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1. Suitor 5. Bonfire residue 8. Base-runner’s goal 12. Like 13. Large antelope 14. Toe the line 15. Squeal 16. Ambition 17. Meet defeat 18. Exclude 20. Beseech 21. Put through a sieve 24. Bitter brew 25. Some amphibians FALLS CHURCH NEWS-PRESS | FCNP.COM

26. Bestowed 30. Certain prepositions 31. Grumpy’s pal 33. Past 34. Scout’s shelter: 2 wds. 36. Criminal 38. Tiny 39. Most impolite 40. Bent 43. Snack place 44. Incline 45. Brother’s sib 46. Londoner’s farewell: 2 wds. 50. Tip slightly 51. Debate side 52. Farm animals 53. “____ the

Lonely” 54. Certain evergreen 55. Cattail, e.g.

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1. Howl 2. ____ out (make do) 3. Be ill 4. Disburden 5. Encore! 6. Temper tantrum 7. Bustle 8. Shout 9. Clarinet’s relative ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT CROSSWORD PUZZLE ANSWERS USE AMERICAN SPELLING AUGUST 12 - 18, 2021 | PAGE 21

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1. Holepunching tools 5. Pod vegetable 8. Wool eater 12. Send away 13. Coat sleeve 14. Cockeyed 15. Nails 16. Chat 17. Slender 18. Sleep 20. Homework 22. Relieves 24. Fee 28. Fodder 33. On a boat 34. Feather accompaniment 36. Per 37. Pier 39. Keepsake 41. Slip-up 43. Practical 47. Slanted font 52. Angler’s tool 53. Approves, shortly 55. Filled tortilla 56. Storm 57. Great success 58. Across 59. Otherwise 60. Product pitches 61. Concocted

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1. Some vipers 2. At what time? 3. Advertising symbol 4. All right: hyph. 5. Costumed parade 6. Distinctive time 7. Walk leisurely 8. Blob 9. Nighttime hooters 10. Singing group 11. Sacred song 19. Final letter 21. Initial for

Superman

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PUZZLE NO. 95

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1. Antlered deer 5. Fearful wonder 8. Load 12. Brave person 13. Trim, as a lawn 14. Sheltered nook 15. Thanksgiving dish 16. Mine shipment 17. Back end 18. Desert floor 20. Land surrounded by water 21. Exhausting 24. Soda ____ 26. Change to fit 27. Gamblers 31. Floral wreath 32. Appear as a ghost 34. Contest 35. Most peaceful 37. Occurrence 39. Unruly kid 40. Sips 41. Current measures, for short 44. Fair: hyph. 45. Golfer’s target 46. That dude 47. Tosses 51. Bloodhound’s clue 52. Prior to, in poetry 53. Nobleman 54. Evergreen shrubs 55. Married 56. Waiter’s aid

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1. Reserved 2. Iced ____ 3. Branch 4. Busybody 5. Between 6. Part of a sentence 7. Female sheep 8. Handwriting 9. On one’s ____ (alert) 10. Egg-shaped 11. “Wish You ____ Here” 19. Song of praise 21. Fine powder 22. Hunch 23. Fence 24. Corral 25. Aquatic mammals 27. Except 28. Kitchen hot box 29. Skating arena 30. Tennis-game units 33. Certain snake 36. Stingy people 38. Purple flower 40. Having an arched ceiling 41. Sailor’s call 42. A la ____ 43. Farm implement 44. Regal form of address 46. Chop down 48. Rowing device 49. Bikini top 50. Tricky

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PUZZLE NO. 96

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1. ____

Wednesday 4. Not this 8. Take off, as clothes 12. Service charge 13. Roomy 14. List of dishes 15. Roofing material 17. Breakfast flakes 18. Type of snake 19. Remorse 21. Bridge payment 24. Milky stone 26. Lacking moisture 27. Hunch 28. Zeroes in 30. Make ready to publish 31. Lodging house 32. Scored on serve 36. Brink 38. “The ____

Boat” 39. Finished dinner 42. Single 44. Unfold 45. Game tile with dots 47. To each his

____ 49. Yoked beasts 50. Salad-bar items 55. Ice arena 56. Female wool-givers 57. Noah’s transport 58. Wraps up 59. Printer’s term 60. Cheerful

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1. Fore’s opposite 2. Ocean 3. This lady 4. “____ the night before . . .” 5. African animal, shortly 6. Citrus beverage 7. Land 8. Urban problem 9. Got word 10. Become a member of 11. Powdery 16. Roof of the mouth 20. Popular street name 21. Hitch 22. Unusual 23. Hawaiian necklace 25. Group of judges 29. Parlors 31. Spurned 33. Dirty Harry, e.g. 34. Abel’s mother 35. Cozy place 37. ____ Quixote 39. Revere 40. Poison 41. Change, as text 43. Sing like the

Swiss 46. Signs 48. Sharp-witted 51. Admiration 52. Witch 53. Historical epoch 54. Heaven

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Last Weeks answers!

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