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1 Molecular building block 5 Those guys 9 Tear apart, archaically 14 Rescue 15 US rights activist Parks 16 Fragrant iris cousin 17 Piles of smelting leftovers 19 Eng. or Welsh natives 20 “___ hands on deck!” 21 Need for a good row 22 As well 24 Encl. in a PETA request, maybe 25 Occult figures 27 Devour 28 No. of cents to dance, according to song 29 Land circled by water 30 Scarce 2 tonne beast 32 Encourage 35 Cozumel peninsula 38 Fruit that doesn’t sound pretty 39 Advertising accolade 40 Schmoozes 44 Mint, basil or sage 47 Incandescent 48 Coin from Cork 49 At the rear of the ship 51 Genome material, usually 52 Hides away 56 Prickly seed case 57 Grant permission 58 Take a whack at 59 Canadian Tanguay, “Queen of Vaudeville” 60 Popular spot in ancient Athens 62 Club’s money manager 65 Melted together 66 Make some dough 67 Little Ditty 68 Touchy 69 Carrel furniture 70 Card game stake
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1 Black tea of India 2 Running total 3 Cameo shapes 4 Alcott’s “beauty” from “Little Women” 5 Sugar refining by-product 6 Make raspy 7 Weird ability 8 Total control 9 Like assemblyline machines 10 Bungle 11 An Onassis 12 Curriculum ___ 13 German location of the “most beautiful coal mine in the world” 18 Yank up 23 Pearl Harbor locale 26 Quite strenuous 31 Cheesy Tex-Mex snacks 32 “Whadja say?” 33 Common celebrity characteristic 34 Ancient Mariner’s bird 36 One mode of travel 37 Rich Brit. 41 Wife, slangily 42 Radius, for one 43 Offed a mosquito 44 Gets on one’s nerves 45 Be militarily superior to 46 Waiters carry them 49 Fore’s opposite 50 Handel piece, often 53 Great blue bird 54 Social occasion 55 What Doberman called Bilko 61 Gen. Hillier or Maj. Gen. MacKenzie’s designation 63 Coleman and Plato’s TV co-star 64 Col. and Cal. locale