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Across

1 Event handouts 5 Others, to Octavia 9 What may follow “they say” 14 They’re named for Detroit’s founder 16 One way to travel 17 Fossils 18 Croatian head? 19 Not rely just on persuasion 20 Certain laundry load 21 Going places? 22 Subject of the 2008 biography “Woman of the House” 23 Cartoon canine 24 Paraded 26 Rapper with the 2006 #1 album “Press Play” 29 Accessory for Che 30 Irlande, e.g. 31 Shipping specifications: Abbr. 32 Some are vanilla-flavored 33 Grp. that often files amicus briefs 34 Letters before John F. Kennedy or George H. W. Bush 35 One-up 36 Student drivers? 37 Song by the #1 band on VH1’s “100 Greatest One Hit Wonders” 39 Field of note?: Abbr. 40 Astute 41 Bulwark 45 Isn’t selfish 46 Three-time N.B.A. Coach of the Year 47 Coyote’s genus 48 Excerpt for P.R. purposes, say 49 Slide presentation? 50 Words of parting at a Mass 51 Pass again at Daytona 52 Canoodle, in Canterbury 53 Kind of butter used in lip gloss

Down

1 One promising “to help other people at all times” 2 Joe of the Eagles 3 Math columnist? 4 See 12-Down 5 Nelson who wrote “A Walk on the Wild Side” 6 Flock members 7 Pepsi Freeze is one of its flavors 8 Buffoon 9 Big Swedish export 10 Yarn label specification 11 NEWS for the four directions, and others 12 With 4-Down, congresswoman in 2011 news 13 Destination of NASA’s NEAR 15 Tunes introducer? 20 Destination of NASA’s Dawn 22 Under-the-sink fitting 24 Seat of Alabama’s Dallas County 25 Subject of a Latin hymn 26 Show impatience,

as with the fingers 27 “So sad” 28 Player of the new girl on the sitcom “New Girl” 29 Run like a gazelle 32 Groups of scullers 33 Aegis 35 It’s transported in phloem 36 Legal injustice, informally 38 Exuberant Mexican exclamation 39 Endgame action 41 Tunes player 42 Much-praised name 43 Keep treating, as a sprain 44 Uber-competitive 45 Closing line that stays with you? 46 Grunt 48 Some vintage

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