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Fringe Benefits by Emma Lawson and Hoang-Kim Vu, edited by David Steinberg

ACROSS

1 Fabulous fabulist 6 Crude grp.

10 Pulls behind

14 “That’s important to

me”

15 Eponym of a student

grant

16 Thanos’ devastating

finger click

17 Earnings for a

stand-in?

19 Supergirl’s first name 20 Middle of dinner? 21 Immense 22 Preposterous 24 Fighting

26 ___-cone

27 Souvenir shirt, often 28 Earnings for a pot

dealer?

33 Name that sounds like a

soft cheese

34 Most orderly

35 Place to find a drink and

a date?

37 ___ Angeles Sparks 38 Striped gemstone

42 “A little birdie told

me ...”

45 Eye’s colored part 46 Earnings for a tailor? 49 Pioneering ISP

50 Line with one end, in

math

51 Partner in battle 52 Like “bedknobs” and

“broomsticks”

54 In the thick of 56 Grandfather, in German 59 Inconsiderate 60 Earnings for a soccer

player?

63 Shadow that foreshadows

something, perhaps 64 Notion

65 Enjoyed the slopes 66 Heron’s home

67 Designer Burch

68 “A Strange Loop” was

nominated for 11 in 2022

DOWN

1 Assistant

2 MBA class 3 Bratwurst and lap cheong, for two 4 Sphere

5 Like hip bones 6 Chooses

7 Bog product 8 Animal that wrestles and bugles during a rut 9 Juice diet, for instance 10 Disapproving sounds 11 Acting without thinking 12 Rabbit’s residence 13 Gardening shovel 18 Olympic decathlete

Ashton

23 ___ nova (Brazilian

genre) 25 Belonging to those

people

26 Subs (for)

28 “The Last of Us”

network 29 Investment plan

initials

30 Main strain from

Coltrane

31 New Zealand language from which English borrowed “mako” 32 Clara Bow or Olivia

Rodrigo

36 Kama ___

39 “Joining up with us?” 40 “___ but a scratch” (“Monty Python” quote)

41 Winter hrs. in

Buffalo

43 Food delivery that you

still have to cook 44 Step between floors 46 Measure of threedimensional space 47 Evades

48 First in line, perhaps 49 Barbecue wrap? 53 Apartment fee 54 Lenovo rival

55 “Got it,” informally 57 Mouse, to a cat

58 “No ifs, ___ or buts” 61 Marriage vow 62 Boxing result: Abbr.

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