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1 Shirt stiffener
7 ___-relief
10 Classic street liners
14 Site
15 Ingredient in jerk sauce
17 Hall-of-Fame QB Johnny
18 Hit 2016 animated film with the tagline “Welcome to the urban jungle”
19 Sits in the front passenger seat
21 Vice president Agnew
22 “Be that as it may …”
26 Cough syrup amt.
29 Invite to enter
31 “___ Breckinridge” (Gore Vidal novel)
32 Morsel in trail mix
35 Church nook
37 East Germany: Abbr.
38 Bury
39 Pugilists’ org.
40 Tornado alert
42 Like moussaka and souvlaki
43 Cabinet dept. led by Ben Carson beginning in 2017
44 Company that created Pong
45 Prefix with political and science
46 Thick slice
48 Anne Hathaway’s role in “Becoming Jane”
49 Birds that lay big green eggs
51 Glower in a hearth
53 One 10-millionth of a joule
54 Speakers’ platforms
56 Things loafers lack
59 Do a hurried search in
64 Short, stocky person, figuratively
67 Accomplish schemingly
68 French painter Henri known for “The Sleeping Gypsy”
69 A political refugee might seek it
70 “Three up, three down” threesome
71 Rum ___ Tugger (“Cats” cat)
72 Emphatic affirmative DOWN
1 Speak indistinctly
2 Writer Morrison
3 Litmus paper reddener
4 Hotel posting
5 Fastener on a manila envelope 6 Mercenary for the British in the Revolutionary War
7 Candy with a comic, once 8 Boatloads
9 “Just do it” and “Coke is it!”
10 George Ferris, for the Ferris wheel
11 ChapStick target
12 Verizon acquisition of 2006
13 Where the buoys are
16 Phaser setting
20 12:00 and 1:00: Abbr.
23 Supply water to
24 One who says “I’ll have …”
25 See 26-Down
26 With
25-Down, caution before a potentially upsetting lecture … or a hint to 19- and 59-Across and 7-Down?
27 Italian resort on the Mediterranean
28 Deserving sorrow and compassion
30 Apple tablet
33 “Comprende?”
34 Bugs
36 Jacob’s twin
39 Sound of an impact
41 “___ a living”
47 Paper handout
48 Curved entrance
50 Accent
52 End a fast
55 Tears
57 Clear the board
58 Some Japanese-made TVs
60 Waikiki party
61 “Things might get ___”
62 Sticky stuff
63 Clothing lines
64 Big do, informally
65 Debtor’s letters
66 Boring routine