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1 Traffic frustrations 5 Begot 10 Vegas calculation 14 River to the Caspian Sea 15 “I believe” statement 16 Round dance 17 Golf tournament for the 50+ 19 Wingtip-towingtip measure 20 Levy system 21 IRA, perhaps 23 Applied, as icing

25 Pair 26 Extremely spicy chilis 33 Fusses 34 Neutral, for one 35 Without delay

36 Got muddy 40 Topped with a scoop 42 French for “born” 43 Tinted 45 “Just joshin’!” 46 Source of a puddle jumper’s thrust 51 Speedometer fig. 52 Prophet swallowed by a big fish 53 Pressurized spray type 57 Kauai cocktails 61 Croat or Pole 62 Certain cavern crosser, or what crosses a word break in 17-, 26- or 46-Across 64 Italian bubbly 65 “Show me your cards!” 66 Aslan, e.g. 67 2020 candidate Buttigieg 68 Fashion brand whose letters are in “clothes” 69 Doghouse

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1 Fair

2 Field of study 3 Tailless cat 4 Go

unnoticed 5 Scuffle

6 One removing wrinkles 7 Sales caller 8 Blissful place in the Bible 9 Signed agreement 10 “You’re making me blush!” 11 Rad 12 Bummer 13 Competed on “The Voice” 18 Ken of “thirtysomething” 22 Toyota model reintroduced in 2019 24 Basenji or beagle

26 “I ___ considered that” 27 It’s bid upon departure 28 Tool such as a drill

29 Pod item 30 Miso soup mushroom 31 Influential French sculptor

32 One may call Stockholm home 37 Stack restaurants

38 On cloud nine 39 Deutsch article 41 With fierceness 44 The FBI is part of it 47 Campy fare 48 Large citrus 49 Make possible 50 Hair-loss product? 53 “Right away!” 54 Otherwise 55 “Infestation” heavy metal band 56 Highlands lake 58 1998 Sarah McLachlan hit 59 Composer Stravinsky 60 Email button 63 Patrick, to SpongeBob