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ACROSS 1 Murdered 5 Went out with 10 Went down a fireman’s pole 14 Heavy book 15 Nimble 16 Scoop holder 17 Strong __ ox 18 Cry out loudly; shout in protest 20 Actor Affleck 21 Pig’s comment 22 Estate home 23 Gumdrops or Milk Duds 25 Aug.’s follower 26 Abilities 28 Kit or Johnny 31 Energetic 32 Actor __ Keach 34 Cauldron 36 Longoria and Mendes 37 Piece of celery 38 Ricky Ricardo’s portrayer 39 To __; namely 40 Iron alloy 41 Punctured, as a bull his victim 42 Sister’s son 44 Hit for Travolta & Newton-John 45 Male sheep 46 Sassy 47 Plant pest 50 Opinion 51 One __ kind; unique thing 54 Heavy draft horse 57 Was sorry for 58 Actress Lange 59 Prepared to be photographed 60 __ up; spent 61 Facial features 62 Jumpy 63 Koppel & Wass DOWN 1 Take a __ at; attempt 2 Suffer defeat 3 Set free 4 Actress MingNa __
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5 McCallum and Letterman 6 Horrible pain 7 Lyme disease transmitter 8 Actor Wallach 9 ABC followers 10 Leftover pieces 11 Money lent 12 6 __ 12 is 2 13 Doe or buck 19 __ board; nail file 21 “For Your Eyes __”; 007 movie 24 Swiss skier’s paradise 25 Paper bag 26 Gush forth 27 Actor Bacon 28 Summon 29 La Scala, e.g. 30 Schnozes 32 Worry; fret 33 Edison’s initials 35 Wisk rival 37 Underground plant part 38 “That __ it!”; cry of disgust
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40 Window cover 41 Got bigger 43 Groups of lions 44 Grasping 46 “Circular __”; wastebaskets 47 Muscle pain 48 Stratagem
49 Excessive publicity 50 Extensive 52 Give dinner to 53 Tallies up 55 Group bath 56 Put on, as clothing 57 Groove
Sudoku It seems Republican State Rep. Vito Barbieri, of Idaho, thinks doctors would be able to know if a woman is pregnant by having her swallow a tiny camera. To watch this video, go to bit.ly/1LILDa5.
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