Week of 10/9/17 - 10/15/17 The Weekly Crossword 1
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ACROSS 1 Sweet potato, e.g. 6 Affirm 10 It's a long story 14 Dramatic device 15 Sugar source 16 Make a pitch 17 "People" person, briefly 18 Association 19 Tinker with, in a way 20 Quivering 22 Toy product originally sold in a plastic trash can 23 All lit up 24 Self-conscious laugh 25 Blooper, with "reel" 28 Beanie Babies, e.g. 29 Ready to serve 30 Enthralled 32 X-ray image 37 Above board, slangily 39 Convent dweller 40 Chilling 41 Teenager 44 Forest forager
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Laurel or locust Moray, e.g. Big deal Current rage Unleash, as havoc Home To a lower position Be a rat "___ Las Vegas" Compote ingredient Margin Hand-fist connector Planetary shadow Pore over Draw to a close Ply
DOWN 1 Boor's lack 2 ___-friendly 3 Ill humor 4 Plant malady 5 Blunt turndown 6 Agreement 7 Esteem 8 Cross to bear 9 Fly catcher 10 Protected
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Sit in on Black dirt Fiddle with Storyteller Burn slightly Far-many link Festive celebration Got mellower Certain dancer Pfaltzgraff product Like some books Word on a bill Field ___ Piper Type of sandwich Concise Established High-schooler Like some orders Surgical beam Endure Island group near Fiji Made on a loom Cosmic payback Leading lady Red shade Acute Marquee name "I do", for one