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Crossword

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Across

1 See blurb 6 Batteries in mice 9 Bonzo and others 15 She went to Haiti in a Cole Porter song 16 Ballpark fig. 17 Et ___ 18 The Lion King soundtrack composer 20 Hang on to 21 Boarding pass info 22 Angsty music genre 23 Divest (of) 24 Gesture that might be made with a wink

25 See blurb 28 Opposed 32 “And how!” 33 “And so it ___” 34 Patriotic women’s org.

35 Jack who played Sgt. Friday 39 Sound like a jackass 40 See blurb 42 PHX airport locale: Abbr. 43 Actress Kendrick of Pitch Perfect

44 Summer hrs. in Chicago 45 Fabric with a cheap-sounding name 47 CSI

workplace 50 Fresh gossip, with “the” 51 See blurb 55 Long-snouted fish

56 Title for 18-Across 57 Au ___ (menu phrase) 58 Novelist Waugh 62 Star Wars

knight, informally

64 Only a little 66 Fix, as a pump 67 ___ generis (unique) 68 Therefore 69 “You just missed!” 70 Item held by the king of diamonds 71 See blurb

Down

1 Barely manages, with “out” 2 Lowland, poetically 3 Singer James or Jones 4 Thigh-slapper 5 Nikkei index currency 6 Chocolatie­r’s lure

7 Can’t stomach 8 Go astray 9 1950s-’60s hit with the lyric “Ah, you made me love you / Now, now, now, now your man is come” 10 Paid attention to

11 “The Addams Family” cousin 12 Had in mind 13 Previous arrest, on a rap sheet 14 Like some light hair

19 Ballet leaps 23 Showed again 25 Form 1040 ID 26 Newswoman Bakhtiar 27 “Hold it — hang on!” 28 “Fernando” group 29 HGTV personalit­y ___ Yip 30 Eddie ___, subject of “The French Connection” 31 World capital whose name means “gardens” 36 Fish-eating raptor 37 Stand-up’s routines 38 [Wrong answer!] 40 Couch potato 41 “Right away!,” in the O.R. 44 China holder 45 Reunion group 46 Rogue computer in 2001 48 M and N, in pronunciat­ion 49 Elegantly designed trinkets 51 Greek marketplac­e of old 52 Motown or Decca 53 Light beam splitter 54 Adorable one 58 AAA part: Abbr. 59 Ilsa ___, “Casablanca” character 60 “Behold!,” to Caesar 61 Believe

Grammy winner, 1999 63 Try to win over 64 Intel org. 65 Cry of discovery

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