ACROSS 1 Run up ___ 5 Marks for life 10 “___ be in England” 14 Big shot 15 Also-ran of 1992 and 1996 16 Frond bearer 17 Bootleggers’ foes 18 Begin to correct, maybe 19 “Exodus” hero and others 20 Cabinet department until 1947 21 Like the figure formed by the three circled letters in the upper left 23 East of Germany? 24 Snobbishness 26 1996 Olympics city 28 Highlights show 29 Somerhalder of “The Vampire Diaries”
31 Skin-and-bones sort 32 Anti-D.U.I. ads, e.g. 33 A dog might catch one 35 Newcastle’s river 36 Like the figure formed by the three circled letters in the upper right 39 He tapped Ryan in 2012 42 Something to lean on 46 “If the shoe fits, wear it,” e.g. 47 “Alice” waitress 50 Shopaholic’s binge 51 “Alice” diner owner 52 Traffic problem 54 1936 opponent of Franklin D. 55 Like the figure formed by the three circled letters at the bottom
60 Make a comeback 62 Overlay material 65 “In the Heat of the Night” Oscar winner 66 Rules for hunters to follow 67 Some distracted drivers 68 Sucker in
DOWN 1 Belgian seaport 2 Wrapped Tex-Mex fare 3 Stephen Colbert’s “I Am ___ (And So Can You!)” 4 Football’s Roethlisberger 5 Blueprint details, in brief 6 Ming vases, e.g. 7 ___ Sea (Asian body) 8 Comic with a “domestic goddess” persona 9 Artery implant 10 All ___ sudden ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE 11 Nesting area for wading birds L A B S S C A M B A J A 12 Isolde’s beloved E L I A U N D O O D E L L T E D T U R N E R R A F T S 13 Treading the boards B R E E Z E O V E R F E D 21 Nurse at a bar E O N B C E S I D E B D E A R E D O E T S 22 N.Y.C.’s Third and Ninth Avenue Y E S I K N O W A M A Z O N lines, e.g. S T A R S E A S O F A 25 Zapping, in a way E N M E S H B R E A K S U P 27 Starts R A W C A P M V P S malfunctioning A E R I E S O P A L E 30 Early nuclear org. W A L M A R T L L A M A S 33 Kind of milk O N T O P S T E V E J O B S 34 Special attention, E N O T E I O N E A R E A briefly O N E S T O T S R E L Y 37 Get the idea
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