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Across

1 Mount Rushmore figure, familiarly 4 Bit of camp gear 7 Gave personally 13 Setting for peak

viewing? 15 “O ___” (greeting on many lolcat memes) 16 Kevin ___, one of the sharks on “Shark Tank” 17 “My goodness!” 19 Alternative to

plugs

20 Title for Prince

Charles’s Camilla 22 Lug 23 This day and

age

24 Biblical “father” 28 General amount of money that something sells for 29 Some teasers 31 “Lincoln in the ___” (2017 George Saunders bestselling novel) 32 33 Young Winter fowl festival 34 Militant org. in a 1994 peace agreement

35 “Mona Lisa,” e.g.

37 Org. for the

Philadelphia

Union and D.C.

United

38 Sticky stuff 39 They’re related 40 Ones whose work is strikingly controversial? 42 “You ___ right!” 44 Detective’s asset 46 Behind-thescenes worker in TV news 47 Large bird of the pampas 48 Good name for a tort lawyer 49 Yank who retired with 2,086 R.B.I. 50 Common farming technique … or a hint to solving this puzzle 55 Composer Mahler 58 Chain with a

pepper in its

logo 60 59 61 Common Make middle it name female 62 Scrubbed Piece deli counter of equipment

63 Serving often accompanied by a cinnamon

stick 64 Went for a seat

Down

1 Ardent

2 Erykah of R&B 3 Stunning creatures of the Amazon 4 Staples of action

films

5 Crew gear 6 Hook up with, in a way 7 Third base, in baseball lingo 8 Skin cream ingredient

9 Kind of network 10 Alternative greeting to a high-five 11 Poetic preposition 12 Curl Up and ___ (punny salon name)

14 Mirrored 18 Delivered a rant 21 Debate settings 25 “Or even …” 26 Fried chicken order 27 2017 World

Series champ 28 Friend to none 30 “We’ve been fooled!” 31 One who goes hog wild? 32 Emphasize 36 Becomes slippery, in a way 41 Bit of trash around a fraternity house 43 Back vocally 45 Obtained from milk 46 Fulfilling 51 Party that might have a bouncer 52 “That’s really bad!” 53 First wife of Pablo Picasso

54 Superbright 55 Super time 56 Modern citation info

57 Foreign title of respect