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ACROSS 1 Gate securers 6 Assist a shoplifter 10 Long time periods 14 Home with no A/C 15 The Apple apple, e.g. 16 Fruit “meat” 17 Undesirable soft food 18 What rats do 19 With an icy coat 20 Simple construction supplies 23 David Allan of music 24 Like seven parts of Rome 27 Change text again 31 Fuel source 33 “Nim’s Island” author Wendy 34 Geographic reference 35 Do like a bell 36 “Don’t go out that door!” 37 They drove off a cliff 40 Possess 41 Pool prods 42 Jungle growths 43 U-turn from WSW 44 “Sciences” go-with 45 Examine anew 46 Spades player’s error 48 It can get you there 49 Spreadsheet revelation 56 Missile housing 58 Strong smell 59 Unreliable scoundrel 60 Not quiet 61 Eclectic assortment 62 What yes-men do 63 Name in three English rivers 64 Snitch 65 Gardeners’ nemeses DOWN 1 Low? No, u-turn 2 Yamuna River city 3 Run-down area 4 Sonnet or ode 5 Grammatical error 6 Aquarium problem 7 Beethoven’s birthplace 8 “Good gravy!” kin 9 Public assembly meeting 10 Spring month 11 Bad cure for headaches? 12 Common tree 13 Double agent, e.g. 21 Turn to mush 22 Get feverish 25 Clears one’s writing? 26 Least rainy 27 Word of preference 28 Gas used as fuel 29 Exam for Brit preteen students 30 Valley 31 Traffic shifters 32 Auto pioneer Ransom 35 Ex-lax? 36 Courtroom attire 38 325,851 gallons 39 Commit a checking error 44 Many a year ___ 45 Was in the paper 47 Wear away 48 “Brady Bunch” member 50 Run while stopped 51 Work hard 52 Exclusive opera seating 53 Beastly male creature 54 Brought to court 55 Calls, in poker 56 ___-Pitch softball 57 Pay-you-later kin