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1 ___ Games 6 Part of a plant or a wineglass 10 Colony dwellers 14 Soul singer

Adams 15 Cy Young Award

winner Sparky 16 Thief’s bagful 17 Memorable “Animal House” costumes 18 1978 Cheech & Chong comedy 20 Helpful cry during a rescue mission 22 Lopsided 23 Academy Award winner for “American Beauty” 26 Black ___ (some

military missions) 27 Weapons

stockpile 32 Morocco’s capital 36 Who said “It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am” 37 ___ Raton, Fla. 38 Besides Charlie Chaplin, only film director on Time’s list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century 42 Repulsive 43 Kellogg’s Cracklin’ ___ Bran 44 Biblical beasts 45 3-D image in medical diagnoses 47 Tina who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor 49 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta set on a ship 55 Very, in music 59 Days of yore 60 Washer action … or a hint to four consecutive letters inside 18-, 23-, 38- and 49-Across 63 Certain Comedy Central production 64 Wan 65 Word after

beauty or blind 66 Markswoman

Oakley 67 White icing on a gingerbread house, possibly 68 Lad’s partner 69 “Common

Sense” writer

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1 Chaim who wrote “The Chosen” 2 “It’s ___ Thing” (1981 hit by the Whispers) 3 Israel’s ___ Desert 4 Arcade game pioneer 5 Love letter 6 Eats noisily 7 High-strung, as a personality 8 Whitney who invented the cotton gin 9 Baritones, typically 10 Charitable donations 11 ___ and cranny 12 Puff on a joint 13 Meat-andvegetables dish 19 Verbalizes 21 Paranormal

ability, for short 24 Colombian metropolis 25 Ontario border lake 28 Recedes 29 Dissents 30 Piece of land 31 Tarries 32 Click yes or no on an e-vite, say 33 “___ is like kissing your sister” (sports adage) 34 Heavyweight’s prize 35 Fifth and Park, in N.Y.C. 36 Perceptive, as a pupil 39 Linguist Chomsky 40 ___-serif typeface 41 Show some guile 46 Stylish 47 Steakhouse

offerings 48 Call it a day 50 Pullover shirts 51 Grammy winner

Apple 52 Native of Muscat 53 Pine exudation 54 ___ Lauder 55 Nile vipers 56 Extend across 57 Structure with a rounded top 58 All over again 61 Designer’s monogram 62 Tax time busy bee