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1 Songwriters’

org. 6 Honorific that becomes another honorific if you reverse its last two letters 9 Subjects of a Roswell museum 13 Twinkled 14 Hydrophobic

substances 16 Attire for a

Druid 17 Travel edition of a classic board game? 19 Gift from

heaven 20 Prefix with

directional 21 Channel 2? 22 Superrich 24 Wax sculptor

Marie 26 Beside 27 Travel edition of a classic board game? 31 Consciously join 34 Opposite of

caliente 35 Peace activist

Yoko 36 Sprang 37 One’s nearest and dearest, informally 38 Get by 40 Window- closing

key 41 Part of the Dept. of Homeland Security 42 Some cosmetic surgeries, for short 43 Travel edition of a classic board game? 47 Found 48 Puzzlements 52 Nongay,

typically 54 Atlanta- based

health org. 55 “I’m ___” (“Whatever you suggest”) 56 “Sad is my lot!” 57 Travel edition of a classic board game? 60 Fails to be 61 Done, in Verdun 62 Singer Mann 63 Young fellows 64 It might appear

after an etym. 65 Rats’ places

Down

1 Neckwear with

dress whites 2 Very whale- known performer? 3 Woes on toes 4 Providing a

better grip 5 Part of b. p. m. 6 Boing, for a

spring 7 Barbecue

serving 8 One way to fall 9 Worldly 10 Cooking class? 11 Instrument that an orchestra tunes to 12 Thrill 15 Have as a

customer 18 One of a dozen

in un frigidaire 23 “___, I’m so scared! ( not really)” 25 Slangy form of

60- Across 26 Many an

internet meme 28 Quaint commercial suffix 29 Countermand 30 Refusals 31 ___ Burov, K. G. B. officer on “The Americans” 32 Mexican money 33 Place to grab a

bite in Mexico 38 People in an H. G. Wells novella 39 Boudoir wear 41 At a distance 44 Nonproliferation treaty subjects, informally 45 Not the usual

spelling: Abbr. 46 Crawl ( along) 49 Badly injures 50 Factory, to its

owner, e. g. 51 Wanda of

“Snatched” 52 Greet with

acclaim 53 Mrs. Albert

Einstein 54 French filmdom 58 Jar top 59 Onetime M& M’s

color