Times-Echo Crossword Puzzle

21st Century Scares

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1. In physics, it is a quantity with magnitude but no direction (anagram of rascal)

7. Sun-dried brick houses of the Southwest

13. Word misuse like Sheridan’s famous character commits — like “She’s as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.”

15 High, treeless Andean plateau (anagram of Mao rap)

16. Wistful words to a distant loved one

17. Jewish teachers and leaders

18. *Jordan Peele’s 2022 film involving something strange in the sky

19. Dutch lager brand

21. Southern constellation, the Altar

22. Chinese “way” in Taoist thought

23. Bakery items with crusts

24. Per 24 hours, after “once”

25. *Demonic doll from “The Conjuring” universe

29. Impudent young brats

30. Of a concentration measured per kilogram of solvent (like a solution with one mole of solute per kilogram of solvent)

31. Holy Roman Emperor who succeeded Otto the Great

32. Yellowstone and Yosemite, for example

35. Actor Beatty

36. Italian nights

37. “Don’t get any funny ___!”

38. *2019 horror film set during a very unsettling Swedish festival

42. Part of a guitar or giraffe

43. Charades, Monopoly, or Chess e.g.

44. Revolutionary Guevara (and Michael on SNL)

45. Distinct period of history

46. Gloomy and sullen

48. Words after “Brexit” for a vote?

49. Female spirit from Arabian tales

51. Those who speak words

53. Complete reversals on the road

54. Cheerfully optimistic

55. *Jordan Peele’s breakout horror film from 2017

56. Wrestle, in a rustic way

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1. Pacific islander from Apia (or like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson)

2. Like some ties and sunglasses

3. Peer Gynt’s mother

4. Vinyl records, for short (Can be found at B-Side in Eureka Springs)

5. Stark girl in “Game of Thrones”

6. Layout for furnishing a space

7. “___ ski” (post-slope socializing)

8. Indian lentil dish, variant spelling

9. Sphere carried with a scepter

10. *A sinister children’s book comes to life (also an unexpected LGBTQ+ pride icon and internet meme) (2014)

11. Residents of Abu Dhabi

12. Emphatic “that’s my verdict” phrase

13. Indian/Sanskrit for “light of knowledge” (or, “You should always _ _ doctor’s advice”)

14. Lacking courage

20. Golf ball prop

24. County in Northern Ireland

26. US passenger railroad

27. Lawyer David of high-profile cases

28. Musk, to friends

29. Prefix meaning standing or stationary

31. Makes a choice

32. Supporter of consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph

33. Betel palm seed chewed in Asia (anagram of carea nut)

34. Guiding star, such as Polaris

35. Vessel for table red

38. Spoil or damage

39. Actress Claudia of “A Raisin in the Sun”

40. Actor Brian of old Hollywood films

41. Put to work again

43. “Whither thou ___, I...” (Ruth 1:16)

46. List of entrees

47. Sicilian volcano

48. Words after “them” in a pronoun choice

50. Spy satellite agency, for short

52. Examples, in brief

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