. Plays in city after city

  16. Places for idols

  17. “___ the season to be
    jolly”

  18. Buenos ___

  19. Bud’s funny bud

  20. White-flowered shrubs

  21. Fife player’s percussion

  22. Track-and-field contest

  23. Cause to expand, as
    pupils

  24. Try

  25. 007, for example

  26. Guy who’s all thumbs
    53. Foot portion
    56. Cape Town cash
    57. And try again...
    60. Lid irritation
    61. Asia’s shrinking sea
    62. Smooths, as the way
    63. ___ over heels
    64. Like an owl, supposedly
    65. Mules, hinnies, and
    such


Down



  1. Sheet of matted cotton

  2. Coated dairy product

  3. Where breads, cakes,
    and pastries may be
    made

  4. Kind of concert or
    market

  5. “Harper Valley ___”

  6. Raccoon relative

  7. James of The
    Andromeda Strain

  8. Outlawed pesticide

  9. Suffix with Taiwan or
    Peking

  10. Carrot’s principal
    feeder

  11. “Farewell” from France

  12. Capital of Senegal

  13. Small, silvery fish

  14. Pinball violation

  15. Hamlet fivesome
    24. Naval monogram on
    many ships
    25. The Prince of
    26. “Sweet” suffixes
    27. “Beetle Bailey” dog
    28. A way to cook eggs
    31. Michelangelo work
    32. Make a faux pas
    33. Obstacle to success or
    large sea bird
    34. Burglar’s swag
    35. Completely convinced
    37. Middle East gulf
    40. Changed for the better
    41. Nice and tidy
    42. Comedian Conway
    43. Llama cousins
    45. Resist with boldness
    46. Swampland
    47. Fine print, perhaps
    48. Safari country
    49. Old Roman wraps
    50. Knights of the Round

    (1953)
    54. Canadian Native
    American
    55. Pianist Dame Myra
    57. Like most fish in sushi
    58. “Mentalist” Geller
    59. Red or Dead body of
    water


Puzzle 91: Who’s Trying Now?


Tough

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