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UNI goes 2-3 in five game matchup in the Alabama Tournament.

Open auditions for a horror short film titled “The Mark of the Beast” are set to take place March 24.

Panthers finish fifth, Teske and Keckeisen win conference titles DAVID WARRINGTON

Sports Writer

On Saturday, March 6 and Sunday, March 7, the UNI Panthers wrestling team competed at the 2021 Big 12 Wrestling Championship at the BOK Center in Tulsa,

Okla. In the team standings, the Panthers finished fifth out of the 12 teams competing. Two Panthers, Brody Teske and Parker Keckeisen, also managed to take home Big 12 conference championships in their respective weight classes.

At 125 lbs, Teske, a redshirt sophomore, entered the championships as the number one seed in the bracket while only having one loss on the season. After breezing through the first two rounds with victories by tech fall and major decision, Teske defeated South Dakota State’s Danny Vega in the semifinals. After a competitive match, Teske came out with an 8-6 decision victory, earning the right to compete in the championship match.

In the championship, Teske faced off against Utah Valley’s Taylor LaMont, the second seed in the bracket.

Teske fell behind early, trailing 4-0 within the opening minute. However, he bounced back and took his first lead with an escape early in the third period. After LaMont scored a takedown to regain the lead, 7-6, Teske answered with just 30 seconds remaining with a takedown of his own. A ridetime point added to his total, and Teske took the victory by decision, 9-7. This is Teske’s first conference championship

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of his career.

In the 184 lb category, Keckeisen also entered as the number one seed in his bracket, while also coming in with an undefeated record on the

season. Given that he is a freshman, Keckeisen also entered with an undefeated record for his career.

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we’re moving into year 22, so we’re approaching (the end of) the useful life.”

He clarif ied that the outer portion of the roof, which is made of PVC, is still under warranty until 2040 and does not need to be replaced.

According to a Feb. 19 article from the WaterlooCedar Falls Courier (updated March 6), the project will cost $7 million-$8 million.

During the committee meeting, Hager said a finalized funding source has not yet been identified, but the university is considering utilizing gift funds, the fieldhouse fund, the general fund and the athletic department fund.

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As parts of the UNI-Dome roof reach the end of their useful life, there are plans to replace the fabric.

Plans are in motion to give the iconic UNI-Dome a facelift.

The university plans to replace the central portion of the facility’s roof, which is made of fabric.

At a meeting of the Iowa Board of Regents property and facilities committee in February, Michael Hager, UNI’s senior vice president for finance and operations, presented the project.

“That fabric was last replaced in ‘99, and it lasted 23 years,” Hager said during the virtual committee meeting. “This particular fabric

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UNI plans to host Letter “Gratitude Week” to the Editor NI STAFF

Although spring break may have been cancelled for 2021, UNI hopes to boost campus spirits by celebrating “UNI Gratitude Week” from March 15-19.

Information about the weeklong event was shared on the UNI Calendar of Events

by Jonathan Chenoweth, professor of music and director of the UNI Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL).

“Let’s fill our missing spring break with messages of appreciation — posts, emails, hand-written notes — to those Panthers who mean a lot to us,” stated the announcement.

More information about how to get involved with UNI Gratitude Week will be released via social media

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In the opening round, Keckeisen held off the upset-minded Jacob Armstrong of Utah Valley, winning in a 5-3 decision. A medical forfeit in the quarterfinals sent him straight to the semis, where he managed a 7-2 decision victory.

In the championship match, taking on Wyoming’s Tate Samuelson, Keckeisen went on the attack early, picking up a takedown just seconds into the match. Later in the second period, Keckeisen managed another takedown to take a 5-1 advantage. Samuelson scored two escapes in the third period to make it closer, but Keckeisen managed to hold him off and come away with a 5-3 decision victory, capping off his first season in the purple and gold with a conference championship.

This is the fourth consecutive year that a UNI Panther has won the conference title at

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The following is a brief list of the themes of each day: Monday, March 15: Props to a Prof. Send a quick note of thanks to a professor who has impacted your journey.

Tuesday, March 16: Stoke the Staff. Write a thank you to a special custodian, secretary, groundkeeper or staff in any department.

