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ACROSS 1 Treat with derision 6 The “Macbeth” witches, e.g. 10 Eater of penguin eggs, often 14 Time-related 15 African healing plant 16 Cribbage requirements 17 Parties where you may not recognize anybody
20 Beef stock cube brand 21 Faucets
22 Catch sight of 23 Cary Grant’s “___ Girl Friday” (‘40) 24 Nose bag morsels 26 “They’re great!” 32 Jumped 33 Castaway’s escape vessel 34 Princeton rival 36 Tree sacred to Druids
37 Old copying machine 38 Ottawa iceman, briefly 39 “Gently worn”, perhaps
41 Role model, perhaps
42 Yale students since ‘69
44 Comes a cropper 47 Needlework and quilting, for two 48 Put the kibosh on 49 Big company that makes little blocks 51 Over the Marianas Trench 53 Venomous North African beast 56 Risky cornering manoeuvres for racing cars 60 Mumtaz Mahal’s mausoleum’s location 61 Additional amount 62 Actress Roberts of “Remington Steele”
63 Type of spar
64 It may come before the last part of each theme answer 65 Sound of derision
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1 Unlikable oaf 2 Cajole gently 3 Thereabouts 4 On-line help page
5 James Galway, notably
6 Irish coat of arms symbol 7 Despondent cry 8 Poseidon or Hades 9 Date regularly 10 1972 Chess Match of the Century participant 11 Large brown seaweed
12 A bit more than “homely” 13 Brayer meeting attendee? 18 Toward the rising sun 19 Gamma’s forerunner
23 Old school dance
24 Insult.
25 One type of clarinet 26 Epicurean event 27 Autumn yard worker 28 Author Jong and actress Durance 29 Matt of “Saving Private Ryan” 30 Flip-chart stand 31 Iditarod requirements 32 Someone to skip to?
35 US Navy’s jr. CO. rank 37 Aerosol spray 40 Explanatory sketch
42 Fake news items 43 Almost ancient 45 Vessel’s front end
46 Silage, usually 49 Nike’s Swoosh, for one 50 Moolah seen in Madrid 51 Aircraft-related prefix 52 Assassinated 53 Hippie’s do of the ‘70s
54 Move a muscle 55 Beckoning hiss 56 “Super!” 57 Letters that precede Dreadnought 58 Very lengthy time period 59 Lightning bolt particle