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ACROSS
1 Got the attention of 8 Followers of the Baal Shem Tov 15 Author known for the intelligence of his writing?
16 Outer layer of a membrane 17 Crystallizing substance in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle” 18 Conglomeration
19 & 20 Pattern in back
of a window
21 Cut down, possibly 22 Cold-weather product
prefix
23 Reading ability? 26 Can’t stomach
30 “De profundis,” e.g. 32 Best-selling erotic
novelist ___ Leigh 33 Germ-free state
35 & 37 Hit Leonardo DiCaprio film, with “The”
38 Narrow tube in
chemistry
39 Get better
40 App customers 41 Cinches
45 Boardom?
46 Playing card marking 49 Word with full or file 50 & 52 Commander at the First Battle of Bull Run
55 Kobe or Shaq, notably 57 Recruits
58 Steam locomotive workers
59 Black Panther’s co-creator 60 Reduction of tension 61 Choir composition
DOWN
1 Chasséd, say 2 Withdraw
3 Gets a 5 on an A.P. exam, say
4 One who may help you keep your balance? 5 Lancastrian or Liverpudlian
6 ___ Laszlo (cosmetics brand)
7 Not easily understood 8 Stacks
9 Lumberjack 10 Daytime TV fare 11 Pass the time 12 Prepare, as hides for tanning
13 Org. that supported the Good Friday Agreement 14 “Scrumptious!” 24 Razor cut
25 May and others, for short
27 Hard to hear, perhaps
28 Quick pace
29 A good one is hard to crack 31 Underground activity
33 1970 Australian Open winner
34 W.W. II weapon
35 Full of sass
36 Gap in a schedule 38 Lightweight boxer? 42 Brawl in the
backwoods 43 Possible candidate for
a Razzie Award 44 Has a funny feeling 47 Like atoms with complete valence shells
48 Inherently
51 Stomach
52 The new girl on Fox’s
“New Girl” 53 Disfavoring
54 Group with a tartan 55 Subject of many ’60s
hits?
56 Had something