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UNI couldn’t run without our student employees. Give yours a shout-out!

Thursday, March 18: Standing Ovation to Students.

We are here to help students achieve beyond. Tell students why you appreciate them!

Friday, March 19: Admire an Administrator. Administrators serve the university and keep programs humming along.

184 lbs, with Drew Foster winning in 2018 and 2019, while Taylor Lujan took the title in 2020.

Four other Panthers managed to finish in the top eight of their brackets. At 149 lbs, Triston Lara managed a fifthplace finish, as did Austin Yant at 174 lbs.

Yant had only wrestled one match this season before this weekend, but still put together a strong performance. Carter

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Teske, Keckeisen, Yant and Triston Lara have all qualified for the NCAA Wrestling Championships, which will take place Thursday, March 18-Saturday, March 20 in St. Louis, Mo. Whether UNI as a team will earn one of the at-large bids to the national championships will be

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As the NI looks ahead to this fall and beyond, I’m reaching out with a personal message to each and every Panther: We want YOU to be a part of the Northern Iowan team!

Many of the NI editorial staff (including myself) will be graduating this spring, and we’ll soon be looking for exciting new talent to fill our shoes. We are also seeking writers and photographers, including sports journalists.

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Trump was a trip, but Biden is no vacation TYLER MONTGOMERY Opinion Columnist

It’s time to admit the postTrump era vacation is finally over. Having a president who delivers speeches without great incompetence is wonderful, but the vacation trip is over.

President Biden has only been in office for a few weeks, and the handling of COVID-19 vaccinations distribution has gone much smoother than most anticipated. However, there are some questionable areas drawing concern.

The first concern would be student loan forgiveness and how much could actually be forgiven. President Biden has said before he doesn’t know if he could forgive student loans or even a majority of it, but all college educated people need to stand up and remind the president who voted for him, and a president does work for their country. Some people have said they’d take $10,000, but if someone in debt accepts that said amount, then they’ll accept the next little handout as well.

Stimulus checks shouldn’t be handouts, and in the time of a pandemic, presidents should

try to take more responsibility.

The current system may be set up as painfully slow, but when the country is in a crisis, it would have been nice to see a faster system. Of course, all presidents promise a fast service on certain policies, but the Democrats did take their time with the process of passing the newest COVID-19 relief bill. They did cut the minimum wage section of the bill out, and for a certain part of the population, having more money would have benefited them greatly.

When thinking about politics, it’s interesting to think about how the older generation views the younger generation.

They tend not to think about us really, or they think about how things “used to be,” and life should just be simple. This “simple life” seems to inquire a recall of inequality, with white males being the superior class, and if you’re poor, well, too bad.

It brings the following question to mind: is part of the problem having old men running the country? Obama was one of the youngest at 47, but Biden is the eldest at 78. He’ll be 82 when his first term is done.

It’s time for a change, which change is a word we hear every

Tyler Montgomery argues how impactful the Biden Administration has really been.

day, but tend to ignore. Nobody wants to be reminded of how old they are getting, and observing how Americans treat their elderly; it’s understandable, but there is a relationship gap. I’m not calling for 20-year-olds to run the country, but we’re long past due for some youthful representation. Especially minority representation, since they are the ones who are really in tune

with the truth of how America is currently running.

There has been change, but Biden really should be our last elderly president. Has having old, out of touch white men really done any good for anyone who isn’t an old white male? As the meme John Cena would say, “My time is now.” The pandemic has shown how disproportioned America really is. There

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are still racial tensions, terrorist organizations, extreme white privilege and a political oligarchy that still runs the country.

It’s been nice having a president repair the last president’s damages to America, but the next president needs to be someone who can be in touch with all Americans, and think about their future.

Be social, get off of handheld media

Opinion Columnist

Ever yone nowadays probably uses some form of social media. We live in a society where usage of social media has become so common and prevalent that for most people, it has just become a part of their daily lives and routines. Chances are at this point, the amount of people using platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and others is probably at the highest level yet and will probably continue to grow throughout the coming years. That being said, there also is a growing trend amongst people, mainly younger people, that involves leaving social media platforms for the good of their mental health and other benefits.

