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1 Pay hike 6 “Humble” living quarters 11 Inner part of an ear of corn 14 Killer whales 15 Like some processed apples 16 King topper 17 1962-67, 1971 19 Hawaiian neckwear 20 Put up, as a picture 21 The Washington Post, CNN, etc. 22 Think ahead 23 Airport screening grp. 25 Gossiping 27 1987-89 32 Had breakfast or lunch 33 Let (up) 34 Command before giving a dog a bone 35 With 39-Across, 1973-85 37 Carry with effort 39 See 35-Across 43 Singlestranded molecule 45 Ill-bred fellows 47 PlayStation competitor 48 1995-2002 51 Leaning left 53 It’s kept in a pen 54 S.&L. offerings 55 Finish in the top three, in the Olympics 58 “What’s gotten ___ you?” 62 Prominent shark feature 63 2006– 65 ___ of the line 66 Kitchen cutting tool 67 Likelier to win a baby contest 68 British rule in colonial India 69 Joe ___ (ordinary sort) 70 Saw logs

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1 ___ Hashana (Jewish holy day) 2 Roughly 3.8 million square miles, for the United States 3 Words of selfempowerment 4 Serenaded 5 Keyboard key 6 Clearasil target 7 What the answers to the italicized clues share, in two ways 8 Frozen potato brand 9 Jumps the track 10 Big name in ice cream 11 Format of some talk radio shows 12 Most of our planet’s surface 13 Human ___ 18 Largest city in Nebraska 22 Instagram upload 24 Less forgiving 26 Henry L. ___, secretary of war during W.W. II 27 La Brea goo 28 “What was ___ think?” 29 Actress Ryan of “Sleepless in Seattle” 30 Designer letters on a handbag 31 Two, in cards 36 Iroquoians of New York 38 Talk incessantly 40 Have the title to 41 River inlet 42 German “one” 44 Jesus’ language 46 Tool for a carpenter or dentist 48 Popular sandwich, informally 49 Tighten, as a fist 50 Vail trail 51 Long-term inmate 52 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 56 Per ___ (daily) 57 Commercial prefix with postale 59 Alliance that keeps a wary eye on Russia 60 Wedding cake layer 61 Shrek, for one 63 Cavity filler’s deg. 64 Dosage amts.