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ACROSS

1 Mount Rushmore

figure, familiarly

4 Bit of camp gear

7 Gave personally 13 Setting for

peak viewing?

15 “O ___” (greeting on

many lolcat memes) 16 Kevin ___, one of the

sharks on “Shark Tank” 17 “My goodness!” 19 Alternative to plugs 20 Title for Prince

Charles’s Camilla 22 Lug

23 This day and age 24 Biblical “father” 28 General amount of money that something sells for

29 Some teasers 31 “Lincoln in the ___” (2017 George Saunders best-selling novel) 32 Young fowl

33 Winter festival 34 Militant org. in a 1994 peace agreement 35 “Mona Lisa,” e.g. 37 Org. for the Philadelphia Union and D.C. United 38 Sticky stuff

39 They’re related

40 Ones whose work is strikingly controversial? 42 “You ___ right!” 44 Detective’s asset 46 Behind-the-scenes worker in TV news 47 Large bird of the pampas

48 Good name for

a tort lawyer

49 Yank who retired

with 2,086 R.B.I. 50 Common farming technique … or a hint to solving this puzzle 55 Composer Mahler

58 Chain with a pepper in its logo

59 Make it

60 Common female

middle name 61 Scrubbed

62 Piece of deli counter equipment 63 Serving often accompanied by a cinnamon stick 64 Went for a seat

DOWN

1 Ardent

2 Erykah of R&B 3 Stunning creatures of the Amazon 4 Staples of action films 5 Crew gear

6 Hook up with, in a way 7 Third base, in baseball lingo

8 Skin cream

ingredient

9 Kind of network 10 Alternative greeting to a high-five 11 Poetic preposition 12 Curl Up and ___ (punny salon name) 14 Mirrored 18 Delivered a rant 21 Debate settings 25 “Or even …”

26 Fried chicken order 27 2017 World Series champ

28 Friend to none 30 “We’ve been fooled!” 31 One who goes

hog wild? 32 Emphasize 36 Becomes slippery, in a way

41 Bit of trash around a fraternity house 43 Back vocally 45 Obtained from milk 46 Fulfilling

51 Party that might have a bouncer 52 “That’s really bad!” 53 First wife of Pablo Picasso 54 Superbright

55 Super time

56 Modern citation info 57 Foreign title of respect