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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 13, 2020, Winnipeg, Manitoba <s> o C MIYIK PAGE Z15 & SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2020 • WINNIPEGFREEPRESS.COM DIVERSIONS A 15 Manitoba Crossword BY ADRIAN POWELL ANSWERS ON PAGE A 16 1 Worse than bad 6 Speaker's speaking spot 10 One type of year 14 Home of the Ramses Hilton 15 Coin used in Andorra 16 Because of that... 17 Big Bird's best friend 20 2nd most populous African nation (abbr.) 21 Cockatiel grub 22 Firmly embedded 23 "Will be," to Doris Day 24 Tiny builder of tiny tunnels 25 Muppet with his own personal cloud 31 Ninny 33 "Holy smoke!," e.g. 34 Without further ado 35 Came by camel 36 Navigator's plot 38 & snuff 39 The Cenozoic was one 40 Trafficker's pursuer 41 Fencing equipment 42 Muppet with 3,265 bothers and sisters 46 Bring into service 47 Scrooge-like 48 Have a gut feeling 51 Clan subdivisions 53 Big palooka 56 Opera-singing Muppet 59 Bali's bailiwick 60 Countertenor's register 61 One kind of violet 62 Become liquefied 63 Prone to prying 64 Relative of "A votre sante!" 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Coyote's Earthquake Pills maker 2 Bump on the noggin, maybe 3 Bass, for one 4 Egyptian tomb find 5 Make a mess of 6 Trounce 7 Ireland, to the Irish: The Sod 8 Riles up 9 Tiny old French coin 10 Castaway's shelter, perhaps 11 Physicists' work units 12 The sweaty chills 13 Place in a mail box 18 Spore producing plant 19 Smidgen 23 Disgruntled 24 Lope opening? 25 Tree on Lebanon's flag 26 Give personal assurance (for) 1 2 3 4 5 27 & & & Common livestock feed grain 28 & & & Take in the laundry 29 & & & Post-It, e.g. 30 & & & Bank notes that 14 17 stopped in 1996 31 More than just a hike 20 21 15 32 Became frayed, say 36 Give four stars to, say 37 Brunch leftover 38 Atop 40 Second generation Japanese 41 Writer of "In the land of he blind, the one-eyed man is king" 43 Oman's capital 44 Put on the payroll 45 Salty Greek cheese 48 Junk E-mail 49 "If all fails,..." 50 Item that usually ends up getting hammered 51 Recital piece, often 52 Young newts 53 "Maybe we're ___ something!" 54 Mughal capital, once 55 Young equine 57 Rowan of "Laugh-In" 58 Category m 10 L 11 12 13 ■ 19 22 48 49 50 56 59 1 62 The New York Times Crossword Puzzle EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ ACROSS 1 Flatten like a bug 7 Was long and boring 14 Many a bug 16 Tart taproom offering 17 Mistaken 18 Down the road 19 Many a saint, originally 20 Chain restaurant ... or what a kangaroo might say? 22 "Actually, I just realized something ..." 23 Secure with a click 25 Faux Fighters or Dread Zeppelin, e.g. 26 It's administered for shedding 31 Aegean Sea island 3 2 Green a.k.a. the Witch of Wall Street 33 Cartoon character whose last name is Szyslak 34 Design 35 Impala, e.g. 36 Chapati alternative 37 Hebrew name meaning "ascent" 38 Curry powder ingredient 39 Sloughs off 40 Star attraction? 43 Off the___ 44 Cry from behind a door 45 Fragrant tree type 48 Subtle endorsements 49 Big whoop 52 Intentions 54 Marathon runner's wear 56 "Wish me luck!" 57 Rubber production? 58 Eponym of the N.H.L.'s points leader award 59 Bumptious DOWN 1 Guard's place 2 Word with dinner or dollar 3 Some travelers along the Oregon Trail 4 Sporting blade 5 Presents unexpectedly 6 Fuss 7 Connection inits. 8 Showing a bit of gray hair, say 9 Final exam? 10 Started acting responsibly 11 Mix-and-match children's clothing brand 12 Sci-fi race mirroring the bourgeoisie 13 Sign of progress 15 Punctuate a killer performance 21 Really didn't hold back 23 Priory of (group in "The Da Vinci Code") 24 "That's no longer the case" 26 Pixar character with a pet cockroach 27 Something turned off on vacation 28 What a dot on a map might represent: Abbr. 29 Not inclined 30 Point of view, metaphorically 31 Blueprint bit 3 5 La Table (high-end cookware retailer) 36 Feast or famine 38 What some handles are created for 39 Look inside, say 41 Cartoonist Will who popularized the term "graphic novel" 42 Materials for some chests 4 5 Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group) 46 Smoking or drinking, e.g. 47 Newsstand display, informally 49 Neighbor 50 Gossip 51 Evil hypnotist's directive 53 Letters often meant to be read from afar 55 "Cómo es___?" 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