Crossword

ACROSS

1 Eydie who sang with Steve Lawrence 6 Began a typical triathlon 10 Went lickety-split 14 Construction girder

15 Prefix with legal 16 Epitaph starter 17 Six-inch putt, say, in golf lingo 18 Distinctive flair 19 Eye part

20 *A little bit at a time, to a mason 23 Heavy favorites 26 Those women, in Spain 27 Shabby homes

28 Huge 31 Surprise police action 32 *Next step up after a crib, for some toddlers 36 Grecian vessel of verse 37 What “is yet to come,” in a Sinatra classic 39 Shogun stronghold 40 *Hit by *NSYNC about the end of a relationship 42 When repeated, a Samoan city 43 Sleep clinic study 44 Got via hard work 46 Chicago airport 49 Diplomatic office 50 *Iconic refrain from the Trammps’ 1976 hit “Disco Inferno” 54 Playground retort 55 Shapeless mass 56 Biting 60 Space Race destination 61 Theater level 62 Cygnus’ brightest star 63 “Rule, Britannia” composer 64 “Goodness gracious!” 65 Founded: abbr.

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1 Jazzman’s job 2 Japanese sash 3 Sleep stage 4 Did a Cuban dance

5 TV chef Lagasse 6 Contractor’s details

7 Base on balls 8 Spirited horse 9 Scads of 10 Child star Temple 11 Danger

12 “All My Children” vixen 13 Newsroom fixtures 21 Helpful connections 22 Fathered, biblically 23 Landscaper’s planting 24 White with age 25 Sheeplike 28 Tripoli’s country 29 1958 Pulitzer Prize-winning author James 30 Football carriers: abbr. 32 “Cheers” actress Neuwirth 33 Spilled the __: told all 34 Barely beats 35 Puppet Howdy __ 37 Easygoing sort

38 Egg layer 41 Without exception 42 Struts like a horse 44 Australian runner

45 Use sandpaper on 46 Trump predecessor 47 Funny stuff 48 Felonious flames 49 Subsided 51 Ready, willing and __ 52 Modern diary 53 Discipline with mats 57 Tolkien tree creature 58 Stephen of “The Crying Game” 59 Consumer protection org., and a hint to the answers to starred clues