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Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle

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ACROSS

“General Hospital,” for one

5 Care 9 Bogusoffer 13 Wheelshaft 14 Admit 15 Latin bear 16 “Don’t switch to memory foam” 18 Softball clubs 19 SASE,

perhaps 20 R&B’s __ Hill 21 Data transfer

unit

23 Vend

24 Laura of the “Jurassic Park” films 25 “Pray we can hold on to the smaller one, which is more comfortabl­e than the king” 32 Makes the

first bid

33 Srs.’ nest eggs 34 Rain-__ gum 35 Pastures 36 Brunch

staple

38 Void partner 39 Coastal raptor 40 Mammoth 41 HS class with a big reading list

42 “Please double-stitch the new sham” 46 Poet of ancient Rome 47 Rackets 48 See 59-Across 51 PC file suffix 52 Xiao long __: soup dumpling 55 Sow sound 56 Nighttime heart-toheart that’s taken literally in this puzzle 59 With 48-Across, one who is eventually successful 60 “Finding

Dory” setting 61 Peru’s capital 62 Stretches between forces, briefly 63 Gender-fluid

pronoun 64 Sculpting

material

1 2 3 6

DOWN

Quaff with sushi Rice paddy team Oscar winner Guinness Liveliness Self-contained unit WallSt. announceme­nt 7

Packaging meas. Signed, sealed, and delivered agreement Outback maker 10 Cosmic cloud that resembles a crustacean Sparkling wine region 12 Sloop pole 14 PC paste

combo 17 Dotjournal

entries 22 Nonelectiv­e courses, informally 23 Nine-digit IDs 25 64-Across creature of Jewish folklore 26 Word with glasses or gloves 27 Novelist who wrote the “Odd Thomas” thrillers

28 Big cat in “Life of Pi” 8 9 11 29 Otto I’s realm:

Abbr.

30 New York Harbor’s __ Island 31 “Tropic Thunder” actor

36 Place to watch Greyhounds 37 Actor’s rep 38 Background figures in video games, for short 40 Actor Corey 41 Vice president under 45Down 43 Conjures 44 Beck album with the single “Where It’s At” 45 President who resigned in 1974 48 Daring 49 Actor Neeson 50 Buttery

52 Cut out early 53 __ mater 54 Approve 57 Director Spike 58 “Waterfalls”

trio

Aquatic, Arms, Camouflage, Cephalopod, Coast, Crustacean, Defense, Delicacy, Depth, Eels, Eight, Eyesight, Float, Gray, Hawaii, Ink, Intelligen­t, Invertebra­te, Limbs, Marine, Mediterran­ean, Mimic, Orange, Pool, Prawns, Prey, Salt, Sand, Scallops, Seafood, Shape, Shore, Size, Snails, Soft, Speed, Squeeze, Swim, Vision, Water, Waves, Whale

Wednesday’s Answer: Benefits