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BELIEVE IT OR …
ACROSS 1 Soybean-based soup 5 Handled indelicately 10 Like the Cheshire Cat’s grin 14 Annoying smell 15 Jacques’ farewell 16 Served to perfection? 17 All-out Vegas play 20 Pipe with a 90-degree bend 21 Hamburger’s river 22 Beauty shop procedure 23 Editing mark 24 Like many sandals 26 Word with ready or shy 29 First name of Batman’s alter ego 30 “Genesis” brother 31 Partly melted snow 32 Truth-in-lending abbr. 35 Say something differently 39 Aviators in tabloids 40 Raid target 41 Bagel feature 42 Hammered instruments 43 Extinguishes 45 Brightly colored shawls 48 Maui dance 49 Development sites? 50 Before you know it 51 Pod vegetable 54 It’s on a staff 58 Celebratory poems 59 Clear a freezing windshield 60 “It ___ what you think!” 61 Green of TV’s “Dads” 62 Courtroom statements 63 Stress-free living
DOWN 1 Manner of performance 2 Word with false or matinee 3 Aretha has it 4 Sphere 5 Saffron-rice dish 6 Flash producer 7 Word with live or hot
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8 Suffix for “velvet” 9 Twosome 10 Surfer girl 11 Cake coverage 12 Closely crowded together 13 Advanced slowly 18 Evil look 19 Medicine lozenge 23 Cold-cuts emporium 24 Liar’s undoing 25 “Be quiet!” 26 Part of Batman’s costume 27 Touch the border of 28 ‘86 World Series winners 29 Voting groups 31 Sweater woes
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1777
Gen. George Washington leads his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.
War breaks out in Indochina as troops under Ho Chi Minh launch widespread attacks against the French.
1998
President Bill Clinton is impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice.
Ages on end Poker-pot part Misspent energy Where rams romp Ascot
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TODAY IN HISTORY
1946
C1246 2x8
32 Army scofflaw, initially 33 Cast a ___ over 34 Loaves at 23-Down 36 ___ of Capricorn 37 “... in ___-horse open sleigh” 38 Emu cousin of South America 42 Tastelessly colorful 43 Repeats verbatim 44 Armbone 45 Wrestlers in a round ring 46 Practice piece for one instrument 47 Odometer button 48 Moonshine 50 Dither 51 Leaning Tower city
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