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1 Pitchforkshaped letter 4 Brillo alternative 10 The drug acid, by another name

13 “!!!! ,” in a text 14 Hairstyling substance 15 Animal whose name is a synonym of “parrot” 16 Kuala Lumpur’s locale 19 College teacher, informally 20 “Calvin and Hobbes” conveyance 21 Getting little rainfall 22 Titular California district in a Steinbeck novel 25 Have debts 26 Setting for much of “Moana” 27 Kind of diet regimen based on nonmodern eating habits 30 Dominique ___, 1996 Olympic gymnastics gold medalist 34 “Holy cow!” 35 Hayseed

39 T. J. ___ (department store chain) 40 Arctic bird 41 Counterparts of dots, in Morse code 43 Vinyl albums, for short 44 Issa who stars on HBO’s “Insecure” 45 “Fighting” N.C.A.A. team 46 “When they go ___, we go high” 47 4.0, in school 50 Happy accident 51 Shoulder garment 53 Pb, to chemists 54 Not worth discussing 57 Postal delivery 59 Californiabased gas company 60 Dad

61 “Not guilty,” e.g. 62 Hideout 63 “I don’t wanna be ___ guy, but …” 64 Musk of Tesla 65 Actor Alan 66 Christmas season

67 ___ McNally (mapmaker)

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1 “___ and Circumstance” 2 Intelligent 3 Ice pad? 4 Person wearing a trench coat and sunglasses, stereotypically 5 Mistake, cutely 6 Odor 7 Group of experts 8 Nike rival 9 Hideout 10 Mrs. George W. Bush 11 Divorced 12 At 0% battery 17 Sporting a natural 18 Deep bow 23 A pair 24 Served dinner 27 Fruit in a fruit basket 28 Contents of el océano 29 1980 Winter Olympics host 31 Washington city with a repetitive name 32 Business fair 33 Annual Austin festival, for short 35 At 50%, to a pessimist 36 ___ of Wight 37 Fashionable 38 University in northeast Ohio 41 N.B.A. star Nowitzki 42 [Alas] 48 Writer Welty 49 Treat really nicely 50 Wild 52 Rest atop 53 With 58-Down, head-in-theclouds place … or a hint to each answer that has four circles 55 Hawaiian island 56 October birthstone 58 See 53-Down