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CHANGE OF HEART
By David Steinberg/puzzles edited by Will Shortz
Answers on Page 19
Note: The middle letter of the
answer to each starred clue can
be replaced by a diff erent letter
to form two new words across
and down. Read the new letters,
in order, for a bonus.
Across
1 Bank off erings, in brief
4 Twists
9 Losing roll at dice
13 In itself
19 Piece played with four hands
21 Tart sorbet fl avor
22 Kind of bed
23 *Opposite of endearing
24 *Freely expressive
26 Winter eaves dropper
27 Some attacks on castles
29 Día de ____ Muertos
(Mexican holiday)
30 Stories that may or may not
be true
31 12-year-olds, e.g.
34 Ballerina’s bend
35 App whose icon features a
camera, in slang
37 Aimee with two Grammys
38 Plank targets
41 Only trisyllabic rainbow color
43 Ferrari of automotive fame
46 *Communicating (with)
49 *Contracting
52 Acceptance principle of
improv comedy
53 2-year-old, e.g.
54 What may connect the parts
of a school assignment?
55 ‘‘Who ____?’’
58 Relative of an alpaca
60 ‘‘A Christmas Carol’’ cry
61 Dress in
62 Things people catch and
then ride
63 Fifth sign
64 Actress Hepburn
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Down
1 Brains of a tech start-up?
2 Racket
3 Noticeable
4 Roused from a nap
5 Neighbor of Nev.
6 Barely usable pencils
7 ____ sandwich
8 Like some roller coaster drops
9 Task for a crossword con-
structor
10 Washed quickly
11 Bon ____
12 Instrument used in a medi-
cal checkup
13 Out of whack
14 Vessel with a hatch, infor-
mally
15 The ‘‘teardrop of India’’
16 Not exceeding
17 ‘‘Dark Lady’’ hitmaker, 1974
18 ____ Park, N.Y.
20 Christianity’s ____ Creed
25 Word with code or card
28 Good witch in Oz
31 ‘‘That’s enough about your
sex life!’’
32 Pallid
33 Some have combinations
36 Like J, alphabetically
39 English majors’ degs.
40 Having three unequal sides
42 Equal: Prefi x
44 Outmoded storage device
45 Witness
47 Some breads
48 Smitten
50 British exclamation
51 One of three for German
nouns, or one of four for
those in Africa’s Zande
language
53 Like a tug-of-war rope
55 One may go off in the middle
of the night
56 Scientist whose name is
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80 Small particle
82 Binder inserts with tabs
83 Literally, ‘‘revenge’’
84 Org. that evaluates tooth-
brushes
86 Good cheer
88 Singer ____ Marie
89 Joins fi rmly
90 Epoch when palm trees grew
in Alaska
91 In an obvious way
92 All-time connector
93 Big ____
96 Plan in detail
100 Puppy ‘‘kisses’’
102 Rot
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associated with a number
57 Wine list section
59 Heavy medieval weapons
60 Robot sound
62 Hot condiment
63 Italian bread that’s no longer
made
65 Comply with a peace treaty,
maybe
66 Some camping excursions
67 ‘‘I’m relieved!’’
70 H.S. subject
73 ‘‘La Tauromaquia’’ artist
75 Come off as
77 Went ballistic
79 ‘‘Easy there!’’
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67 Poke
68 Nickname in baseball and
gossip columns
69 *Harsh language
71 Up
72 Loses fi rmness
73 Country with the most
archaeological museums in
the world (110+)
74 Brand seen at speedways
75 Cut off
76 French menu phrase
77 Sushi chef’s eggs
78 Uncle for whom an annual
award is supposedly named
80 Not so many
81 When nothing goes right
83 Dutch name starter
85 Frank Robinson or Brooks
Robinson of the Baseball
Hall of Fame
87 *Watered artifi cially
89 *Goes well with
94 Turn in a game
95 Canine coat
97 Instant, informally
98 Island with a trisyllabic
name
99 Sat around
101 In the thick of
103 Ending remark that’s
surprising
105 Starting point
108 Suffi x with labyrinth
109 Czar known as ‘‘the Great’’
112 Once called
113 *Noisy disagreement
116 *Ordered
120 Service with a Capitol
Corridor route
121 Promote aggressively
122 Without accompaniment
123 Crows
124 Ones in hills or farms
125 Luxury vessel
126 The dark side
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105 9-5 automaker, once
106 Muppet who refers to him-
self in the third person
107 ‘‘At Last’’ singer James
110 Almond ____ (toff ee
brand)
111 Computer with a Pro model
114 Ship pest
115 H+ or I-
117 A ticket may be given for a
high one: Abbr.
118 Man’s name derived from
the Bible
119 Man’s name derived from
the Bible
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