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ACROSS

1 Brand of headphones 11 Sellers of buckets 15 Brought about 16 Smooth

17 Annual fashion

event since 1948

18 ___ torch

19 Put in the trash

20 One hanging around in a deli?

22 Queen Elizabeth spells her name with one 23 Romanian currency units

24 Use Venmo, say 25 Mozart’s

“Le ___ di Figaro” 27 Imprecise stats: Abbr.

29 File folder part

30 One taking a survey 31 Taking on a new

identity, in a way 34 Once-standard subject no longer taught in most schools 36 “That must be the case”

37 One of 32 for Beethoven

39 Harmless

40 Daytime star

41 Temper tantrum outbursts

45 To whom “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” is sung 46 Abbr. on old

Eurasian maps 47 Play-___

48 Health abbr. 49 Measure the length of again

52 Game in which it’s illegal to play left-handed 53 Crushed cacao beans used to make chocolate 55 Leave one’s drawers in the drawer, say 57 Posthuman race of literature 58 Secret society invoked in many conspiracy theories 59 Match up 60 Participates in combat

DOWN

1 Fifth place? 2 Offers a similar

opinion to

3 Nails a test

4 Hats in the

Highlands 5 Navigation abbr. 6 Parts of an “S.N.L.”

audition 7 Athleisure wear 8 Police department

resources 9 Something no one

person can run 10 Eponymous Dutch town

11 Baby skunk 12 Makes curly

13 Soda debut of 2005 14 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Duke

21 Privy to a practical joke, say

26 “Don’t count your chickens before they hatch,” e.g. 28 Tough situation 29 Something to do to a

shoulder or the brakes 30 Corolla part 32 Someone who’s really too good to be competing 33 Hu-u-uge

34 With alacrity

35 Seller of calorific

pastries

38 Anvil, hammer

or stirrup

39 James F. ___, Truman

secretary of state 42 God, in Hebrew 43 Maintain, as standards 44 Sure winner

46 Fancy wrap 50 Protection: Var. 51 Stone that’s cast 52 Gasp

54 Word usually written

in brackets

56 ___ drop