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CROSSWORD

DJ Khaled

BY DAVID LEVINSON WILK

ACROSS

1. Econ. growth indicator 4. In need of body butter, say 8. ____ bear 13. Hip-hop’s ____-A-Fella

Records 14. You’re reading one right now 15. French Polynesia’s most populous island 16. Best-selling author whose 2022 book “The

Puzzler” has a chapter on crosswords 18. Edmonton NHL team 19. Surgical tool 20. He played Ryan Howard on “The Office” 21. Put into practice 22. Composer Tchaikovsky 23. FDR had three of them 26. “What’s the ____?” (“So what?”) 27. Matchmaking site available in Hebrew 31. Nos. requested by receptionists 32. Official fuel of NASCAR since 2004 34. Native American

Heritage Mo. 35. To the ____ degree 36. Tension reliever 37. “Clear now?” 38. British pop star Rita 39. Lure 40. Blacken on a grill 41. Craze 43. Suffix with labyrinth 44. Like pretzels 45. Attacked by jellyfish 47. WBA victories 48. Allison Janney’s role on

“The West Wing” 51. Joyce, Carroll and Oates 55. Chorus at a fireworks show 56. Singer with the 2010 3x platinum single

“All I Do Is Win” 57. Research outpost co-developed by NASA 58. Like seahorses that give birth 59. Asner and Harris 60. ____ nous 61. ____-Grape (Ocean

Spray flavor) 62. Thing of little worth

DOWN

1. Tennis great with the most consecutive weeks ranked #1 in the world (377) 2. Training place for martial arts 3. ‘80s IBM flop nicknamed “Peanut” 4. Get into 5. Algebra I calculation 6. O’Hare and LAX, e.g. 7. “Indubitably!” 8. Auto repair shop application 9. “Mercy!” 10. Schreiber of “Ray

Donovan” 11. Gillette brand since 1977 12. Game with a common

“Australia strategy” 15. WWII Japanese general 17. Some bra parts 20. Coercively 22. ____ shears (dressmaker’s scissors) 23. Dangerous injection 24. Additional 25. Tom’s role in the

“Mission: Impossible” films 26. Heating system network 28. Photographer Adams 29. Ready- ____ (pre-cooked) 30. Each 32. Word in many

California place names 33. Signal to enter 36. Not worry 40. Malia’s little sister 42. Alternative to El Al 44. “Anyway, after that ...” 46. Chefs hate hearing them 47. Friend of Fran and Ollie on old children’s TV 48. ____ d’Ivoire 49. Legend of pop music 50. Jazz trumpeter Baker 51. Open a crack 52. Cheers for banderilleros 53. Ctrl+Y action 54. Calif. school that’s about 20 miles from the Mexican border 56. Hip-hop’s Run-____

ANSWERS 11/16/22 Ants

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