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ACROSS 1 Smart? No, way off 5 Humdingers 10 Crib user 14 A U.S. canal 15 Put down 16 Type of solo 17 Fort McHenry defended it 20 It’s bridged 21 Author Tolstoy 22 English nothing 23 Powerful suffix 24 Plow strip 27 Letters for strikeouts 29 Wicked biblical city 32 First lady 33 Chum kin 36 Like a feather 38 Wheels lender 41 Cartoonist 42 It might be propped up 43 Sleep stage 44 Concerning the moon 46 Birch beer, for one 50 Banjo emanations 52 Collegiate in “scouters” 55 Brief preacher? 56 Big-time squeezer 57 Combined 60 Temperature controller 63 Wander about 64 Many Maine trees 65 Have a sore loser face 66 Hankers for 67 Alaskan transports 68 Goofs DOWN 1 Expose as false 2 A Muse 3 Gently 4 ___ noire (nemesis) 5 Many night lights 6 World War menaces 7 Sven’s kin? 8 Puts into service 9 “Be still!” 10 More empty 11 Botanical gardens 12 “About Me” info 13 Husky unit? 18 Ticked-off state 19 Female graduates 24 Letter styles 25 Sign off for hams 26 Be a bachelor no more 28 Stuff to delete 30 Place for 16-Across 31 Loud noise 34 Mixture or blend 35 Aquatic flower 37 Variety show lineup 38 Way to try from square one? 39 Succotash ingredient 40 Director Howard 41 Hanging decor 45 Like stereotypical cowboys 47 Masterful speaker 48 Out-of-the-way way 49 Turns away 51 Standards 53 Bind with string 54 Narrow fish 57 Type of seed cover 58 Splicing subject 59 Drop jaw 60 Make an effort 61 It gets ground up 62 Photo ___ (PR events)