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1 Make the grade 5 Matchmaking site since 1997 10 Working hard 14 Introductory painting class 15 Assign, as blame 16 Done, in Dijon 17 Hunky-dory 20 ___ Arbor, Mich. 21 Turkish for “lord” 22 Borrower’s letters 23 Perennially strong entrant at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. 24 America, for example, which has a “Cup” named after it 26 Untouchable one 29 Tennis star Arthur 30 Off-road wheels, briefly 31 Screenwriter Ephron 32 Ladies’ man 34 Stockpiles 36 Victoria and David Beckham, e.g. … or what 17-, 26-, 47- and 57-Across each have, in a way 38 Dangers 40 Sleep clinic concern 41 SpaceX founder Musk 42 Found really neat 43 The Rolling Stones or Smashing Pumpkins 47 Stayed calm 51 Big name in nail polish 52 Something that’s definite? 53 Numbskull 54 Canon camera 56 Workout target, for short 57 Preemployment screening 61 Vision: Prefix 62 Come in second 63 Cold drink at Burger King 64 Former C.I.A. director Porter ___ 65 Kills time 66 War vet’s affliction, for short
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1 Fruit in som tam salad 2 Sports centers 3 Stem the flow of
4 [not my mistake] 5 Picture file format 6 “Twister” or “San Andreas” film genre 7 Santa ___ winds 8 Gin’s partner 9 Home of the Ewoks 10 Togo’s home: Abbr. 11 No-win situation 12 Briefly 13 “I remember when …” 18 Bowler, e.g. 19 Stage signal 25 Katniss Everdeen, in “The Hunger Games” 27 California roll ingredient 28 Swab analysis sites 30 Iowa college town
33 A fly-bynight? 34 Like some juries 35 Unlock, to a poet 36 Guards 37 Luxury 38 Natural fuel source 39 Nickname of the Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán 44 Facet 45 “Uncle!” criers, maybe 46 Punched out 48 Follow relentlessly 49 Wrist bones 50 Long past 51 YouTube full-screen mode exit key 55 Laudatory poetry 58 Boxing victories, briefly 59 Delta competitor: Abbr. 60 Trendy