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1 Sounds of surrender
6 1922-91 initials
10 Extra inches
14 A patriarch of the Israelites
15 S O S, basically
16 Film treasure hunter Croft
17 Q: “Can I write both a poem and an essay?” A: “___”
20 Meet stick
21 Tight hold
22 What Alabama cheerleaders often request?
24 Matt’s replacement on “Today” 26 Candymaker H. B. ___ 27 Yearned (for)
29 Tracy Marrow’s stage name 32 German article
33 Author of the line “It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes” 34 Actualities
36 Q: “Is that snack bar known for good burgers?” A: “___”
41 Common place for a car’s name, once
42 Hunchbacked film character 44 Night that “77 Sunset Strip” aired for most of its run: Abbr.
47 Popular game console
48 Skill on display in the “Kill Bill” movies 50 Synopsis
52 Conspirator’s agreement
54 Part of a pickup line?
55 Name on both sides of the Equator 58 Pledge
60 Q: “Should you call that stopover between Liverpool and Belfast a peninsula?” A: “___”
64 Fiddler on the reef?
65 Duds
66 Jokester
67 Lacking
68 Detail, in brief
69 Auguries
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1 Consideration at the Pearly Gates 2 Prefix with -bar
3 Chickpea
4 “Made you look!”
5 Haying tool
6 Topple
7 ___-pitch
8 Member of a Macedonia minority
9 Like signatures of William Shakespeare 10 Certain S O S
11 Whipped
12 Provoke
13 British sausage
18 It might be set with candles
19 Kitt who played Catwoman
22 Tour de France high point 23 Something drawn when landing on a yellow square in Pictionary 25 On-demand flier
28 Van ___
30 Brink
31 Verb ending in old verse
34 Hard or soft menu item 35 Exterior
37 Fad teddy bear name of the 1980s 38 Retreat
39 Holder of dozens upon dozens 40 Loose change “collector”
43 Steak coating
44 Swiss money
45 Sea sucker
46 Metaphor for death in a Eugene O’Neill play
48 Small relative of an elephant bird 49 World Heritage Site grp. 51 Sultans and sheiks, usually
53 News inits. since 1996
56 Camels, e.g., for short 57 Rush-rush
59 Diploma displayer, for short
61 Live
62 Wimple wearer
63 Some inning enders, in brief