CROSSWORD

CROSSWORD BRAND EX

BY BRENDAN EMMETT QUIGLEY WWW.BRENDANEMMETTQUIGLEY.COM

ACROSS

1. Fictional nation with 13 Districts 6. Hunter, to Joe 9. Mollusk shell lining 14. Old shopping mall 15. Not straight 16. They’ll put things on your Amazon shopping list 17. Nail polish brand used for shing? 19. Play with horses 20. Lab work overseers, maybe 21. Chatter’s caveat 22. Desire 23. First-ever nasal decongestant? 29. Adjust the origami 31. One going on a rhyme spree 32. Hertz rival 33. Plus thing 35. Letters before an alter ego 38. Particulate matter that makes cleaning mirrors difficult? 41. Wrestling move named after a pesticide 42. Legal work 43. Football Hall of Famer Greasy 44. Hendrix who strung his guitar upside down 45. Corner pieces? 46. Hollywood types who use lip balm? 51. Phantom ___ 52. Last name of the family on “Succession” 53. “Ghosts” channel 56. Take back, as one’s words 58. Chef who prepares watches? 61. Spiker Gabrielle 62. So, so fresh 63. In a suitable fashion 64. They’re sometimes drawn in the nude 65. Artful 66. Drink with a creamy leaf on its surface

Down

1. Cease re agreement 2. Quintana Roo quencher 3. “Pump those brakes” 4. Preposition for 31-Across 5. Top out 6. Indian pundit 7. Hunter near Gemini 8. Newspaper that bought Wordle, for short 9. Called in the past 10. Clear of guilt 11. Make, as butter 12. Cosmetics for the cheeks 13. New Jersey county or Massachusetts county 18. Dallas, to sports fans 24. Lopsided victory 25. Not permitted by law 26. Alcoves in abbeys 27. Film pioneer Marcus 28. Embedded under the surface of 29. Comic actor Paul 30. Statesman Barak 33. When some have dinner 34. “___-Hulk” 35. “Severance” star 36. Some seaweed 37. Reduces the workforce 39. Everybody has one 40. Close by 44. “Goldberg Variations” composer 45. Ophthalmologic case 46. Words on a jacket 47. Top section of a form 48. “None for me” 49. “The Tempest” trickster 50. Like chairs that are hard to get out of 54. Piece of fabric 55. Hebridean isle 57. Positive feedback? 58. Scores in the 59-Down 59. See 58-Down 60. Project MKUltra org.

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