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1 Search for game 5 Tangy Chilean tuber 8 Biological acid 13 Nepal’s bailiwick 14 Circuit 15 Sandpiper’s cousin 16 Leader who’s finally ready to retire? 19 Euro issuer, for short 20 Play for a fool 21 Nerve fibre 22 Jerk back in pain 24 Immoral act 25 F, to the Greeks 28 What the group that sang “I Gotta Feeling” might be called in a couple of decades? 32 Helmsman 34 Seductive fabric 35 Incinerate 36 Uppsala native 39 NDP’s direction? 40 Many B. DeMille creations 42 Volcanic crater 44 Bobby Seale and Huey Newton’s group, today? 47 Morose 48 Spooky sighting in the sky 49 Third century Roman invaders 52 Buchwald and Carney 53 Pasty looking 54 Feminist icon DiFranco 56 That consistently overcast decade of the last century, maybe? 61 One doing a candle blow-out 62 Smooth, steady curve 63 Unwritten exam 64 Group of eight 65 Apiarist’s concern 66 Tricycle rider

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1 Absolutely detest 2 One who puts you in your place 3 Elizabeth II, to Edward VIII 4 Truth, in Confucianism 5 Nonagenarians, e.g. 6 “Windtalkers” star Nicolas 7 Last month, for short 8 Nuts from California 9 Torture chamber sound 10 Trellis-climbing vine 11 Sentinels’ foe in “The Matrix” 12 1st player to record 100 assists in a season 15 Shrubby flowering evergreen 17 “Filthy” money 18 Like pie, so they say 23 The A of CIA 25 Spider Man’s real name: ___ Parker 26 Port near Nazareth 27 Gershwin’s “___ It a Pity?” 29 Churchyard tree, often 30 Homo Sapiens’ stance 31 Most ashen 32 Toyota GR ___ 33 Judged in court 35 Asks for a handout 37 “Zip-A-DeeDoo-___” 38 Tasteful luxury 41 Goaded into action 43 Bagpipe sound 45 Subsequently 46 Blatantly curious 50 Not cleanshaven 51 Move stealthily 52 Old Istanbul bigwig 53 Undercover agent’s gizmo 55 Scotland’s Arran, e.g. 56 Duet complement 57 Tippler’s utterance 58 Abbr. on a cornerstone 59 Grab 60 One who’s new to walking