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August 17, 2026

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Across

1.“Matilda” writer Roald4 letters 5.Stitched up4 letters 9.Henry VIII and Elizabeth I’s royal house5 letters 14.Largest continent4 letters 15.Trilevel cookie4 letters 16.2024 film that won the Best Picture Oscar5 letters 17.Puts on a blacklist4 letters 18.Marine mammal’s tooth that might be a meter long10 letters 20.Thrown in5 letters 22.ID first issued in 19363 letters 23.High wind in a pit4 letters 24.Spring zodiac sign13 letters 28.Fruit that’s sometimes poached4 letters 29.Like chinchillas and alpacas6 letters 32.Tippy-top4 letters 35.“Please stay!”6 letters 38.Savings for sr. yrs.3 letters 39.Shell, Prell or Dell, e.g.5 letters 41.Greta of “The Morning Show”3 letters 42.Absorb thoroughly5 letters 44.Playfully shy3 letters 45.Ferry destination6 letters 48.New England football team, informally4 letters 49.Water source6 letters 51.Hefty book4 letters 53.Persian ruler who conquered Babylonia13 letters 59.Done laps in a pool4 letters 61.Gamer’s cube3 letters 62.Hayek of “Frida”5 letters 63.Source of oranges or lemons10 letters 67.Stadium seating section4 letters 68.Assumed name5 letters 69.Muffin material4 letters 70.“This is bad!”4 letters 71.Japanese box lunch5 letters 72.Croquet game setting4 letters 73.Corrosion found in the four longest Across answers4 letters

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1.Sponge gently5 letters 2.Carne ___ (grilled Mexican dish)5 letters 3.Like many Diwali celebrants5 letters 4.High-tech pointer8 letters 5.Female hog3 letters 6.Distinct stretch of time3 letters 7.Like Cardiff natives5 letters 8.Like Thor and Odin5 letters 9.Prof’s helpers, for short3 letters 10.Innumerable6 letters 11.Extra-hoppy brew9 letters 12.“Thereabouts”4 letters 13.Leaf-gathering tool4 letters 19.What you do to groceries when you get home5 letters 21.Expected in3 letters 25.Gloomy3 letters 26.Online troublemaker5 letters 27.Chicago-style pizza chain, familiarly4 letters 30.In ___ (stagnated)4 letters 31.Brief snoozes4 letters 32.Elementary school basics4 letters 33.Corn or cotton4 letters 34.Question on the dance floor9 letters 36.Org. for profs3 letters 37.First extra inning5 letters 40.Christian of fashion4 letters 43.Old switchboard pro8 letters 46.Posts inside walls5 letters 47.Female deer3 letters 50.One doing a lot of heavy lifting?6 letters 52.Sports cars from Britain3 letters 54.Refuse to get involved5 letters 55.___ incognita5 letters 56.College benefactor Yale5 letters 57.Replies from the congregation5 letters 58.Divining deck5 letters 59.Wound covering4 letters 60.Cunning trick4 letters 64.Troop-entertaining grp.3 letters 65.Spot for an AirPod3 letters 66.Finish3 letters

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