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Markka spender, once 5 Home to many commuters, for short 9 Skewered fare 14 Snack sometimes eaten from the inside out 15 Exploitative sort 16 Sachet’s quality 17 Partners of scepters 18 Moon of Saturn 19 Brightest spot in Orion 20 Ran 22 11-Down’s partner in life and in “To Have and Have Not” 23 5-Down’s partner in life and in “The Taming of the Shrew” 24 Get into the pool? 25 Ipanema’s locale, for short 26 Many a noble element 27 Fill with a spirit 29 .215 batting avg., e.g. 30 Finish, as a tattoo 32 Two-time opponent of Dwight 34 Relationship doomed from the start … or something found in this puzzle four times? 40 Uniform shade 41 Youngest dwarf 42 Creators of artificial lakes 45 Sushi bar condiment 48 Suffix with ethyl 49 Fairness-in-hiring letters 50 Like some winks and grins 51 47-Down’s partner in life and in “Bugsy” 53 Blows one’s stack 55 Like beef cattle, dietarily 57 54-Down’s partner in life and in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” 58 Worth debating — or not 59 Long sentence 60 Grab ___ (eat on the run) 61 Punt or junk 62 Give ___ for one’s money 63 Gender-bending Streisand title role 64 Garcia of “Ocean’s …” movies 65 Go soft

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1 What’s spread in a spread 2 Smoke in one’s eyes, say 3 Lincoln’s locale 4 Like a buttinsky 5 See 23-Across 6 Theater staff 7 English horn, for one 8 Garment with underwires 9 Jeweler’s unit 10 Bana of “Troy” 11 See 22-Across 12 ___ Bedelia (children’s book character) 13 Where “X” may mark the spot 21 Grip tightly 22 Ball girl 24 Springtime arrivals 26 U.S.O. show attendees 28 Spring that’s unusually warm? 29 Missile’s home 31 Vexes 33 Functionality-enhancing computer products 35 Lou who sang “A Natural Man” 36 “Deal!” 37 Order to a gun crew 38 Looking to get even 39 One of 100 for Argus, in myth 42 Tunes player 43 Oxygen-dependent organism 44 ___ Rouge (Paris cabaret) 46 Where expats live 47 See 51-Across 50 Gird (oneself) 52 Hajji’s religion 54 See 57-Across 55 “Continue …” 56 Ding 58 Deg. from Wharton