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ACROSS

1 Vague sense 5 Nick ___, football coach who led both L.S.U. and Alabama to national championships 10 Look out for, say

14 Line outside the entrance? 16 State flower of Utah 17 Using any means necessary 19 The U.S. Open is played on it: Abbr. 20 Supermodel Wek 21 Caesar and others

22 + or –, for a battery 24 Recipe abbr. 26 Torque symbol 27 Kitchen tool for fruit 29 What Neptune’s chariot was drawn by 33 Longtime CBS News host Charles 35 Cleared one’s cookies? 36 PC program suffix 37 Setting for forensic investigations 41 Bit of needle work 42 Conned 43 Sacked 44 Things typically found in dens 48 Rank

49 “___ et labora” (“Pray and work”: Lat.) 50 Like a hoppin’ party 51 Target of a 1972 ban 52 Demi of pop 55 Mantel piece 57 “Yo!” 60 Stereotypical cry from a sailor

63 Erin Doherty’s role on “The Crown” 64 One involved with an operation 65 Get-up 66 Retreats from the heat 67 Some real heady stuff?

DOWN

1 Mezza ___

2 Modern register at a cashless establishment 3 “Let’s go!” 4 Pkg. insert 5 Close up 6 Things in the plus column 7 People who might tell you to stop, but probably shouldn’t 8 Org. that endorsed Obamacare 9 Court suspensions? 10 Square-cut masonry 11 George Mallory’s famous response to “Why did you want to climb Mount Everest?” 12 “Wow!,” quaintly 13 Rafts 15 Seasonal seafood delicacy 18 Foe of Caesar 23 Extra-bright 25 Way

27 ___ Mesa, Calif. 28 Academy offering 30 Obedience class command 31 Mike Piazza, beginning in 2006 32 Poorly kept 34 Mideast capital 38 Hold for another year, say 39 Censure

40 Way 45 Really fancies

46 Not fancy at all 47 Center of a circle or square, maybe 52 Future D.A.’s hurdle 53 [Gulp!] 54 Thereabouts 56 Some members of the fam 58 Source of the word

“trousers” 59 W.W. I battle locale 61 One of the

Beastie Boys 62 Fella