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Crossword

by Margie E. Burke

The Weekly Crossword

by Margie E. Burke

ACROSS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 Urban pollutant 14 15 16 5 "Silly" birds 10 Spic-and-___ 17 18 19 14 Burglar's take 15 Northern helpers 20 21 22 16 Window glass 23 24 25 17 Forerunner 19 Aware 26 27 28 29 30 31 20 Moore of Bond 32 33 34 35 36 37 fame 21 Play host 38 39 40 41 23 Serve a 42 43 44 45 summons on 25 Board partner 46 47 48 49 26 Not the former 50 51 52 53 54 55 29 Quick bite to eat 32 Take for granted 56 57 58 59 60 35 Cartoon chipmunk 61 62 63 37 Old TV knob 64 65 66 38 Amorphous sci-fi villain 67 68 69 39 Melancholy Copyright 2021 by The Puzzle Syndicate verse 41 Cracker spread 3 Expenditures 36 Kind of node 54 Despicable one 42 Slice (off) 4 School singers 40 Pot cover 55 Sign above a 43 Barber's job 5 "___ whiz!" 41 Before birth door 44 Weasel's cousin 6 Firstborn 43 Autocrat 56 Four six-packs 46 Community spirit 7 In a dead heat 45 Cover story? 57 From the start 48 Spot on a horse 8 Put in the mail 47 First act 58 Leave speech50 October stone 9 Fragrant 49 Analyst's less 52 Doctor's compound concern 59 Blow off steam? signboard 10 Perfect 51 Calf catcher 63 Hobbyist's buy 56 Afraid of being 11 Summer suit 53 Feel blindly shot? accessory 60 Title for 12 One opposed von Trapp 13 Night light? 61 Unknown auth- 18 Type of cheese or, briefly 22 Kennedy 62 Persevere matriarch 64 Like a desert 24 Do the driving 65 Seaweed- 27 Fluid wrapped fare accumulation 66 Church area 28 Maid's cloth 67 Washstand item 30 Adorable 68 Beginning stage 31 Eager 69 Wanton look 32 Fit to serve 33 Vegas

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coin-eater 1 Astute 34 Second-year 2 House of a lord student

Answers to Last Week's Crossword:

B A D E A S S E T F E T A A R I S S C A R E A V E R M I S C H A R A S S M E N T M A C A R O N I T H I R T Y O P A R T S C A N S L U I C E S H A K E U P S T E R S E C H O S E N A N I M A M F L A R E S A T E C O G E R E C T C U T I E K N E E J E R K D E B T O R R E E K M A N T A A T T A C H P A R T I C L E R O U S T A B O U T T H U D T U N E N E R V E L E N D S T A R D A T E D E D G Y

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Sudoku By The Mepham Group

Level 1 2 3 4

Solution to last Sunday’s puzzle

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solve Sudoku, visit sudoku.org.uk.

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