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Full Circle
By Michael Demetrus ACROSS Difficulty: Tuesday/Wednesday
1. Like mudstone 6. Wing mechanism 10. what a failed marriage or job can be in 14. “Don’t call it a phone” phone 15. Greek goddess of animals 16. Manilow’s NY nightclub 17. Name of Metallica’s 8th album Saint 18. Fearless Camero 19. School dept. that follows the market 20. Honest [Abe] link Anne 23. Pornography that’s specific to a certain men’s accessory 24. Ladies group name with “Devine Secrets” 25. Mentor of Ernest who appeared in A Moveable Feast 27. Army ID 31. Unit of rage 34. “____Down” Hedwig and the Angry Inch number 36. Oval pouring vessel 37. College pubs briefly 39. “I command you: leave this Earth!” 40. Like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 41. Burger that comes in a plastic microwavable bag 42. Maybes 44. Younger political party’s nickname 45. Everything you want and nothing that you don’t 47. “About a week after the cover photo was taken of____was running for my life.” Frances Taylor (Miles’ Wife) 48. Render on metal, as Rembrandt 50. Incites deconstruction 55. Understand a painting of a precious organ 59. 2005 “Smells Like Teen Spirit” singer 60. Faithful in Dresden 61. What Burr challenged Hamilton to 62. Grade of cognac at least four years old 63. Visually defective suffix 64. Cone-yielder of the pine family 65. It’s ad shows a guy licking his got grill 66. Ska man Davies of “The Selecter” 67. The World is____Brief History of the 21st Century, Thomas Friedman title DOWN 1. “The cat who won’t cop out, when there’s danger all about” 2. Mr. Kissinger in Bordeaux 3. Dinner for a plecostomus 4. Seller’s roadblocks 5. New____, of the Majors 6. Popular coffee type 7. Composer Auerbach 8. Irony partner in a new “Alkaline Trio” title 9. Junk, anatomically 10. Hotshot on the track 11. Hip hop clothier, with “Wear” 12. Second word of a fairy tale 13. Drunk holder 21. Coca-Cola’s healthy juice product 22. “In case you were wondering”, abbr.
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Command to Lazarus Just____of the finger Hot August Nights destination What noses and coffee do Race specific clothier Powered wheelchair that can rise up on two wheels and climb stairs Item sold at certain bars Monthly Primate that thinks “no” means “yes” Answer to “how does your beer last so long when you chug it as soon as they set it in front of you?” Something yelled from shore to sea from one rich kid to another McKettle____, stereotypical Irish cookware salesman Tech school related to the U of Phoenix Lip blister Volume controller on an organ White house occupant with an 82% approval rating Ready for business? Section 8 provider for the largest metro area in MO
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Nagila lead-in Zen concept and Japanese word for “circle” “Konvicted” won him a Grammy All it’s missing is U?
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