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1 8 11 14 Classic game the Word or Light choice Seeing say Like of planners Class require attendance Place “end” many Blue the that lunch in after hero video someone, in-person 1861 services financial Bomber doesn’t “be” a.k.a. 15 18 19 20 news, Abbr. college sign Neighbor ’Fore Temporary, store on for entrance a short of as N.Z. a 21 22 23 26 28 “Let’s next Genre at Dorm the one” go V.I.P.s Disco for to Panic! the 29 30 32 34 36 Pinker, Biases Place Dorm for V.I.P. say pilots

37 38 Like Program reducing zombies for litter on 40 highways Lines screenwriters 44 didn’t Ignore, write with “out”

46 Ride spin? taken for a

48 51 Real Bother stunner 52 53

Movie It Magic, scoreboards settings borders camera on B.C. 54 56 Casey voiced who Shaggy 58 Pot leaves? 59 Some brewery offerings, in brief 60 Regain hit points, in video games 62 Part of a pope’s title 64 Popular browser extension … or a literal description of four black squares in this puzzle 68 Stretch 69 Common fish in aquaculture 70 Number 2 or 6 71 Playwright Thomas who predated Shakespeare 72 Educational toy with a spinning arrow

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1 Trim, in a way 2 Phoenix-toAlbuquerque dir. 3 Yak

4 Word akin to

sayonara 5 Annoyance from a subway seatmate 6 Rat-___ 7 Crunchy candy with a gummy string center 8 Dalliance 9 Go easier 10 Philosophy of simplicity 11 Yosemite ___ 12 Rudderward 13 Watch wolfishly 16 Whole lot, slangily 17 Speak to 23 Home of the oldest university in the Western Hemisphere (founded in 1551) 24 Home of a sultan 25 Polliwog’s place 27 Held on to 31 Performing flawlessly 33 Nonprofit org. since 1920 35 Understands 36 High-ranking officers

39 Put ___ on (limit) 41 Ancient mother goddess 42 Sainted English historian 43 Roast 45 Doing grownup things, in modern lingo 47 Endearingly awkward, in slang

48 Easily angered sort 49 Colored body part

50 Event that looks like its first letter? 51 Put in the trash 55 Lip-smacking 57 Bloom who wrote “The Closing of the American Mind” 61 Actress Falco 63 People whom it’s helpful to know 65 Black ___ 66 Secretive org. 67 King Arthur’s foster brother