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1 Classic video game hero a.k.a. the Blue Bomber
8 Word after “be” or “end”
11 Light lunch choice
14 Seeing someone, say
15 Like the services of many financial planners
18 Class that doesn’t require in-person attendance
19 Place in 1861 news, for short
20 Abbr. on a college entrance sign 21 Neighbor of N.Z.
22 ’Fore
23 Temporary, as a store
26 “Let’s go to the next one”
28 Dorm V.I.P.s
29 Genre for Panic! at the Disco 30 Pinker, say
32 Biases
34 Place for pilots
36 Dorm V.I.P.
37 Like zombies
38 Program for reducing litter on highways 40 Lines screenwriters didn’t write 44 Ignore, with “out”
46 Ride taken for a spin?
48 Bother
51 Real stunner
52 It borders B.C.
53 Magic, on scoreboards
54 Movie camera settings
56 Casey who voiced Shaggy
58 Pot leaves?
59 Some brewery offerings, in brief 60 Regain hit points, in video games 62 Part of a pope’s title
64 Popular browser extension … or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle
68 Stretch
69 Common fish in aquaculture 70 Number 2 or 6
71 Playwright Thomas who predated Shakespeare
72 Educational toy with a spinning arrow DOWN
1 Trim, in a way 2 Phoenix-to-Albuquerque dir.
3 Yak
4 Word akin to sayonara
5 Annoyance from a subway seatmate 6 Rat-___
7 Crunchy candy with a gummy string center
8 Dalliance
9 Go easier
10 Philosophy of simplicity 11 Yosemite ___ 12 Rudderward
13 Watch wolfishly
16 Whole lot, slangily
17 Speak to
23 Home of the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere (founded in 1551)
24 Home of a sultan
25 Polliwog’s place
27 Held on to
31 Performing flawlessly 33 Nonprofit org. since 1920 35 Understands 36 High-ranking officers
39 Put ___ on (limit)
41 Ancient mother goddess 42 Sainted English historian
43 Roast
45 Doing grown-up things, in modern lingo
47 Endearingly awkward, in slang 48 Easily angered sort
49 Colored body part
50 Event that looks like its first letter? 51 Put in the trash 55 Lip-smacking
57 Bloom who wrote “The Closing of the American Mind”
61 Actress Falco
63 People whom it’s helpful to know 65 Black ___
66 Secretive org.
67 King Arthur’s foster brother