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Daily Crossword Puzzle #9 for Sun, Aug 16, 2026

ACROSS
1. Stitch closed the eyes of (a falcon)
5. Head covering
8. The first octave above the treble staff
11. Inventor's middle name
12. "Two Mules for Sister ____"
13. By way of
14. Parts
17. Closing up, plugging up
19. Manatee
21. Makes clutter
22. Play the lead
23. Nonscientific branch of learning
24. Coat; cloak
27. Inside; within (prefix)
29. Arrow shooter
32. Composer Copland
34. Curvy letter
36. One who doesn't tell the truth
37. Proofreading order
38. Small island
39. Celtic language
40. Not this but _
41. Lion
42. Amusement-park features
43. Eastern Standard Time (abbr.)
44. Port city in Latvia
46. Fast jet (abbr.)
47. Parent Teacher Assoc.
50. Draw slowly or heavily
52. A viewer who gazes fixedly
55. Michaelmas daisies
57. News announcer
59. Worn away
62. ___ a Wonderful Life
63. Filth; sediment
64. Billionth: prefix
65. Observe
66. Snakelike fish
67. Makes supply last

DOWN
1. Plant excrement
2. Biblical high priest
3. Nights before holidays
4. Shoestrings
5. Domesticated feline
6. Odor
7. Some stationery
8. Opinion
9. Actor's bit
10. Labels
12. Compass dir.
15. Consumed
16. Skim
18. Pacific Standard Time (abbr.)
20. Severe or trying experience
24. Clothes sense
25. Curses
26. Relatively large
28. Flexible twig of a willow tree
29. Avian creatures
30. Fertile tracts in a desert
31. Obtain by seizing forcibly or violently
33. Baseball player Mel
35. Unemotional ones
36. Flowery wreath
42. More valued for its uncommonness
45. Yard entry
47. Adept person
48. Laconic
49. Nick name for Arthur
51. Heavy duty weighing machine
52. Indian titles of respect
53. Wig
54. Domed church section
55. "We ___ not amused" (Victoria)
56. Neighbor of Neb.
58. Pipe bend
60. Compass dir.
61. Two (Sp.)