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ACROSS
1 Make the grade 5 Matchmaking site since 1997 10 Working hard 14 Introductory painting class 15 Assign, as blame
16 Done, in Dijon 17 Hunky-dory
20 ___ Arbor, Mich.
21 Turkish for “lord” 22 Borrower’s letters 23 Perennially strong entrant at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. 24 America, for example, which has a “Cup” named after it 26 Untouchable one
29 Tennis star Arthur 30 Off-road wheels, briefly 31 Screenwriter Ephron 32 Ladies’ man 34 Stockpiles
36 Victoria and David Beckham, e.g. … or what 17-, 26-, 47- and 57-Across each have, in a way 38 Dangers
40 Sleep clinic concern 41 SpaceX founder Musk 42 Found really neat
43 The Rolling Stones or Smashing Pumpkins 47 Stayed calm
51 Big name in nail polish 52 Something that’s definite? 53 Numbskull
54 Canon camera
56 Workout target, for short 57 Pre-employment screening 61 Vision: Prefix
62 Come in second
63 Cold drink at Burger King 64 Former C.I.A. director Porter ___ 65 Kills time
66 War vet’s affliction, for short
DOWN
1 Fruit in som tam salad 2 Sports centers
3 Stem the flow of
4 [not my mistake] 5 Picture file format 6 “Twister” or “San Andreas” film genre
7 Santa ___ winds
8 Gin’s partner
9 Home of the Ewoks 10 Togo’s home: Abbr. 11 No-win situation 12 Briefly
13 “I remember when …” 18 Bowler, e.g.
19 Stage signal 25 Katniss Everdeen, in “The Hunger Games” 27 California roll ingredient
28 Swab analysis sites 30 Iowa college town 33 A fly-by-night?
34 Like some juries 35 Unlock, to a poet 36 Guards
37 Luxury
38 Natural fuel source 39 Nickname of the Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán 44 Facet
45 “Uncle!” criers, maybe 46 Punched out
48 Follow relentlessly 49 Wrist bones
50 Long past 51 YouTube full-screen mode exit key 55 Laudatory poetry 58 Boxing victories, briefly 59 Delta competitor: Abbr. 60 Trendy