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CROSSWORD THEME: FOOTBALL

                                                          ACROSS                       DOWN
                                                          1. *Sports analyst, ex-wide receiver   1. Hodgepodge
                                                            Randy                      2. Oil cartel
                                                          5. Dashboard acronym         3. Palm reader, e.g.
                                                          8. *Depth of an end zone, in yards  4. Old and mentally infirm
                                                          11. Fencing blade            5. Weather-related Doppler tool
                                                          12. Weight not charged for   6. Programs, for short
                                                          13. Young hog                7. Insignificant
                                                          15. Witnessed                8. Hammer or sickle
                                                          16. Aroma                    9. Europe’s highest volcano
                                                          17. Nary a soul              10. Born, in bio
                                                          18. *Line of ____            12. Marinara fruit
                                                          20. Spanish earthen pot      13. Ornamental hair net
                                                          21. Pinocchio and the like   14. *Grabbing penalty
                                                          22. Bean house               19. Breath freshener
                                                          23. Antonym of descent       22. *Pre-game encouragement
                                                          26. Cycle taxi               23. Rose oil
                                                          30. Greek “t”                24. One’s assertion
                                                          31. 50-50                    25. Collectible in a cabinet
                                                          34. Not happening            26. *Fourth down option
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                                                          35. Newbies                  27. Colonoscopy tract
                                                          37. Bert Bobbsey’s twin      28. Ancient assembly area
                                                          38. Like a neon sign         29. B in IBS
                                                          39. “Clueless” catch phrase  32. *Start of a football play
                                                          40. Not a desktop            33. Goo on a trunk
                                                          42. Metal-bearing mineral    36. *Scrimmage-related penalty
                                                          43. “Chim Chim Cher-ee” setting  38. Plant louse
                                                          45. Relating to nose         40. Yule firewood
                                                          47. Actors’ group            41. By word of mouth
                                                          48. Sink hole                44. Candle shape
                                                          50. Golf club handle         46. English in Spanish
                                                          52. *3-point score           48. Mourner’s song
                                                          56. Make a canyon, e.g.      49. Camelot, to Arthur
                                                          57. Not written              50. Tennis great Steffi
                                                          58. Racing sled              51. College officer-training prog.
                                                          59. *”Purple People ____” song,   52. *Number of downs to get a first down
                                                            inspiration for Vikings defensive   53. Anis-flavored aperitif
                                                            line name                  54. Site of Taj Mahal
                                                          60. Like H. C. Andersen’s duckling  55. *Lambeau Field jump
                                                          61. Poet Pound               56. Poetic “even”
                                                          62. *AFC counterpart        (Solutions on page 64)
                                                          63. Dreaming stage of sleep
                                                          64. Daytime entertainment
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