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		<lang class="3" colour="#000000" orgstyle="INDENTLESS BODY new" style="Headline2"  font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Bold" size="12">ACROSS 1 “In Cold Blood” writer 7 Matador’s need 11 Sauntered 12 Weary sigh 13 Up-and-comers 15  High-level execs 16 Writer Harte 18 Go fast 21 Foot features 22  Code 24 Worker in a colony 25 Gear part 26 Yale student 27 Sack material 29 Like an abyss 30 Bath need 31 Ocean bird 32 Aspiration 34 Rifts 40 Lotion additive 41 Beginning 42 Implores 43 Swift DOWN 1 Sedan or SUV 2 French friend 3 “Nova” network 4 Martini garnishes 5 Doctrine 6 Keenness 7 Burger topper 8 In the style of 9 Golf goal 10 Twisty turn 14 Parsley unit 16 Worker’s reward 17 Stylishly quaint 19 Very thin 20 Daughter of Leda 21 Bar bill 22 Beat walker 23 Tear 25 Island off Naples 28 Soup servers 29 Reduce in rank 31 Touch base 33 Son of Seth 34 Like the Beatles 35 Pub quaff 36 Record book 37 Purpose 38 Danson of “The Good Place” 39 Pig’s place</lang>
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