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Crossword Corner

PUZZLE NO . 227 38 . Softens 39 . Shove 40 . Emerald ____ 41 . Pretty close 42 . Martial ____
43 . Toy figure 46 . Furnace fuel 47 . Dinghy blade 48 . Ascot , e . g . 49 . Santa ’ s aide
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ACROSS 1 . Shady
4 . Look over quickly
8 . Deadly snakes 12 . Yes vote 13 . Record 14 . Nibble 15 . Tooth fixers 17 . Luau dance 18 . Exasperate 19 . ____ questions 21 . Inclines
24 . Letter before dee
25 . Highway sign 26 . Schedules 31 . Plus 32 . Jazz booking 33 . Opera solo 34 . Hopelessness 36 . Sharp flavor
37 . ‘ 60s do 38 . Oven gloves 39 . Fiesta item
43 . Lone Ranger and Tonto , e . g .
44 . Client
45 . Explanatory comment
50 . Piece of wood 51 . Folder 52 . Be sickly 53 . Towel marking 54 . Additions 55 . Ump ’ s relative
DOWN 1 . Cheerless
2 . Caustic material 3 . Tokyo currency 4 . Arouses 5 . Keg 6 . Competent
7 . Emergency funds : 2 wds .
8 . Pain 9 . Ignore 10 . Hit repeatedly 11 . Influence 16 . Excellent 20 . Itty-bitty
21 . Understand writing
22 . Shaft 23 . Young girl
24 . Egypt ’ s capital
27 . Country 28 . Darn !
29 . “____ That a Shame ”
30 . Droops 32 . Zoo attraction
35 . Foreand- ____
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