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PUZZLES FOR YOU

Mountain View News Saturday, June 14, 2025

FOURTH OF JULY

ACROSS

1. Croat, e.g.

5. Reverential respect mixed with wonder

8. Island near Java

12. From where to eternity?

13. *"Land of the ____"

14. Rowed

15. Diabolical

16. Mideast bigwig

17. Unleashes

18. *Star-spangled banner (2 words)

20. Type of ski lift

21. *Day before Independence Day

22. Quilting party

23. Sherlock Holmes' confidant

26. Formal dinner

30. U.N. working-conditions agency

31. Sextet plus one

34. Cancel

35. Holey confection

37. Electric swimmer

38. Frame job

39. Comparison word

40. Type of deodorant

42. Skater's field

43. *Like "America the Beautiful" skies

45. Covered with a ceiling

47. Tennis do-over

48. Surfer's stops

50. Not guilty, e.g.

52. *Yankee Doodle's feather

55. *"To Freedom!", e.g.

56. Tel ____, Israel

57. B b 's mother

59. Pseudonym

60. *Cup at a picnic

61. Do like exhaust pipe

62. Late George Wendt on "Cheers"

63. Give it a go

64. *Betsy of #18 Across-related fame

DOWN

1. "He said, ____ said"

2. Russian left

3. Pomegranate seed

4. South African grasslands

5. Knight's protection

6. Odd and unusual

7. Like ghostly howls

8. *July 4th culinary tradition

9. ____ 51 in Nevada

10. Lecherous look

11. Dog tags

13. Felidae family member

14. As a rule

19. Casper, e.g.

22. Cricket club

23. Measurement

24. Hello, to Mr. Hand

25. Opposite of atonal

26. *Philadelphia's Liberty ____

27. "____ death do us part"

28. Draw out a conclusion

29. Drank too much

32. Lowly laborer

33. What lintel and mantel have in common

36. *Personification of the U.S. (2 words)

38. Show contempt

40. Decompose

41. In eighth, book format

44. "The Second Coming" poet

46. Chemical cousin

48. Relish

49. In an unfriendly manner

50. Horseback sport

51. Bear's hang-out

52. Sail holder

53. "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" captain

54. Part of an eye

55. Sun kiss

58. "The Extra-Terrestrial"-inspired toys


JUNE 7, 2025 Solutions


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