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Across 1 Some pears 6 Joyous wedding dance 10 Lethal injection providers? 14 Electrified, as a Christmas tree 15 Poet who wrote “If you want to be loved, be lovable” 16 Many a hockey shot 17 Player of Frodo in “The Lord of the Rings” 19 Nickname for baseball manager Terry Francona 20 Hence 21 New England state sch. 22 Really enjoys 24 Thickheaded 25 “The Good War” Pulitzer Prize winner 27 [Surely you can’t mean …!] 29 Runneradvancing action 30 Land west of Eng. 31 “Yo!” 33 “Your point being …?” 34 Beat (off) 35 Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across 39 Renaissance Faire quaff 40 Playfully obtuse, maybe 41 Dog command 42 Real heel 43 Hesitating sounds 44 Part of a Facebook feed 47 Boston Celtics coach beginning in 2013 52 “Like I’m supposed to believe THAT!” 54 Worry after a raccoon attack 55 Vehicle for the later years, for short? 56 Gutter cleaner’s work area 57 “Game over!” 58 Detective whose first book was “I, the Jury” 61 Word with blind or expiration 62 “___ plaisir” 63 Maximum 64 Looked over 65 Home in the forest 66 Collapse in frustration Down 1 Run, as colors 2 Pumping station 3 Bad mark 4 1981 thriller whose title character is a St. Bernard 5 Where you might get rubbed the right way 6 Text to which one might respond “im gr8” 7 Egg-shaped 8 Where gymnast Simone Biles won Olympic gold 9 Housing expansions 10 Moving about 11 More sinuous and graceful 12 Dressmaking aids 13 Wound, as thread 18 Hiking signal 23 Ready to go 25 Guideline for a freelancer, for short 26 There might be a spat about this 28 Lose, as a coat 32 America’s Cup competitor 33 One with a phony passport, maybe 34 Big party 35 Quickly detachable 36 Ate something 37 Tudor symbol 38 Some decorative containers 39 Country singer Martina 43 It can decrease value 45 “Kapow!” 46 “I don’t want to hear any of your excuses” 48 Ate by candlelight, say 49 Minnesota team, for short 50 Upright 51 “Skip it” 53 Dollar alternative 56 Oscar winner Jannings 59 “Now ___ heard everything” 60 Finsteraarhorn, e.g.