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Across

1 Exiled leader of Iran 5 Queries 9 Rugby formation 14 Like early vinyl records 15 [Kiss!] 16 Sonnets, odes and such 17 National health insurance overhaul 19 Range through Peru and Chile 20 Clay monster of Jewish folklore 21 Fed agents 23 ___ Lauderdale, Fla 24 Supply-side fiscal policy popularized in the 1980s 27 “I’m paying” 30 Commence 31 Cat’s cry 32 Low-level Dungeons & Dragons monster 34 Puts a protective shield on 37 Dog’s bark 38 Statement such as “They misunderestimated me” 40 Competition in which the winner always gets the last word? 41 Winter hand warmer 43 Record producer Brian 44 Lustful Le Pew 45 Benjamin of Law & Order 47 Nuclear reactor insert 49 Depression-era shantytown 51 Container in a dairy barn 52 Stopped working 53 Fundamentalist Palestinian group 57 Opposite of empties 59 Title held by the people who lent their names to 17-, 24-, 38- and 49-Across 61 Naval battle group 62 Gaze longingly upon 63 “Fare thee well!” 64 Seductive nightwear 65 Chick’s place 66 Downward force felt on the surface of the earth, informally

Down

1 Airborne urban hazard 2 Wanderer in search of work 3 Rigidly uptight 4 A to Land beyond, on a keyboard 5 Channel for cinephiles 6 Walks with a brash air 7 Buddhist principle of fate 8 Lusters 9 Wellness retreat 10 Verify 11 Submarine in a Tom Clancy best seller 12 Junkies 13 Pioneering first-person computer game 18 “You said it!” 22 Nobody at all 25 Added up (to) 26 Teacher in a one-room schoolhouse 27 Muslim cleric 28 Hatcher who co-starred in Tomorrow Never Dies 29 Sentimental 33 Revolutionary Guevara 35 Vehicle seized for auction 36 Tournament front-runner 38 Wally’s kid bro, in 1950s-’60s TV 39 Nonbelievers, to believers 42 Baited with incendiary remarks 44 Accept, as a lesser charge in exchange for admitting guilt 46 Stumble over 48 K-12 49 ___ Selassie, old Ethiopian leader 50 Threshold 51 Fizzling sound 54 Vicious 55 Initial money for the pot 56 Going without a date 58 Room where it looks like a bomb went off 60 Theater decor