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1 Make the grade 5 Matchmaking

site since 1997 10 Working hard 14 Introductory

painting class 15 Assign, as

blame 16 Done, in Dijon 17 Hunky- dory 20 ___ Arbor, Mich. 21 Turkish for “lord” 22 Borrower’s

letters 23 Perennially strong entrant at the Winter Olympics: Abbr. 24 America, for example, which has a “Cup” named after it 26 Untouchable

one 29 Tennis star

Arthur 30 Off- road wheels,

briefly 31 Screenwriter

Ephron 32 Ladies’ man 34 Stockpiles 36 Victoria and Davi d Beckham, e. g.… or what 17-, 26-, 47- and 57- Across each have, in a way 38 Dangers 40 Sleep clinic

concern 41 SpaceX founder

Musk 42 Found really

neat 43 The Rolling Stones or Smashing Pumpkins 47 Stayed calm 51 Big name in nail

polish 52 Something

that’s definite? 53 Numbskull 54 Canon camera 56 Workout target,

for short 57 Preemployment screening 61 Vision: Prefix 62 Come in second 63 Cold drink at

Burger King 64 Former C. I. A. director Porter ___ 65 Kills time 66 War vet’s affliction, for short

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1 Fruit in som tam

salad 2 Sports centers 3 Stem the flow of 4 [ not my

mistake] 5 Picture file

format 6 “Twister” or “San Andreas” film genre 7 Santa ___ winds 8 Gin’s partner 9 Home of the

Ewoks 10 Togo’s home:

Abbr. 11 No- win

situation 12 Briefly 13 “I remember

when…” 18 Bowler, e. g. 19 Stage signal 25 Katniss Everdeen, in “The Hunger Games” 27 California roll

ingredient 28 Swab analysis

sites 30 Iowa college

town 33 A fly- by- night? 34 Like some juries 35 Unlock, to a

poet 36 Guards 37 Luxury 38 Natural fuel

source 39 Nickname of the Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán 44 Facet 45 “Uncle!” criers,

maybe 46 Punched out 48 Follow

relentlessly 49 Wrist bones 50 Long past 51 YouTube full- screen mode exit key 55 Laudatory

poetry 58 Boxing victories,

briefly 59 Delta competitor: Abbr. 60 Trendy