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ACROSS

1 Night demon 8 Japanese dog 13 Romantically daydreaming of, with “over”

14 Not the main wager 17 Brandy fruit

18 French novelist ___

France

19 Perfume, as in a

religious ceremony 20 Neither Dem. nor Rep. 21 “Mamma ___!” 22 Cable material that transmits data using light

27 Read, as a bar code 30 Western tribe member 31 Candied Thanksgiving

dish

32 Dog with a wrinkly face 33 Transportation in the

Old West

35 Stand around the mall? 39 “Really?!” 42 Alternative to a convertible or station wagon

43 ___ beaver

44 ___ G BIV (mnemonic) 45 Wrestler Flair

47 ___ system (GPS

device)

48 Pleads

49 Legendary jazz

saxophonist 54 King topper

55 Gov. Cuomo’s

constituency: Abbr. 56 Dough raiser 60 Question ending many

a riddle

63 State symbol of Massachusetts 65 Container typically with a pull tab

66 Answers

67 & 68 Still feeling like a teenager, say … or a hint to the answers with shading

DOWN

1 Apple computer 2 “Huh-uh”

3 Food that’s husked 4 Togetherness

5 Curl target, informally 6 Card game made by Mattel

7 ___ Friday (main role on “Dragnet”): Abbr. 8 Yoga posture

9 In a gentle manner 10 Suffragist ___ B. Wells 11 Vietnamese New Year 12 Manhattan Project weapon, informally 15 Peace Nobelist Wiesel 16 Rip

20 Planets like Neptune and Uranus 23 Ballerina’s skirt 24 “May ___ your coat?” 25 Eastern ascetic 26 “You can count on me” 27 Mineral springs 28 Goal of cancer research

29 Elderly

33 Drive-in chain featuring

carhops

34 Tarzan creator ___ Rice

Burroughs

36 Fairy tale fiend 37 Pollution from car

emissions, in part 38 Unfortunate things to

leave locked in a car 40 Tall tale

41 Hindu divinity 46 Scammer

48 Classic VW

49 Movie with an iconic theme that starts with two alternating notes 50 Eight: Sp. 51 Intoxicating

52 Making up stories 53 Forest or mountain

maiden of myth 57 Opera solo

58 One with a crystal ball 59 Try out

61 “___ Te Ching”

62 Prefix with pressure or

puncture

63 Mesozoic, for one 64 Call from a tennis

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