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1 To wit 7 Weakness 13 One traveling in

a basket 14 Place where people are rushing 15 Lively 16 Deadlock 17 Lively 18 White House pets for Reagan and both Bushes 20 Le Duc ___, decliner of the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize 21 “Huh! No

kidding!” 22 Black ___ 25 End of some

business names 27 Actress

Benaderet 29 Prophet who

anointed Saul 32 “Spit it out!” 35 ___ fries 36 Secret’s source … that can be found four times in this puzzle 39 Up 40 Bowled over 41 One whose business has a lot of overhead? 43 Dec. 31 44 It keeps a team

together 48 Ice cream

purchase 49 “The Name of

the Rose” author 51 Reject 52 Greek 57 Percolate 58 Voting requirement in some states 60 “Let’s go someplace private” 62 Best Picture subject nine inches shorter than the actor who portrayed him 63 Whisky first produced for King George VI’s 1939 visit to Canada 64 Refines, in a way 65 Intensify

Down

1 Plato’s “tenth

Muse” 2 Supervillain in a 2015 “Avengers” sequel 3 Rosemary, for

one 4 That guy 5 Ancient symbols

of sovereignty 6 Station 7 Forces 8 Common spot

for a sunburn 9 Constant 10 Subject of an 1820 compromise 11 “___ alive!” 12 Word of support 13 Exceeds 21, in a

way 14 Dandy 19 Aeschylus

tragedy 23 Sports star with a signed jersey in the Vatican 24 Foxy 26 Not tip 27 Club alternative 28 “___ & Duke at the Côte D’Azur” ( 1966 jazz album) 30 1 chain x 1

furlong 31 Obfuscate 33 Rock follower? 34 Fortune 500 company founded in 1995 36 Name of a family with a combined 7,228 hits 37 One may be

exploited 38 Suffix with real 39 “The ___ of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”: M. L. K. 42 All that is left? 45 Feature of many a minion in “Despicable Me” 46 Actor Culkin of “Igby Goes Down” 47 Boot 50 Give up 53 Bibliography

abbr. 54 Shabby 55 Cool people 56 Ice cream

purchase 57 Ice cream ___ 58 Scoreboard

figure: Abbr. 59 Start to hesitate? 61 Afternoon hour

in Italy