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38 FEBRUARY 8, 2018 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM Across 1. Office clamper 8. Postulates 15. Halo 16. Farm laborer of low social rank 17. Baked dish 18. Anxiously 19. Above 20. Dilly-dally 22. Cheesecake ingredient? 23. Islet 24. Arid 25. “Frasier” actress Gilpin 26. Jagged, as a leaf’s edge 28. Apply gently 30. Domestic animal skin disease 31. Some speech sounds 33. Told of an occurrence 35. Happiness 37. Newspaper stories 40. Like some knees 44. Destined 45. “___ any drop to drink”: Coleridge 47. Commemorative marker 48. Construct 49. Cold cuts, e.g. 51. Cambridge sch. 52. Bauxite, e.g. 53. Uttered an attraction call 56. Spoil, with “on” 57. Kitty 59. Enthusiastic supporter 61. One reciting in a singing tone 62. Subject of this puzzle 63. Orphaned child with new legal family 64. Puts into appropriate form for publication Down 1. A Muslim 2. New Zealand lizardlike reptile 3. Dry gulches 4. Chick’s sound 5. Court ploy 6. Say “Li’l Abner,” say 7. Hold back 8. Acted like 9. Close, as an envelope 10. Dressing ingredient 11. “It’s no ___!” 12. Margin 13. Blow up 14. Blocked 21. Causing fatigue 24. Blue-ribbon 25. Bring up 27. Texas/Louisiana border river 29. “Wanna ___?” 30. Fair to middling 32. “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria owner 34. Stop on a crawl 36. Big ___ Conference 37. Cleaning chemical 38. Behind 39. Finds an interest (2 wds.) 41. Vernacular 42. Snob 43. Picks up 46. Illicit cigarette 50. “Haste makes waste,” e.g. 53. Copper 54. Arch type 55. Shrek, e.g. 56. Computer info 58. Blouse, e.g. 60. Affirmative action 3 6 4 8 8 7 2 5 7 3 4 5 9 8 4 9 4 1 6 7 3 8 6 4 6 9 1 9 7 4 HOW TO SOLVE Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3 by 3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9 Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku �� Answers to Last Week’s Crossword SUDOKU