A one-of-a-kind Triangle-themed crossword puzzle. BY RACHEL SIMON

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BY RACHEL SIMON backtalk@indyweek.com

ACROSS

1. Type of slouchy bag 5. Formal neckwear 10. Drug also known as ecstasy 14. “No man _ _ island” 15. Type of power 16. French yeses 17. Video game heroine

Croft 18. British fellow 19. Raleigh attraction with a sculpture garden (abbr.) 20. _ Brewing Concern in Raleigh 22. Like cleats 24. U.S. bills, for short 25. Local venue that hosts 200+ yearly acts (abbr.) 26. Honda model 29. Type of bread you can buy at Guglhupf

Bake Shop 33. Pocahontas’s spouse 34. One of the Stark daughters on

Game of Thrones 35. Second word in the name of a Raleigh amphitheater 36. Frozen snowman 37. Billboard chart listings 38. Store in downtown

Raleigh full of gifts and art 39. _ Jones BBQ 40. _ Island, smallest

U.S. state 41. _ _ Black (Will

Smith film) 42. Hockey legend Phil 44. Well-behaved 45. Blue Ridge and others, for short 46. Word seen before

“range” or “will” 47. Triangle writing school is named after this tree 50. Local ice cream chain has two of this fowl 54. He dueled Hamilton 55. Put away, as ashes 57. Live _ _ (party) 58. “Dies _” (Latin hymn) 59. NC State Museum of Art & Design 60. “Walk _ _” (1964

Dionne Warwick hit) 61. Sch. periods 62. Invitation encls. 63. Dissenting votes

DOWN

1. Popular Chapel Hill bar sits at the top of this elevation 2. Anthem first words 3. Triangle steakhouse located in this agricultural building 4. Sporadically 5. Equally brave 6. Performances heard at 25-across 7. Lump of clay or soil 8. Local area nickname: City of _(s) 9. Wrongfully enter 10. Courteney’s Friends character 11. _ Donuts with three

Triangle locations 12. Act without speaking 13. “It’s _ _ state of affairs!” 21. Wore 23. Former sunscreen additive also known as vitamin B 38. Something removed 40. Q followers 41. Simpsons tavern 43. Trendy dye jobs you can get at Willow

Hair Salon 44. Fork tines 46. Blacksmith’s fire 47. Stats for the

Durham Bulls’ hitters (abbr.) 48. NW France river 49. Local bar chain _ and Draught 50. Regrets 51. Sicilian peak 52. LGBTQ+ bar with a gemstone in the name 53. 1970s CIA spoof film 56. Org. with arms

25. Squalid state 26. Came up 27. Coke and Pepsi, for two 28. Carpentry device 29. “I’ll handle it!” 30. “_ _ saw her face” (Monkees lyric) 31. Understood 32. Make up for 34. Chimney coatings 37. Lively get-togethers

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