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1 One of a pair of cuddlers 9 D esired response to a 3-Down 15 Handel bars 16 Bart ender’s stock 17 P articipates in quid pro quo 18 Ed ward Gorey’s “The Gashlycrumb ___” 19 In trouble for base violations? 20 1982 international chart-topper by Trio with a repetitive title 21 Digits in flats, maybe 22 Not ed challenges for movers 24 About 92% of britannium 25 Start of a lawyer’s conclusion 27 T ar liquid 28 O ne getting hammered 29 S ome workers along Chesapeake Bay 31 R oman soldier who became a Christian martyr 33 V ery long span 35 Grinder 36 Call to someone on deck 40 Lik e sand dunes 44 G .I. portions 45 S ymbol of happiness 47 Iraklion is its capital 48 Fir st Chinese dynasty 49 R elating to the abdomen 51 Jus t those of Juan’s things? 52 It’s on track to serve people 54 Sho wy and sudden 56 Lik e liveblogged sports updates 57 E verything must go in it 58 D eceitful sorts 59 Basic count 60 Thr eefooters 61 Ho arder’s squalor

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1 W estern wear 2 Major export of Western Australia 3 S eries of bloopers 4 P uts away under pressure? 5 ___ deck 6 ___ deck 7 Wher e a mud engineer works 8 A wful

rating 9 Sho wboat 10 Billy the Kid,

e.g. 11 Re ar 12 H oward Hughes, for one 13 T aking seriously 14 Subject of the 2013 film “The Fifth Estate” 23 Chris of CBS’s “The Good Wife” 26 Kind of diagram 28 Motiv e that makes sense 30 Spelling pro? 32 D ecker or Dickerson of the N.F.L. 34 { }, in mathematics 36 Off -road racer 37 Huffingt on of The Huffington Post 38 Mar ch interrupter, maybe 39 P urchased 41 T ake to term 42 He adliners at le Palais Garnier, e.g. 43 Spelunk er’s activity 46 Place for an anchor 49 Br and once advertised with the line “They never get on your nerves” 50 A ddition sign 53 Giv e up 55 Sub way Series squad