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1 A bit cracked 5 Perch for a mountain goat 9 Maker of the first mass-produced car with an all-aluminum body 14 Like an area that’s off-limits 15 Unexciting Yahtzee roll 16 Image in an sonogram 17 16-ounce sirloin that Shylock brought to the cookout? 20 Dow Jones, e.g. 21 One less than penta22 Reluctant to make eye contact, maybe 23 Three on a sundial 25 End part
27 Mark Antony’s request to the farmer when he realized he didn’t have enough corn for the cookout? 34 Brain test, in brief 35 Weapon with two accents in its name 36 Quarterback ___ 37 Fat in some piecrusts 39 Opposite of tautness 42 Wee
43 Toast, essentially 45 Jerk, slangily 47 Laudatory poem 48 Cry from Hamlet when he spotted his favorite spice mix at the cookout? 52 Alternative to Levi’s 53 ___ & Perrins (sauce brand)
54 “How adorable!” 57 Things guitarists and prospectors both use 60 Currency of Serbia 64 Lady Macbeth’s declaration upon checking the steaks at the cookout? 67 Flood embankment 68 Genuine 69 Europe’s tallest volcano 70 Adjective for Caroline 71 William who took a bow
72 Donna of old TV
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1 Voting no 2 Legend of pop music
3 Like wine and cheese, typically 4 Lure deceptively 5 PC component 6 Chew someone out, maybe 7 White House worker
8 Capri has a blue one 9 Things to get in order
10 Bit of animation 11 Some Four Corners natives 12 Fraternity activity 13 Like a fireplace the morning after, say 18 Rust, chemically 19 Madame, across the Rhine 24 Handfuls for a babysitter 26 Spring time 27 1960s counterculture guru Timothy 28 “Snowy” bird 29 Fish with no pelvic fins
30 First Nobel laureate from Ireland
31 Things that rhythm lacks?
32 Aretha Franklin’s genre
33 ___ terrier
34 Old isle of exile 38 Roald who wrote “The BFG” 40 Barracks item 41 Department store eponym 44 Recessed, as eyes 46 English city north of Sheffield 49 Actress Tara 50 Armed guard, perhaps
51 Las Vegas player 54 Leatherworking implements 55 “That was close!” 56 Sand castle destroyer 58 Patella’s place 59 Member of an elite team 61 Word often followed by a colon 62 Either of two wives of King Henry VIII 63 Show literacy 65 Casual shirt 66 “___ bite!”
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