T he G u id e • 12-24-25 CLUES ACROSS 1. Light cavalry 5. Coconut palms 10. Rounded knob 14. Central Japan city 15. Sandwiches 16. Shape produced by a curve 17. Ancient region in modern-day Syria 18. French modernist painter 19. Grandmother 20. Mammary gland of cattle 22. Rocky peak 23. Secret plan 24. Songs to one’s lover 27. More (Spanish) 30. Father 31. Chinese principle underlying the universe 32. Ballplayer’s accessory 35. Together 37. A person’s brother or sister 38. Evil spirit 39. Monetary units 40. Partner to cheese 41. About Sun 42. Group of like-minded people 43. After B 44. Seaside room 45. Recipe measurement 46. Partly digested food 47. Flat-faced dog 48. People of southern Africa 49. Salts 52. Beard lichens 55. Sanders is one 56. Fencing sword 60. Ethnic group of Albania 61. Metric weight unit 63. Italian seaport 64. Longtime late night host 65. Extremely angry 66. Miami mascot 67. Mid-month day 68. Marked for omission 69. Body part CLUES DOWN 1. Two-toed sloth 2. Fat from a pig’s abdomen 3. Romanian city 4. Specifies 5. Rounded, glaciated valley 6. Spoke 7. Collection of sacred books 8. Extravagantly theatrical 9. Very fast airplane 10. Forearm bones 11. Ancient kingdom 12. Legitimate: __ fide 13. Semitransparent gemstone 21. Counsels 23. Head honcho 25. Cool! 26. Touch lightly 27. Extract money via taxation 28. Dyes 29. Cloying sweetness 32. Sodas 33. Coastal village in Guam 34. Chemical ring 36. The bill in a restaurant 37. Car mechanics group 38. One-time presidential candidate Dole 40. Health care for the aged 41. Wise persons 43. Passage with access at one end 44. Make a wound 46. America’s spies 47. Roof of the mouth 49. Plants of the lily family 50. Pinkish-red color 51. Vaccine developer 52. Mottled citrus fruit 53. A place to store garden tools 54. Rare goose native to Hawaii 57. Popular Hollywood pig 58. Musician Clapton 59. A move exposing one to danger 61. Historic Spanish soldier 62. CNN’s founder
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