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LA Times, Mon, May 27, 2019
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Bruce Venzke & Gail Grabowski / Ed. Rich Norris
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© 2019 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
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Boxing contest
Covered with frosting
Morticia Addams, to Gomez
Beef recall cause
__ Scotia
"Sounds good"
Pulsate
Long, hard trip
Curly salon job
Olive Garden, e.g.
Tokyo, formerly
USN NCO
Enlightened cry
HBO rival, briefly
Cologne squirts
Winning big
"Did __ something wrong?"
Suspicious (of)
Pelican State sch.
Strings at luaus
Adam's mate
Breakfast cereal with dried grapes
"Ask Ann Landers" sister column
Feel poorly
Mex. neighbor
Former JFK lander
Govt.-issued aid
Surprised by a shower ... and a hint involving certain outer letters of 20-,32- and 40-Across
Gorbachev's land: Abbr.
"What a great __!"
No longer squeaking
Mets' old stadium
Expected result
Wind instrument commonly played horizontally
Sassy
Yucky stuff
UPS competitor
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39.37 inches, in Liverpool
Felt the pain
Trunk of the body
Solidify
Small charcoal grill
"101" course title word
Former "Iron Chef America" chef Cat __
Tied, scorewise
'60's TV show whose title means "doctor" in Swahili
Astaire headwear
Swedish retailer
Delhi dress
Choir number
"... wish __ a star"
Spot for stubble
Wild blue yonder
Spacek of "Bloodline"
Spitting sound
Viral concern at the Rio Olympics
Garden of __
Maritime emergency letters
Enthusiastic review
Room size calculation
Smooth-talking
Abandon bachelorhood
Website ID
Foolhardy
Letting up
Bandmate of Crosby and Stills
Attempt "more than one can chew," in an idiom
Nickelodeon toon tot
"Forever" post office purchase
José's "L'chaim!"
Seven, in Spain
Handy list in the back
Zodiac transition point
Tennis legend Arthur
Icon tapper
Talent show for 17 seasons, briefly
Fictional sleuth Wolfe
Stir to anger