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CROSSWORD

Silent Cal

BY DAVID LEVINSON WILK

ACROSS

1. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you ____”:

James Baldwin 5. Tab 9. “Beavis and Butt-head” spin-off 14. Hankering 15. Singer Redding 16. They’re dragged and dropped 17. Messed (up) 19. Crystal-filled rock 20. Company originally called Vacation

Rentals by Owner 21. Tuskegee ____ (World

War II regiment) 22. Pairing of actor Diesel with philosopher

Thomas? 27. Steered clear of 28. “____ the ramparts ... “ 29. Bonobo, e.g. 30. The brilliant friend in Ferrante’s “My

Brilliant Friend” 31. Carpenter’s tool 33. Headed up law enforcement? 40. Lizard: Prefix 41. “____ pronounce you ...” 42. Palindromic Turkish title 45. Food writer/TV personality ____

Drummond 46. Cry from a jealous girlfriend, perhaps 49. Temperament held by a recurring James Bond character? 52. “This is a tough call” 53. Ski resort near Salt

Lake City 54. “The Discovery of India” writer 55. Nickname for U.S. president #30 ... or a hint to understanding the answers to 17-, 22-, 33- and 49-Across 60. Third-stringers 61. Tommie of the “Miracle

Mets” 62. Giga : billion :: ____ : billionth 63. Recovers 64. ‘Do for a while 65. Bring (out)

DOWN

1. Documentarian

Burns who’s the brother of Ken 2. “When will u b here?” 3. MRI target in a knee 4. UPS competitor 5. Recurring action role for Matt Damon 6. “Things aren’t looking so great” 7. Rest atop 8. “Acid” 9. “It’s not delivery, it’s ____” (frozen pizza brand slogan) 10. Sharp, as criticism 11. iRobot vacuum 12. Seriously committed 13. In ____ (sort of) 18. “Metamorphoses” poet 21. Oodles 22. AP math subject 23. Running shoe brand 24. Lounge around 25. Pharmacy bottles 26. Agricultural giant founded in Hawaii in 1851 31. “A good bowl of ____ will always make me happy”: Anthony

Bourdain 32. “Middlemarch” author 34. They’re found in canals 35. Scheduled to arrive 36. Uno y dos 37. Crucifix inscription 38. Villa-studded Italian lake 39. Bremner of

“Trainspotting” and

“Wonder Woman” 42. Easy as pie 43. Reproductive cell 44. Tennis great Gibson 46. Yell 47. Great regard 48. “Knives Out” director

Johnson 50. Lesson from Aesop 51. Satchel who pitched in the majors at age 59 55. Weaken 56. Big bang letters 57. Matchbox toy 58. “That’s ____-brainer” 59. Offering for a developer

ANSWERS 10/26/22

Nuts hell

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