By Warren Manners
| Across | Down | ||
| 1 | Akkadian god | 1 | Assyrian war god |
| 5 | Inclination | 2 | Model |
| 11 | ~907 in a ton (abbr.) | 3 | TV offering |
| 14 | In a trice | 4 | With bias |
| 15 | Baby bottle | 5 | Boris, to Bullwinkle |
| 16 | Toke | 6 | Toni Morrison novel of 1973 |
| 17 | Blue Angels org. | 7 | Herring measure |
| 18 | Run out | 8 | Ophidian |
| 19 | Money in Macao | 9 | Mend a seam |
| 20 | He gets a lot of parts | 10 | Triumphed |
| 22 | Conjured up | 11 | Military wear |
| 24 | Geometric line | 12 | What logicians begin with |
| 25 | Expecting | 13 | Fuddy-duddy |
| 26 | Dewlaps | 21 | Ethiopian prince |
| 29 | Rank between PFC and Cpl. | 23 | Oklahoma tribe |
| 31 | _____ compression; data handling technique | 25 | Blackberry, in botany |
| 32 | Manhattan Project chemist | 26 | Leo Messi’s birth mth. |
| 33 | Metaphor for progress | 27 | Copper, e.g. |
| 35 | Miss identification? | 28 | #1 |
| 36 | Taxed | 29 | Underscore |
| 37 | Tom Campbell is President of this Org. | 30 | Commendation |
| 40 | Greek city where St. Paul preached | 33 | Direction: Abbr. |
| 41 | Barely | 34 | Bois-___-Filion (Montreal suburb) |
| 42 | Dijon darling | 36 | Twisting |
| 45 | “Le coeur a ___ raisons…”: Pascal | 37 | “8” sometimes (abbr.) |
| 46 | Lunar lander | 38 | Comm. for the deaf |
| 47 | Choruses | 39 | Put away |
| 49 | Annex | 40 | Italian bread |
| 50 | Jazz legend Karl | 41 | Type of rum |
| 51 | “Duh!” evoker | 42 | General assemblies |
| 56 | Grocery chain since 1926 | 43 | Scanty, in Surrey |
| 57 | “Odyssey” setting | 44 | These days |
| 59 | Castro calls it home | 46 | Stumble |
| 60 | In- or ex- ending | 48 | GAAP asset |
| 61 | Goose egg | 49 | Moderate |
| 62 | Creative fields | 51 | Philippine city |
| 63 | “I’ll ____ you” | 52 | Dylan contemporary |
| 64 | Bribe | 53 | Japanese city |
| 65 | A kind of equilibrium | 54 | Ballpark amts. |
| 55 | Impulsive | ||
| 58 | ___ and cry |
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