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1 “___ has it ...” 6 Imitated 10 Polite address with an apostrophe 14 ’00s skating champion Ohno 15 Hunter’s quarry 16 Competitor of Vogue 17 Movie title that could be interpreted as “driving northeast toward Cleveland”? 20 Famous last word 21 Switch’s partner 22 Wanders 23 Stickers? 24 Nativity trio 26 ... “driving south from Canada”? 33 Zodiac ram 34 Prompted 35 Emcee’s device 36 Sheep farm sounds 37 Admit to a college 39 Unyielding 40 Mahomes’ try: Abbr. 41 Long story 42 Chocolate unit in a recipe 43 ... “driving northwest toward Reno”? 47 Chopping tools 48 “The ___ of life is living in agreement with nature” (Zeno) 49 Loud racket 52 Sail supporter 53 Source of 36-Across 56 ... “driving east from Pakistan”? 60 Star whose name anagrams to “gave” 61 You might follow one outside 62 Final bios 63 Teen sensation 64 “Guilty” or “not guilty” 65 Smart and stylish
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1 Current craze 2 “It Came ___ the Midnight Clear” 3 Word before “lighting” or “swing” 4 Antiquated 5 Baskin’s partner 6 Advocate of forced retirement, maybe 7 Treaty 8 Introspective music genre 9 It borders Penn. 10 Personal narrative 11 Jessica who played Invisible Woman 12 Many a college donor, briefly 13 Hot ___ (disaster) 18 2020 candidate who proposed a universal basic income 19 Exhorted 23 Mrs. Smith’s desserts 24 Hawaii’s “Valley Isle” 25 “Well said!” 26 Scheming group 27 Speechify 28 Mazda roadster 29 In base eight 30 Chatting online 31 Indicator of uncertainty when dating? 32 Zeniths 37 Narrow road 38 ___ Benedict 39 Uranium, for a nuclear reactor 41 They’re at the bottoms of clocks 42 Enthusiastic applause 44 Feudal tenant 45 Christie who created Poirot 46 Meh 49 Neytiri, e.g., in “Avatar” 50 Column from a guest contributor, often 51 “Othello” villain 52 Dole (out) 53 Make less wordy, say 54 ’80s skating champion Katarina 55 Straightforward 57 GasBuddy, for one 58 ___ pal 59 Org. for Hawks and Pelicans