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Crossword Puzzle Daily crosswords can be found on our website: www.TheBeaconNewspapers.com Click on Puzzles Plus Pro-gression by Stephen Sherr 1
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Scrabble answers on p. 77.
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1. Yogurt shop’s claim 6. The first supreme commander of NATO, in 1951 9. Punish, socially 13. Reset a contacts list 14. Sea eagles 16. Make a point 17. Manipulate, experimentally 19. Cookie-meister Spunkmeyer 20. Midnight rambler 21. Neighbor of a Vietnamese 22. Umps’ striped cousins 23. Almost imperceptibly 27. Maze enthusiast 28. Singer Sumac 29. San ___ Obispo, Calif. 30. Type of loan 32. Try to get into a bar 34. Less exciting, to a historian 37. Used the bears’ third bed 39. Cotillion girl 41. Positioned 43. Like a shady park 45. Windy City trains 47. Distribute 48. Kite line holder 50. Good times 52. Tried to become Class President 53. Elevator encounters 57. Voucher 58. Org. with a snake in its logo 59. Champagne Tony of golf 60. Norse god 61. Result of the name pro-gression from 17 to 23 to 53 Across 65. Ice cream flavor 66. Emotion in Snow White 67. travelocity option 68. Actress Laura 69. Understand 70. In a foxlike way
1. Ping pong table accessory 2. “Stop ___ shoot!” 3. Autograph request 4. Jeopardy! contestant 5. Itsy-bitsy 6. Mountain ___ 7. Work on a tooth 8. Necessitate 9. Just a few laps 10. Flophouse 11. Join together 12. Bitter end 15. General Japanese term 18. 10 Down units 23. Renaissance and Reformation 24. Underground chamber 25. “That’s what she ___” 26. Hurries up 31. It added “Brain Freeze” in a 2004 contest 33. Piece of golf course litter 35. In perpetuity 36. Price less 38. Cotillion girl 40. Cloudless 42. Lairs 44. Period between censuses 46. Distinguish between so and sew 49. Poorly made cars 51. War horses 53. Item on a wheel of misfortune 54. Consumer of trail mix 55. Magenta’s neighbor, on a color wheel 56. Drive on 57. Simpleton 62. “Toodles” 63. Div. rival to NYM 64. “Whoopee!”
Answers on page 77.
JUMBLE ANSWERS Jumbles: PARTY GOOSE EXHORT AERATE Answer: What the diner said when the server sprinkled cheese on the pasta -- THAT’S “GRATE”