Most people use their social media accounts as ways to see what is going on in the world around them, albeit through an application on one’s phone. It has the ability to bring an COLIN HORNING

unlimited amount of content to your fingertips, and when utilized properly, can be quite beneficial to the user. When used as a tool, social media can be incredibly useful to both individuals and businesses alike.

There also comes with quite a few downsides to using these products, many of which most people aren’t even aware of (or if they are, don’t seem to care that much about the effects).

One of these downsides to constant use of social media is the time spent on these platforms will add up over time. Think about it: if you spend 30 minutes a day on Twitter and Instagram each, and an hour total on TikTok, you’ve spent two hours of your day staring at a phone screen. This of course can also be to one’s benefit, if the content that they are seeing on their devices is actually informative and time is well-spent.

For most of us, the time we spend online ends up just being wasted minutes and hours that we could have spent doing other produc-

tive things, and we don’t even realize how much time we have wasted before you sit down and analyze the numbers. Most smartphones nowadays are equipped with these features that show your screen usage, which is quite eye opening for me. I’m not saying that we all need to go cold turkey on our social media usage.

Rather we should at least be aware of how much time we are spending.

Another negative to social media use that we should consider is how it affects ourselves mentally. Again, we don’t usually realize this in the moment, but spending a lot of time on social media can be awful for our mental well-being.

Social media has often been described as one’s “personal highlight reel,” meaning that you’re only seeing someone’s handpicked moments and only what they want you to see. You never see people at their worst or at their lowest point on their feeds; it’s usually people having fun and showing off how much better their life

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is than yours. Upon seeing dozens of posts like these in a row while you’re staying at home scrolling through Instagram on the couch, it’s no wonder that many people believe that social media usage has a direct effect on mental health issues.

For myself personally, I made it a point to consider how much I really need to use these accounts. I don’t have a personal Twitter, I deleted my TikTok and Reddit accounts, and I rare-

ly use Facebook. I do use Instagram and Snapchat fairly often, but those two platforms I try and keep to a minimum. As for the other social media accounts, I’ve found myself to be a lot happier when I’m not mindlessly scrolling through Twitter or TikTok videos.

After all, there’s more to the world to see than what you see on your phone screen.

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Short horror film to host open auditions SARA QUALLEY

Staff Writer

The team behind horror short film “The Mark of the Beast” is searching for actors and crewmembers.

Brandon Lynch, a senior double majoring in digital media production and philosophy, begins his projects with a simple goal in mind: writing down a sentence with an idea. The sentence that inspired “The Mark of the Beast” was, “A man, home alone, finds himself coaxed into a deadly situation.”

The sentence encapsulates the overall plot of the film, which is about a man named Arthur who gets abducted by a satanic cult. Lynch became interested in occult activity after watching films like “Hereditary.” “The Mark of the Beast” provides a chance for Lynch to put his name on a project before leaving UNI. “The Mark of the Beast” sits in its pre-production stage presently, which involves laying the groundwork for production, finding actors and crewmembers, determining location and securing props and wardrobe.

One actor has been selected so far. Logan Holland, a junior majoring in interactive digital studies, has been cast as a character named Glen.

“I’ve never been in a process of making a movie before, so it’s all unique for me,” Holland said.

Lynch describes Holland as one of his second-in-commands along with Harry Schoening, a senior majoring in marketing. Holland and Schoening will assist Lynch with creative and production-related decisions.

Schoening is looking forward to partaking in the creative process of creating “The Mark of the Beast,” which will be the first production of its kind he’s worked on. He hopes other students will be interested in collaborating on the film.

“Any chance to be creative and do something that is fun and you enjoy, you might as well take advantage of that opportunity,” Schoening said.

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level are welcome. Lynch encourages students who are willing to be committed, punctual and diligent with studying lines to audition.

Those interested in auditioning can contact Lynch for script samples but are also welcome to attend the audition without having read the script.

Script sample requests can be sent to brandonlynchproductions@gmail. com. Open auditions will take place on Wednesday, March 24 at 5 p.m. in the production studio in Lang Hall.

