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8 Friday, September 14, 2018brooklintowncrier.com Brooklin Bafflers: by Liz Lowe Crossword Across 1 Bigwig 6 A lightweight fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface 13 "Acid" 16 Become accustomed to) 17 Siren luring sailors to shipwreck 18 Numerical suffix 19 Reproduction by parents of different races 21 Cultural Revolution leader 22 Kind of iron 23 Stagewear for Madonna 24 Catapult 25 Conventions 29 French for "foot on the ground" 32 Medium-sized butterfly with black wings, orange bands, and white spots. 34 A little of this, a little of that 35 Execute perfectly 36 A Beatle bride 37 Furrow maker 38 Comprehend 41 A person active in party politics 43 ___ constrictor 45 Informal affirmative 46 Shepherd's locale 47 A line of latitude about 23 degrees to the south of the equator 52 Old what's-___-name 53 Setting of many jokes 54 ___ chi (martial art) 55 ___'easter 56 Tribute, of sorts 57 Coal container 58 Genetic info carrier 60 Not yet final or absolute, at law 63 Part of H.M.S. 64 A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way 67 Type of healer 71 Substances possessing perfect molecular mobility and the property of indefinite expansion, as opposed to a solid or liquid 72 Highly excited 73 Gallery display 74 Quick swim 75 Delivery vehicle 76 Group refusal to resort to violence even in defence against vio- lence 83 "Tarzan" extra 84 Customer 85 State of disgrace resulting from detestable behaviour 86 Certain digital watch face, for short 87 Resolved 88 The new employee didn't take long to learn the _____. Down 1 Game with matchsticks 2 "Wheel of Fortune" request 3 Greyhound, e.g. 4 Tolkien beast 5 Tried to contact 6 Horsefly 7 Harry Potter's best friend 8 A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf 9 Relatively small lon- winged tube-nosed bird that flies far from land 10 Homeric epic 11 "The Matrix" hero 12 Martini ingredient 13 Large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails 14 Fab Four drummer 15 Wild Asian dog 20 Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known 24 Curse 25 Ashes holder 26 Poseidon's domain 27 Composed of animal fat 28 A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance 29 Validation 30 French romance 31 Haberdashery item 33 Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during foetal development 37 Blatant or sensational promotion 38 A portion of the Mass, and also of the communion service in some churches (pl) 39 Always, poetically 40 Beachgoer's goal 42 A supporter of feminism 44 Be in a cast 47 However, informally 48 Purged 49 Egypt's capital 50 Exclamation of frustration, rage, shock, etc. 51 Conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane 59 Kindly endorsement and guidance 61 Seek damages 62 The "I" in T.G.I.F. 63 Embrace 64 To have a harshly unpleasant or perturbing effect on one's nerves, feelings, thoughts, etc. 65 Expresses audibly; make sounds (not necessarily words) 66 Bird of prey 67 The "N" of U.S.N.A. 68 Open-mouthed 69 In shape 70 It eats shoots and leaves 74 Tabloid fodder 76 Silent assent 77 Metal in rocks 78 Get the picture 79 Big deal 80 Puppy's bite 81 Pool tool 82 (Printing) a unit of measurement used in typesetting