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1 Hairdressers’ challenges 5 On-screen word in a “Batman” episode 8 Brilliance 13 Cynical rejoinder 14 Shades 16 Figurine on many a wedding cake 17 *Breakfast, in Burgundy 20 Davis of “Jungle Fever” 21 Fed 22 One throwing shade? 23 *With 52-Across, 1787 Mozart composition 26 ___ Plaines, Ill. 27 Title for Gandhi 28 Book after II Chronicles 30 Vivacity 34 Corrida cheers 37 Start of a selecting rhyme 40 *Repeated lyric in “La Bamba” 43 Less feral 44 Like cat videos, typically 45 Golda of Israel 46 Side dish at a barbecue 48 Dada pioneer 50 Affordable Care Act option, briefly 52 See 23-Across 58 21,728-pg. work that is constantly updated 59 Sticker component 60 Boating hazard 62 They’re what really count, so it’s said … or a hint to the multilingual answers to the starred clues 66 Wine may leave one 67 Blackthorn fruit 68 Org. certifying albums as gold or platinum 69 When said three times, blah blah blah 70 Massachusetts’ Cape ___ 71 Philosopher Immanuel

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1 Otis’s feline pal 2 Portly plus 3 Drink with a Wild Cherry variety 4 “The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas” author 5 Golden ratio symbol 6 Unconscious 7 It provides more loft than a 9-iron 8 Name in “A Christmas Carol” 9 French vineyard 10 The Cha Cha Slide, for one 11 “Skyfall” singer, 2012 12 Robert Byrd served nearly nine of these in the Senate 15 Prefix with final or formal 18 Pro shop purchases 19 TV’s “___ the Virgin” 24 McDonald’s founder Ray 25 State flower of New Hampshire 29 Paper purchase 30 Good-news-to-badnews transition 31 Genetic stuff 32 “OMG, my parents are gonna ground me forever!” 33 Volkswagen competitor 35 End of a freshman’s new email address 36 Assail 38 XXX divided by X 39 Listen here! 41 Fizzy citrus beverage 42 ___ warfare 47 Poet Whitman 49 Encourage 50 ___-totsy 51 Zubin formerly of the New York Philharmonic 53 Shares of profits 54 Very, in slang 55 Avoid, as work 56 Ancient region where the style of an architectural column originated 57 Justice who joined the bench in 2010 61 Aspiring D.A.’s exam 63 Hat, informally 64 Time it takes for paint to dry, seemingly 65 X