The team is also looking to fill crew member roles like camera operators, lighting technicians and sound engineers. inexperienced and experienced individuals alike are encouraged to audition. Those interested in being crew members or

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Actors are wanted for UNI student Brandon Lynch’s short horror film “The Mark of the Beast.”

actors can contact Lynch via email.

Although Lynch will have certain expectations for the film, it will be an easygoing environment.

He said that no one should feel intimidated and that “The Mark of the Beast’s” open auditions provide an opportunity for students to step outside their comfort zones. He hopes to fin-

ish the film by the end of 2021 or the beginning of 2022 and enter it into film festivals across the midwest.

“I haven’t made a short film before, and I’ve been generating a lot of skills and knowledge about the process,” Lynch said. “So, it’s going to be exciting for me to utilize those skills.”

Panther PORTRAIT: Women of color celebration

ANTHONY WITHEROW

Campus Life Editor

The Center for Multicultural Education (CME) and the Northern Iowa Feminists collaborat-

ed to present a fun night of painting and celebrating women of color for students on Tuesday, March 9.

The event took place in the CME classroom on the top floor of Maucker Union.

This is one of many events that CME and the Northern Iowa Feminists will be hosting during Women’s History Month.

Students can visit cme.uni. edu for more information.

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Students participated in an arts and crafts event hosted by CME and the Northern Iowa Feminists.

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‘Chaos Walking’ is just white noise HUNTER FRIESEN Film Critic

Like “The Hunger Games,” “Harry Potter” and “Percy Jackson,” “Chaos Walking” is the newest attempt to establish a lucrative franchise based on a series of popular teenage-audience books. Unlike those successful series, however, this Lionsgate release is more likely to fall in line with the other failures such as “The Golden Compass” and “The Mortal Instruments.”

Haven’t heard of this movie? I wouldn’t blame you since Lionsgate has attempted to bury this money pit in the middle of the pandemic to save themselves from further embarrassment. Filmed in 2017 and originally set to be released in early 2019, the film underwent extensive (and expensive) reshoots after the first cut was deemed unwatchable. It was shelved for nearly two years until crawling its way back from the grave into newly reopened theaters.

Is this movie as terrible as its reputation precedes it? No, but that’s not to say it isn’t bad.

Similar to all YA novels, “Chaos Walking” takes place in a dystopian space colony in 2257. This planet is like Earth except that there is something in the atmosphere called “the noise.” An introvert’s worst nightmare, the noise makes it where the thoughts of men are heard aloud. This is something our

hero, orphaned Todd (Tom Holland), still has yet to control. Everything he thinks is broadcast to anyone within earshot, restricting any sense of privacy. No one knows why this is happening.

The colony Todd lives in also has no women, as he is told the Spackle – the native inhabitants of the planet – killed them off. Obviously what you’re told isn’t always what actually happened.

Everything changes when a scout, Viola (Daisy Ridley), crashes on the planet. The leader of the colony decides to use her as bait to attract her command ship so he can ambush it and leave this godforsaken land. Naturally, Todd develops a crush on Viola, agreeing to help her escape to a deserted colony fitted with a communicator that she can use to warn her rescuers.

If you wanted to know what Tom Holland was thinking all the time, this will be a supreme disappointment to you. His character is very bland and so are his thoughts, which consist solely of him saying his name to calm himself down and suppressing his budding feelings for his newfound partner. He tries to use his Peter Parker charm to make the character at least bearable, but the script makes his efforts a waste.

The word “bland” is the best way to describe everything about this movie. It might be a weird movie, but that doesn’t mean it’s interesting.

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Film critic Hunter Friesen reviews the new dystopian fantasy film “Chaos Walking” starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley.

There’s a lot of semiworld building here as we are introduced to all sorts of details about the planet and its backstory. I say “semi” because the movie never gives away too much information as they want you to pay more for that in the sequels (which are never going to happen).

The film is also done at a rapid pace, moving from one location to another like we’re just skimming through the pages. Adapting his book, writer Patrick Ness seems more interested in setting up sequels than establishing an interesting base.

Take for instance the Spackle, who look like allblack martians and rightfully fought back against the

colonizing humans. In this movie, we see them for one three-minute action scene.

