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ACROSS

1 Sassy

5 “Ooky” TV family name 11 “___ the Force, Luke” 14 Bell-ringing cosmetics company

15 Cash alternative 16 Pester no end

17 Site of a postrace celebration

19 Yank (on)

20 Caribou kin

21 Without ice, at the bar 22 ___ acid (protein component) 24 Snarling dog 26 Director of “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Doctor Zhivago” 29 Snoopy’s comic strip 32 Neighbor of Ben & Jerry’s in the freezer section 33 Tolkien language 34 Corporate boss, briefly 35 Salem or Marlboro,

slangily

38 Follow one’s political

group

42 Bro’s sibling

43 Still in the shrink-wrap 44 Body of work

45 Does in, in mob slang 47 Military forays 48 Helping hand for a low-income entrepreneur 52 Investigator, in

old film noir 53 Common last option

on a questionnaire 54 One-third of a hat trick 56 Lightly apply 59 Popularizer of the Chinese tunic suit 60 Classic Debussy work that translates as “Light of the Moon” 64 “I have a dream” orator, for short 65 Shot two under par on 66 Tallest active volcano in Europe

67 “Yes, captain!”

68 Does 50 in a school zone, say 69 Like Easter eggs

DOWN

1 Finish a drive? 2 Fiendish

3 Things spelunkers

explore

4 Detonation producer,

for short

5 Field measurement 6 Wood nymphs, in myth 7 “Keep climbing”

sloganeer

8 Abbr. on toothpaste

tubes

9 Max’s opposite

10 Like a good surgeon’s hands

11 Loosen, as shoelaces 12 Finnish bath 13 Goad

18 Deluge

23 Seattle Sounders’ org. 25 Syllabus section

27 Zig or zag 28 “Same here!”

29 Dogs, cats and gerbils 30 “The Time Machine” race

31 Org. featured in 2015’s “Concussion” 34 Crow’s call

35 Voting or jury

service, e.g.

36 About, at the start of a memo

37 Bee ___ (“Night Fever” group) 39 Cuban currency 40 Turtle in a Dr. Seuss title 41 Renaissance stringed instrument 45 Shipment to a smeltery

46 Troops

47 Sawed logs

48 “Throw ___ From the Train” (1987 Danny DeVito comedy) 49 Where the

Renaissance began 50 Snatch defeat from the jaws of victory 51 Nimble

55 Puts two and two together, say 57 Name shared by two of Henry VIII’s wives 58 Droplet of sweat 61 One of 200 in the Indy 500

62 What the number of birthday candles represents

63 Went first