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22 Actor Wilson

25 Part of a 69

Halloween costume

26 Shell game 70 30 Norway’s capital 71 34 “___ the land of the free …” 72 35 Prefix with -vore or -scient

36 Made snide verbal attacks 1

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42 Shade akin to 4 army green

43 “Finally!”

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level or legs

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fit into round

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15 Pet collar attachments 17 Some rodeo riders 21 “What ___?” (end of a riddle) 23 Stately tree

24 “99 Red Balloons” singer

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53 Tangle behind a computer, maybe 55 Calendar info 56 “___ is not to reason why …” 57 Stick-to-itiveness 58 License bureaus, for short

60 Part of an ear or brain 61 Certain YouTube posting 62 Seeing things? 65 Be indebted to 66 Secretive government org.