After that they disappear completely and are never mentioned again.

I was told by a friend that the Spackle are reintroduced in the third book, a fact that I audibly groaned at. I want to learn about these natives now, not these boring humans.

Even for a $100 million (plus reshoots) blockbuster, “Chaos Walking” is sparsely light on meaningful action.

Director Doug Liman had the potential to mash the sci-fi and western genre into something off the beaten path, but he instead stays in the same lane as his contemporaries.

Like “Star Wars,” the guns

shoot plasma so the wounds are bloodless and any serious violence is avoided. The one unique feature is the movie’s questionable hatred towards animals, as a horse is violently put down and a dog is drowned in the frame.

I’m glad no one in the cinema could hear my thoughts while watching this movie because my head was full of a lot of questions and negative comments. By next month, “Chaos Walking” will feel like a distant memory, a fact that we should all rejoice in. It was nice to be back in the cinema after a long while; I just wish it wasn’t for this.

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Panthers go 2-3 in Alabama Tournament COLIN HORNING Sports Editor

Over the weekend of March 5-7, the UNI softball team ventured down to Tuscaloosa, Ala. for the Alabama Tournament, hosted by the University of Alabama. The weekend tournament consisted of a five-game matchup against three different teams for the Panthers, with doubleheaders against South Alabama on March 5 and Alabama on March 6, and a single game against Kent State on March 7. The Panthers had an up-and-down series of games, winning one of two against South Alabama, losing both to Alabama and beating Kent State en route to a 2-3 record over the weekend.

The tournament kicked off at 11 a.m. on March 5 with the Panthers squaring off against the South Alabama Jaguars in their first of two games scheduled for the day. The Jaguars got on the board first in the second inning from a tworun home run by right fielder Victoria Ortiz. They then tacked on four more runs in the fourth inning and another in the fifth, opening up a 7-0 by the sixth inning. Northern Iowa scratched across a run off of a Sammey Bunch solo homer in the sixth, but South Alabama’s bats proved to be too much for the Panthers in game one, with a final of 9-2.

A strong pitching performance by UNI starter Kailyn Packard turned the momentum for the Panthers in game two. She pitched all seven innings, giving up only one run and six hits for the entire

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The Panther softball team will play next in the Kansas Tournament in Lawrence, Kan. on March 12 and 13.

contest. The UNI bats gave Packard solid run support, as they put up five runs in the game, which would be more than enough to secure the win. Six different Panthers recorded a hit, including left fielder Kamryn Shaffer, who hit a solo home run in the third inning of the game.

Saturday’s matchup saw the Panthers face the nation’s No. 2 softball team and host school University of Alabama. The Crimson Tide came in with a record of 17-0 on the year, yet the Panthers proved to be a tough test. The Tide got out to a 3-0 lead in game one on Saturday, with all three runs coming in the fourth inning. UNI bounced back with a two-run home run from Sammey Bunch in the top of the fifth, trimming the Alabama lead to 3-2.

The Crimson Tide answered with two more in their half of the fifth to extend their lead. The Panthers fought back again, with pinch runner Maggie Erpelding scoring on an Alabama fielding error. However, this would be all they could muster as the nation’s second-best team prevailed 5-3.

Game two on Saturday against Alabama was one to forget for UNI. The Panther women could only muster two hits for the game, with the Tide offense exploding for eight runs on eight hits en route to the 8-0 shutout victory.

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After going 2-3 over the weekend in Alabama, the Panthers now move to 7-8 on the 2021 season.

The fifth and final game of the weekend pitted the Panthers against the Golden Flashes of Kent State. This one was a nailbiter, with UNI ultimately coming out victorious with the score of 5-4. The Panthers got on the board early with a Sammey Bunch solo home run in the first inning. The Flashes answered with two runs in their half of the fourth, taking a 2-1 lead.

In the fifth, UNI center fielder Madison Parks went deep for a two-run homer, swinging the lead back to UNI at 3-2. However, Kent State regained the lead in the sixth when Carlee Selle drove in two with a single to left field, putting the Flashes back up 4-3 with one inning left

to play. Not to be outdone, following a walk to leadoff batter Madison Parks, UNI’s Sammey Bunch connected with her second homer of the game, giving the Panthers a 5-4 lead in dramatic fashion.

