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1 Like the national currency known as the tala 7 Axilla

13 “Hold on there now!” 15 Chasm 16 Powerful pitch 17 Settled with 18 London locale: Abbr.

19 Like the outer core of the earth 21 Certain logic gate

22 One Direction member Payne 24 The Flying Dutchman, e.g. 25 Limb-entangling weapon

26 One nearly cut Bond in half in “Goldfinger” 29 Rise up 30 1983 doubleplatinum album by Duran Duran 31 Everyday productivity enhancer, in modern lingo 33 Fictional character whose name is French for “flight of death” 36 Leading newspaper that took its name from a stage comedy

37 It’s nothing, really

38 One making introductions 39 “You can’t make me!” 44 Queen dowager of Jordan 45 Beyond repair 46 Ago, in an annual song 47 Animal with horns 48 Norman ___, first AsianAmerican to hold a cabinet post 50 Abbr. in an office address 51 Princess cake and others 53 Simply not done 56 Show disdain for, in a way 57 Subject of some PC Magazine reviews 58 Mixed forecasts? 59 N.F.L. Hallof-Famer nicknamed “The Kansas Comet”

Down 1 Singer Twain 2 Blood lines 3 “Are you ___?!” 4 Cries that might be made while hopping on one foot

5 Slight interruption 6 Sure-to-succeed 7 One with commercial interests, for short 8 Nothing, in Nantes 9 Chant often heard toward the end of an N.B.A. season 10 Rick’s, for one 11 Speech habits unique to an individual

12 The first one was delivered in 1984

13 “___ Stop the Rain” (1970 hit) 14 Fright night? 20 Pusillanimous 23 More festive 25 Views 27 Hiker’s climb 28 Six-time Hugo Award winner Ben 29 Invoice word 32 Actress Sherilyn who was an Emmy nominee for “Twin Peaks” 33 Common ingredient in furniture polish 34 “No doubt!” 35 NASA spacecraft designed for travel to Mars 36 Units at a horse race 40 Whiskered animals 41 With 54-Down, longtime Long Island home of Theodore Roosevelt 42 Lays to rest 43 Frigid temps 45 They may have bullets 48 Main thrust 49 Field

52 The Nikkei 225 is one of its indexes: Abbr. 54 See 41-Down 55 Some lines of Milton