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Across 1 Flexible 6 Comfy shoe 9 Beach scavengers 14 Take advantage of 15 NW state 16 Sky hunter 17 Copper “rust” 19 Mead subject 20 Nile reptile 21 Sediment 22 Primitive weapon 23 Thigh muscle, in the gym 25 Essences 26 Laughable 29 Fearless Fosdick creator 31 Sand units 32 Tlingit 36 James — Jones 37 Banned pesticide 38 The rain in Spain? 40 Watered down 43 Bully, actually 45 Big steel town 46 Froggy 47 Series opener? 50 Kid in “Aliens” 51 Diameter halves 52 Symphony or tome 54 Large cask 57 Eat away at 58 Whoop it up (2 wds.) 61 Freighter hazards 62 Yea, to a matador 63 Dodge 64 Cash, for instance 65 Well-worn 66 Kayak user

Down 1 Pumice source 2 “Blue Tail Fly” singer 3 Ground cover 4 Out of sight 5 Yale student 6 Bogged down 7 Garfield's canine pal 8 One of the Mamas 9 Spreads dirt 10 Europe-Asia divider 11 Quota 12 Raucous divers 13 Pantyhose woe 18 Spiky flowers 23 Porcupine spine 24 40-cup brewer 25 College stat 26 Span in years 27 Wire nail 28 Exotic wrap 29 Tea container 30 Hgt. 33 Gold standard 34 Thickening agent 35 Cell habitants 37 “The,” in Bonn 39 Dined 41 Least fair 42 Just a little 43 More than this? 44 Zippy's word 47 Merchandise 48 Nose stimuli 49 Long, narrow hilltop 50 Tossed in the microwave 51 “Fancy” singer 52 Melville title 53 Get boring 54 Consistent with reality 55 Karachi language 56 Moscow turndown 59 Give — — break! 60 Pipe fitting