They would close the door on Kent State in the bottom of the seventh and take the 5-4 victory.

The 2-3 series moves the UNI record to 7-8 on the year. The UNI softball team will next play in the Kansas Tournament in Lawrence, Kan. hosted by the University of Kansas on March 12 and 13. The Panthers will play two games against Kansas and two games against South Dakota State in the fourgame weekend series.

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Blue Demons beat Panthers 3-1 last Sunday NICHOLAS SCHINDLER Sports Writer

The UNI volleyball team took on the Depaul Blue Demons last Sunday for a non-conference matchup.

Coming into match, the Blue Demons were 3-5 on the season and the Panthers were 6-7. The first set was a close, back-and-forth one.

With neither team leading by two points, the game continued until the final ended up at 32-30 in favor of the Blue Demons. The

second set saw the Panthers battle back to win by a score of 26 to 24.

With the game tied 1-1, the third set was underway.

DePaul went onto win the third set by a score of 25 to 20 following another close battle. They then finished off the match with a score of 25 to 19 in the fourth set to win the match 3-1 over the Panthers.

On the day, the Blue Devils had 58 digs to UNI’s 47. They also had more assists with 52 to 48. UNI did record more blocks

than their opponent, where they had three more than DePaul. Leading the way for the Panthers was Tayler Alden, who led the team with 38 assists and five aces.

Also leading the Panthers was Kayliss Arndorfer who had 12 kills and eight blocks for the match.

UNI’s next two volleyball matches are this next Sunday and Monday against Valparaiso in Valparaiso, Ind. UNI is now 6-8 on the season, with the chance to return to a .500 record in their next two games.

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UNI falls to 6-8 on the season with their non-conference defeat to DePaul last Sunday.

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1 Folklore lumberjack Bunyan 2 Fantasy meanie 3 “Chin up!”

4 Touch lightly 5 Harlem Renaissance writer Locke 6 C.S. Lewis’ fantasy world 7 Bench press beneficiary 8 White House’s 132: Abbr.

9 Firepit detritus 10 Three-dimensional 11 __ park 12 Broadcaster 13 Oxen connectors 19 Stick for a walk 21 Nissan sedan 25 Ginger or ginseng 26 Builder’s guideline, briefly 27 Ring exchange place 28 __-Rooter 30 “Gangnam Style” musiAcross 39 See 37-Across cian 1 Plane engine housing 41 Jedi master with pointy 31 Festival in the month of 4 Hindu philosophy ears Adar 10 “Don’t leave” 42 Twaddle 33 Holed up 14 Previously 44 Business losses, figura- 34 Travel plan 15 Signals for firefighters tively 35 Hit the bell 16 Only state with a 45 Biting desert lizards 36 Caribou cousin non-rectangular flag 47 Buddhist temple bell 38 Sport for equestrians 17 Big beverage server 48 “Thus with a kiss I die” 40 Simon who co-wrote and 18 Church official speaker co-starred in “Shaun of the 20 “I’m game!”

53 Amazon Echo’s voice Dead” 22 Business abbr. assistant 43 Sun worshiper’s mark 23 Singer Mann 54 Youthful fellow 45 Nanny __ 24 Vermont senator since 55 Difficult journey 46 Bread or butter 2007 58 Baked pasta dish 48 Not so well-done 28 Gambling city on the 62 “__ you alone?”

49 Salade niçoise morsel Truckee 63 Flood-anticipation pre- 50 Fox of “Transformers” 29 Golden Delicious, e.g. caution, briefly 51 Precise 30 Hosp. recovery area 64 Was nearly empty 52 “Until next time” 32 Prepared 65 Fabric flaw 56 Cleveland’s lake 33 Add to the staff 66 Dollars for quarters 57 Held on to 37 With 39-Across, seed 67 Word from a poser 59 Tolkien monster money ... or what 18-, 24-, 68 Thus far 60 “Don’t think so” 48- and 58-Across each has 61 Little lamb’s mom

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