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Down 2. An audio amplifier 5. A form of Algerian folk music 6. Without a lot of life experience 7. Celebrated astronomer. First name Halton 9. Another word for speed 11. Cave _____. Latin for “beware the dog” 13. Goes hand in hand with the id and superego 14. Something made up of two parts 16. Do this to your driver’s license every few years 19. Optimism for the future 27. Describing very specific interests 31. Original gangsters 39. The middle section of an insect 40. Sayings attributed to Christ in the bible. Greek for “word”
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41. A corporation that sells lumber 42. An Egyptian god. Also, the first name of a “Pineapple Express” star 43. An endearing 80s movie about a boy and his alien friend 44. _____ and behold! 45. Someone who succeeds comes out here 46. Descriptor for domesticated animals and uneventful parties 47. Ice queen and protagonist of a popular Disney movie 48. On Reddit, may indicate the tip of a hat 49. Abbreviation for example 50. Those on a diet might do this 51. Goes before Jersey, York and Mexico 52. What a lawyer both files and wears 53. First name of “Freaks and Geeks” and “Scooby-Doo” star
54. Scientific name for razor clams 55. Synonym for allow 56. Do this to your jeans before leaving the bathroom 57. A people native to the western Himalayas 58. According to Florence Welch, these are over 59. Favorite food of panda bears 60. _____Tok, in the name of a popular app 61. Position in social circles 62. Japanese boxed lunch 63. To procreate 64. Act of charity, usually with a religious connotation 65. Earth, _____, fire, water 66. Scrap of old cloth 67. International agency that governs Europe 68. Freelance detective
June 25, 2021
Charlie Taylor
Senior Staff Writer Across 1. Synonym for finally (two words) 2. Pittsburgh industrialist, Pitt alumnus, and misspelling of a summer fruit 3. Where Hobbits live4. Spanish suffix meaning small 5. Egyptian god of the sun 6. Architectural style of the Cathedral of Learning 7. 1980s show starring Mr. T 8. Every little thing is gonna be _____? 9. Staple Pittsburgh dumpling, thanks to the Polish immigrant community 10. First name of the inventor of calculus 11. Abbreviation for Pitt’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics 12. Short for the stuff in a syringe 13. To make legislation into law, or to put on a play 14. Abbreviation for chief prosecutor 15. You can find this Pitt alumnus singin’ in the rain 16. A street in Paris 17. Second word in I.O.U. 18. First name of a vice president. A lso, a TV show host. 19. Namesake of Pittsburgh ketchup company and chapel on campus. 20. Museum in New York that hosts lavish galas 21. Makeup palette in natural skin tones 22. What you should do with a shady c ontract (two words) 23. Opposite of even 24. Another word for gym class 25. Beer that you might see a hipster drinking 26. A quaker sells these at grocery stores 27. Fresh players of video games 28. Holden’s brother in “The Catcher in the Rye” 29. Austrian headphone manufacturer 30. Belonging to a thing 31. Virtual space for resolving disputes 32. Another name for a Japanese rice fish 33. An art museum and music hall in Pittsburgh 34. A god of fertility 35. A brief pause from productivity 36. Describing someone who gives their name to something 37. Latin for “therefore” 38. Particularly revolting
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