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Crossword puzzle answers: May 24, May 25, 2016 – Metro US

Crossword puzzle answers: May 24, May 25, 2016

Crossword puzzle answers: May 24, May 25, 2016

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Due to a production error, Tuesday’s crossword puzzle was a mess. We let our readers down and we apologize. We have reprinted the crossword with the right grid in Wednesday’s paper, and have also posted the correct puzzle solution here. Thanks for your understanding.

ACROSS        1      Wingding5Eggy desserts10Knife handle14Humdinger15It inches along16Great work17"Madam, I'm --"18Pseudopod possessor (var.)19Oater backdrop20He did "Chantilly Lace" (2 wds.)22-- -upper23Drink like Rover24-- is me!25Frolicked29Green garnish33Interprets tea leaves34Tarzan's title36Spare, maybe371040 agcy.38Grave risk39Fleur-de- --40Overlook42-- out (withdraws)43Less than a drizzle45Reese and Moore47Gourd-shaped rattles49Provide with weapons50Magna -- laude51Hits the horn54It's passed in counsel (2 wds.)60Rolling -- -- (rich)61Nanny62Cold -- -- icicle63NASDAQ rival64Gracie or Fred65Posse's quarry66Pink-slipped67Sound from the fold68Water pitcher
DOWN         1Spill the beans2German import3Steel-mill refuse4Brought low5Slushy beverage6Gravy no-no7Helm position8Wyo. neighbor9Tijuana "Mrs."10Coziest11Triangle tip12Firecracker part13Autocrat of yore21Galley movers22Part of FYI24Off the --25Finish a piecrust26Falcon's abode27No longer chic28Ocean trenches29Light bender30Fragrant bush31Ms. Jong32Toadies' responses35Easel display38Ballad or idyll41Flattened a fly43Sincere44Run amok46Um cousins48Twang or drawl51Turner of "Typical Male"52Black gem53River in France54Yank55Dashiell contemporary56Between ports57What "vidi" means (2 wds.)58Glass square59Amtrak driver61Slap the cuffs on