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1 Slightly open

5 Overhead

10 Approximately

14 What you might do to a turtle that’s withdrawn into its shell 15 Theater, for a Broadway show 16 Rod’s mate

17 Change one’s approach

19 Things that bottles and snow-covered mountains have

20 Boredom

21 Societal problems

23 Some do it through their teeth 24 Metallica hit with the lyric “Sleep with one eye open”

28 Relatives of rhododendrons 31 Young friend, to a good ol’ boy 32 Spanish gentlemen 33 Unwanted inbox filler

36 Devotee of Haile Selassie, informally

40 Lead-in to rock or right

41 Florida island … or a hint to

17-, 24-, 52- and 65-Across

43 Soda brand, or its opener

44 See 53-Down

46 Org. seeking life in space

47 De ___ (legally)

48 Look through the cross hairs 50 Gasoline additive 52 Micromanager

57 Mine cartload

58 Soprano’s solo

59 Frank who performed “Watermelon in Easter Hay” 63 Product of Yale or Medeco 65 Series of puzzles for group solving

68 Ancient Andean

69 First name of two of the three Apple co-founders

70 Olive or peach

71 Codger

72 Big name in kitchen appliances 73 Abbr. before a memo recipient’s name

DOWN

1 Church recess

2 Loo

3 Similar (to)

4 Makes a pit stop, say

5 Part of G.P.A.: Abbr.

6 Harper who wrote “Go Set a Watchman” 7 TV studio sign

8 Rolls up, as a flag

9 Model S, Model X and Model 3

10 Tolkien monster

11 Ruler’s domain

12 Digital photo filter

13 Jimmy of the Daily Planet

18 One of four on a fork, often

22 Derisive sound

25 Zap, in a way

26 Awards show for top athletes 27 Double-helix molecule

28 First among men

29 Émile who wrote “J’accuse”

30 Opposed to

34 Feeling upon meeting an idol

35 Poetic rhythm

37 Zap, in a way

38 ___ chips (trendy snack food)

39 Victim of the first fratricide

41 Actress Knightley

42 Something pinned on a map

45 Singer ___ King Cole

47 Capital of the world’s largest island country

49 Beyond that

51 Mental blur

52 Source of a baby’s (and parent’s) discomfort

53 With 44-Across, home of a major Northeast university

54 Wafer brand

55 Grocery shopping aids

56 Side of a gem

60 Cruise ship stop

61 Keats or Yeats

62 “You said it!”

64 Kit ___ bar

66 “___ Maria”

67 Each