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1 ___-on-Don, Russian port of 1+ million 7 Tycoon, informally 13 Theoretically 15 Maryland state symbol 16 Wassily ___, RussianAmerican Nobelist in Economics 18 Like the Kremlin 19 Comics outburst 20 Conservative leader? 21 Divulges 22 Nouri al-Maliki, for one 25 Pro ___ 27 Highest-rated 28 They may be sold by

the dozen 30 Desirous look 31 “Third Uncle” singer 32 When repeated, cry after an award is bestowed 33 Alphabet run 34 Clay pigeon launcher 35 End of the saying 38 Persevering, say 41 Dictionnaire entry 42 Shade of red 46 Single dose? 47 “Got milk?” cry,

perhaps 48 Cerumen 49 “For hire” org. of the

1930s 50 Picker-upper 52 Watts in a film

projector? 53 Drill instructors? 55 What may be caught

with bare hands? 57 Treadmill setting 58 Half 59 It’s not required 62 Info on a personal

check: Abbr. 63 Mandela portrayer in

“Invictus,” 2009 64 Long Island county 65 Certain race entry

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1 Product whose commercials ran for a spell on TV? 2 Undiversified, as a farm 3 Expo ’74 locale 4 Go for the bronze? 5 Go (for) 6 Red Cross hot line? 7 Start of a four-part saying 8 Unpaid debt 9 Window treatment 10 Ride up and down? 11 City in the Alleghenies 12 Justin Bieber’s genre 14 Ship hazard 17 Part 3 of the saying 23 Search 24 Intense desire 26 Silver State city 29 Part 2 of the saying 34 Latin land 36 Create an open-ended

view? 37 Stand for 38 Lady pitcher 39 Pudding thickener 40 It leans to the right 43 Setting for Clint Eastwood’s “Flags of Our Fathers” 44 Russian urn 45 Urgent 47 Italian tourist

attraction, in brief 51 Leg part 54 Team that got a new

ballpark in 2009 56 Ship hazard 60 Corp. head 61 Sleuth, informally