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ACROSS

1 Former president of U.S. 4 Cut closely 8 Capital of the Philippines 14 River (Spanish) 15 Belongs to us 16 Smooth 17 Consume 18 Annoying insect 19 Northeast 20 Tennessee (abbr.) 21 Leg extension 22Hubbub 24Not (prefix) 25Paul’s former name 26Ward off 28Kilometers per hour 30 Extremely high frequency (abbr.) 32Tibeto-Burman language 34 Eur. kingdom 36 ___ Lauder 39 April (abbr.) 40 Rodents 42Seafood 43 Western Athletic Conference 46 X 48 Bullfight cheer 49 An expression 51 Loser 53 Conclusive 55South Dakota 56 Curative mineral spring 57Tender loving care 58 Held 60 S.A. Indian 62Cereal plant 65 Stage of life 67Discontinue 69 Bode 71 Providence locale 72Appliance brand 74Travel guides 75Darken 76Inter 79On top 80 Negros island 81 Remove the bones 82Minute 83 Rooster’s mate

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1 Fusses 2 Goddess 3 Decay 4 African country 5 Drain (2 wds.) 6 Ireful 7 Mountain Time 8 Bland 9 Arkansas 10November (abbr.) 11 Indiana (abbr.) 12 Comedian Jay 13 City in Yemen 21 Defect 22Change 23Okay 24New Hampshire (abbr.) 27Basketball association 29Short for Pamela 31 Carve 33 Wrath 34 California university 35 Careen 36 Time periods 37No longer for sale 38 British drink 41 Cation 44 Spots 45 Valentine’s day angel 47Football league 50 Body of water 52Degree of expertise in karate 54 Computer picture button 57Cotton plug 58 Him 59 Delaware (abbr.) 61 Raccoon-like animal 63 Trash 64 Singer Paul 65 Old 66 DNA component 68 Northeast by east 70 Spy 73Collection of animals 74Entrance rug 75Dit’s partner 77 Tuberculosis 78Manganese