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Crossword: Somos Hermanas

The six visitors from Sister City Guanajuato pose after the Fourth of July parade passes their viewpoint near the Ashland Plaza. Pictured from left are Monica Ayala Ortega with her daughter, summer festival queen Cecilia Galindo; Guanajuato Municipal Finance Director Stefani “Fanny” Marlene Martinez Armendariz; Guanajuato city ambassadors Casandra Jimenez Verver y Vargas and Andrea Guardado Ramirez (the 2020-2021 summer festival queen), and Carmelita Ortega (Queen Ceclia’s grandmother, representing the Guanajuato Amigo Club). Ashland Amigo Club photo
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This week’s theme: a celebration of long-time civic and personal connections.

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Explanations of selected entries, theme, clues, etc.: (spoilers)

“Somos Hermanas” = “We Are Sisters”
17A. ASHLAND, OR: Wiki, (Ashland)
27A. SISTER CITIES: Wiki; (Ashland); Sviatohirsk, UA
45A. GUANAJUATO, MX: Wiki (city)
59A. AMIGO CLUB

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