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8 9 7 6 3 1 2 5 4
3 6 4 5 8 2 1 7 9
5 2 1 9 7 4 6 8 3
1 4 6 2 5 3 8 9 7
2 5 8 7 9 6 3 4 1
7 3 9 1 4 8 5 6 2
6 7 3 4 2 5 9 1 8
4 8 5 3 1 9 7 2 6
9 1 2 8 6 7 4 3 5
Across
1. Alone
5. ___ moss
9. ___ Tuesday (Mardi
Gras)
12. Chocolate substitute
14. Adage
16. Aloof
17. Gradually faster in
music
19. Barely beat
20. Baby’s socklike shoe
21. Movement of wet
earth
23. Dwell
25. Golden Triangle
country
26. Household linens
30. Black billiard ball
32. Australian runner
33. “Fiddler on the Roof”
role
35. “Unforgettable” singers
37. ___ of Maine (toothpaste
brand)
39. Video maker, for
short
40. Opening time, maybe
41. Poison plant
43. Bend
46. “___ any drop to
drink”: Coleridge
47. To energize (2 words)
49. Camper’s supply
51. Gray wolf
52. Pink, as a steak
53. “I’m game”
57. ___ fly
61. “Fantasy Island” prop
62. Position of a trustee
64. Dusk, to Donne
65. Kind of battery
66. Agent investigating
narcotics (slang)
67. .0000001 joule
68. “___ Poppins”
69. Chinese cooking
bowls
Down
1. Fink
2. ___ Bell
3. “Giovanna d’___”
(Verdi opera)
4. Johann Wolfgang von
_______
5. Average
6. Final, e.g.
7. Hokkaido native
8. Slow, relaxed walk
9. Race ending
10. Battery contents
11. Sort
13. Very tired
15. Decoration of colored
glass
18. Like “The X-Files”
22. Prepare to surf,
perhaps
24. Can be plural for
Penny
26. Brings home
27. French romance
28. Repeatedly hitting
29. Flower holder
31. Join securely
34. Color of honey
36. Arid
38. Enjoy
42. Ancient units of
lengths
44. Be bombastic
45. Decline
48. Similar to a genocide
50. Go up and down
53. On the safe side, at
sea
54. Bad look
55. Maui dance
56. Boris Godunov, for
one
58. “Comin’ ___ the Rye”
59. Down with something
60. Epic poetry
63. “Don’t give up!”
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
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