PUZZ LES
By MERL REAGLE and STEPHANIE SPADACCINI
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37 Scrooge comments
38 Director Preminger
and others
39 Charles in Charge
star Scott
40 Japanese sash
41 Russia’s Vladimir
42 Hilary’s director in
Million Dollar Baby
43 “We’re No. 1!” and
“Dee-fense,” for
example?
46 Pea jacket
47 Rower’s need
48 Part of an “amphibian
art” collection?
55 Become part of
56 Of birds
57 Important periods
59 Competent
60 Grimace
61 She married John
62 Fuse (metal)
63 Facts and figures
64 Cowpoke’s name
ACROSS
1 Tiny fellow?
4 Genesis brother
8 New Delhi dress
12 “Summertime,” for one
14 On the Beach author
Shute
16 Mesopotamia, today
17 Crackers
18 Davis of A League
of Their Own
19 Flapping one’s
(jabbering)
20 Tony Awards, perhaps?
23 Like Abner or Kim
24 Water-
25 Be free for the rest of
the day, as a doctor?
33 Killer whales
34 Postfire ruins
35 Roll (of bills)
DOWN
1 Road material
2 Part of the eye
3 First name from the
2012 campaign trail
4 Ali trainer Dundee
5 Horn sound
6 “When will I learn?”
7 Bit of dialogue
8 Add one’s name to a
guest book
9 In (stuck)
10 Butts
11 Mensa stats
13 Spring bloomers
15 Scottish girls
21 Wins a hand in a certain
card game
22 out a living
25 Freight-train hopper
26 Some OPEC members
27 TV screening device
28 Page or LaBelle
29 John who played Gomez
Addams on TV
30 Superskimpy swimsuit
31 Mark of literary
distinction?
32 Peter, Paul, or Mary
36 Connect the
38 Beat in a showdown
39 Flattery, Irish-style
41 University VIP
42 Spiced-tea beverage
44 Started the bidding
45 Part of the eye
48 Start of a famous
soliloquy
49 Moneyball costar Jonah
50 Influential Roman poet
51 Actress Lollobrigida
52 Agreement
53 Race pace, sometimes
54 Benefit
55 Punch target, perhaps
58 Baseball’s Red or White
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEMMA CORRELL; PHOTO CREDITS ON PAGE 62
Dear Old Dads
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