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CROSSWORD

BY THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS
1 Falafel holder
5 Go by
9 Plains grazers
10 Hand costs
12 Bay
13 Kick off
14 Aiming to lose
16 2016 Olympics host
17 Top rating
18 Running wild
20 Rehab target
22 Not active
23 Tear into tatters
25 Crimson Tide, for short
28 Regardless
32 Just for kicks
34 Be in the red
35 Harry’s friend
36 Succeeding
38 Some exams
40 Was frugal
41 Bother
42 Undoes a dele
43 Piano parts
44 Shucking units
DOWN
1 Beaten on the mat
2 Vacation spot
3 — the line (obeyed)
4 Ohio college
5 Elbows on the table
6 Hill builder
7 Was rude, in a way
8 Continuing story
9 Flora and fauna
11 Put away
15 Go aboard
19 Orderly
21 Part of a Caesar quote
24 As a group
25 Fifth element
26 Hooded jacket
27 Get by
29 Coolidge’s successor
30 Young hooters
31 Fuses
33 Party VIPs
37 Pro —
39 Place down
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