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By Brendan Emmett Quigley
ACROSS 1. Rise and fall 10. With 60-Across, classic kid’s lunch, and a visual description of this puzzle’s theme 14. Idiotically 15. Hindu sage 16. German expressionist artist who made “The Prophet” woodcut print 17. “Giant Brain” of the 1940s 18. Nursery activities 20. Poor people 26. Did the grandmotherly thing 27. Crisp broadcast 31. Site of the 1945 Trinity test 34. Nice reply 35. Bailaores’ activity 37. Just fine 38. Make weak 42. Full of meaning 44. Zoot suit lids 45. Events after which the zombies take over? 49. Business department that books flights 53. Last center before Jokic to win the NBA MVP 54. Sole spot? 60. See 10-Across 61. Karaoke clunkers 62. Extremely fancy 63. Bear huggers DOWN 1. Left the scene 2. Keep within bounds 3. Califonia wine city that is a poetic form backwards 4. Studio Ghibli sheet 5. Bake on a deck, say 6. Subject in a June 2021 Congressional report 7. Verizon Media subsidiary 8. The fox in the “The Fox and the Hound” 9. Congresswoman ___ Holmes Norton 10. Wrap things up 11. Holds office hours 12. Chase down flies 13. Sounds of inebriation 15. Grp. of battalions 19. Like lactose-intolerant diets 21. Party wheel from Amsterdam 22. Closed (in on) 23. Seek forgiveness over 24. Sit around and do nothing 25. Period of Japan’s history led by the Tokugawa shogunate 28. “Get busy!” 29. It might be stuck in your head 30. Garbage drummer Butch 31. Skin freshener ingredient 32. ___ Winnipeg, Manitoba 33. Ready to be poured 35. “Popular today, embarrassing tomorrow” thing 36. “___ Timberlane” (Sinclair Lewis novel) 39. Introduction to reasoning? 40. Ore. neighbor 41. Insta response, maybe 43. Francis’s office 46. President who established the Smithsonian 47. Paperless Post rival 48. Ceremony that happens over two dinners 49. Register figure 50. Suspicious of 51. Guide line? 52. Decreased 55. Toulouse tag 56. Reggae offshoot 57. Pull a boner 58. Messenger ___ (strand altered with Moderna vaccines) 59. Subj. that might tackle gender stereotypes
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Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once. H O T Y A W N E D
The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote: “I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out _______ and then advise them _______ it.” —Harry Truman
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES
“Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.” —Martin Mull
