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Crossword: In the words of Gertrude Stein ...

In print | April 16, 2009

Across

1. Human
7. PBS newsman with a career spanning 35 years
15. Cal Ripken, Jr., e.g.
16. Beauty contests
17.The USC Trojans have won 24 of them
18. Like Ziplock bags
19. Post-it, e.g.
21. Fish eggs
22. Gypsy Rose ___
23. Turning water to seltzer, e.g.
27. Create curls
28. Losing tic-tac-toe row
29. Type of race or queen 32. Abbr. before many state names
33. Illicit lover: archaic
36. To no ____ (without suc- cess)
38. Panglossian eyewear
44. Au revoir
45. India’s first Prime Minister
46. ___ Antonio
48. Spill the beans
50. Second largest international org.
51. They’re required at Swarthmore (to the chagrin of many English majors)
52. 2007 Edith Piaf biopic
56. Spanish suffix meaning “small”
57. Assn.
60. She’s “lovely” in a Beatles song
61. Most sooty
64. One who is “it” in a playground game
68. Christian heresy
69. Punnett Square unit
70. Guildenstern’s cohort
71. Canvas for shad- ow

Down

1. Sullen
2. Globe
3. ___ Grande
4. Location in an algebra problem, maybe
5. Dole out
6. _____ forget
7. April 15 worker: abbr.
8. Musical featuring hits like “Aquarius” and “Sodomy”
9. Farming prefix
10. Network of blood vessels or nerves
11. Jai a____
12. “No hablo _____”
13. Old fashioned anesthetiz- ers
14. It’s often held between a tango dancer’s lips
20. Terminus
23. “Paradise City” resident
24. C.E.O., e.g.
25. Dallas Cowboys quarter- back Tony
26. Slow
27. Heartbeat
30. A of E.R.A: abbr.
31. ____ pal
34. Greenspan and Alda
35. Non-verbal assent
37. “Saturday” author McEwan
39. “Adam’s _____”
40. It’s electric!
41. Espadrille, e.g.
42. Environmental activist Brockovich
43. Table sugar
46. Ringed planet
47. What “black” is, according to fashionistas
49. Soap unit
51. Subject of a ballad from “The Music Man”
53. Curriculum _______
54. Europe’s boot
55. Stephen Colbert, Jr., e.g.
57. 1950s screen siren Lollabrigida
58. A horseman has one in hand
59. Discreet call for attention
62. ____ and feather
63. Resource for celeb gossip
65. Guido’s hair regime
66. New York Giants quarter- back Manning
67. Color of many Valentine’s Day gifts