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1 Shade similar to honey

6 Hinge (on) 10 Early stage for some bugs?

14 City near Memphis 15 Self-evident 17 See 25-Across 18 Whom one might address as “sensei”

19 Host of the first World Table Tennis Championships: Abbr. 20 Dress 22 Reason for a donation 23 Twowheelers 25 With 17-Across, “Giant” actor of 1956 26 Stewing, say 27 Deliberately sink

31 One hand washing the other, so to speak

34 Red peg, in the game Battleship 35 It’s hard to fight 36 “Seems likely” 37 Recipient of a “Brava!” 38 Ending with Black or brack

39 Admissions considerations 41 Whistlers of a sort

44 Possible uses for Bundt pans

45 “Isle of Dogs” director Anderson 46 Rules of

conduct

49 Sphere of

influence

52 Core exercise 53 Neighbor of Scorpius in the sky

54 Modify so as to bypass a device’s restrictions, in hacker lingo

56 Things opened at spas

58 Talus

59 III

60 “Seeded” or “unseeded” grocery choices 61 Growl like an angry dog 62 Aromatic herb DOWN 1 Tips

2 Dessert preceder 3 Event with a room full of people making a row

4 “Take heed, ___ summer comes or cuckoobirds do sing”: “The Merry Wives of Windsor” 5 Urban kind of bar or garden 6 Epitome of sharpness 7 “Brass” 8 Serving of kielbasa or knackwurst

9 Hebrew for “day” 10 Volcanic rock

11 Some famous last words 12 Deuces, e.g.

13 One of Yellowstone’s 2.2+ million 16 Eastern gambling mecca 21 Overdrafts? 24 Of yore, of yore

25 Adam

Smith and David Hume, e.g.

27 Bird feeder fill

28 Socialists, e.g.

29 Air on Twitch, say 30 Info on a flight tracker app

31 Classic cocoa powder brand

32 Horatian compilation 33 Most

Super Bowl M.V.P.s

37 Ration

40 Place for an

ace

42 Denim and

chino

43 Opposite of

bother

46 Something to try first 47 Fall person, perhaps

48 Senator

Ben from Nebraska 49 Cracked

50 “___ thanks!” 51 Triathlete’s need 52 Drudge

55 Late justice known for powerful dissents, for short

57 Sound at a fireworks display