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ACROSS 1 A founding member of the Avengers

5 Primary

9 Like many highend watches

14 Nurse’s ___

15 Seaweed wrapped

around sushi

16 British pop singer

Lewis

17 Advocate for U2’s

frontman?

20 Shot from a needle

21 The “fact” that bulls get angry when they see the color red, e.g.

22 No-win situations?

23 Next of ___

25 Subject of a famous 1937 disappearance

27 Swing of a

bowler’s arm?

32 Blood-typing

system

33 Wine often served

with 15-Across

34 Accompaniment

for many a hymn

38 Gyro holder

40 Deadly African

snake

43 Fish often served

“meunière”

44 Rudder’s locale

46 Cloud of

melancholy

48 Average fellow

49 A little tied up at

the moment?

53 Defeat via invasion 56 Emerson’s “___ to

Beauty”

57 Give up arguing

58 Many an opera

villain

61 Olympic great

Jesse

65 Attire for gym

period?

68 Some wedding

guests

69 Org. for seniors

70 Largest member of the dolphin family

71 Professional soccer player with the most goals for a single club (Barcelona)

72 Jewish rite

73 _ _ _ et Chandon

DOWN

1 Selects, as for a

position

2 Bring on for a

position

3 Musk, e.g.

4 Sharp talking-to

5 _ _ _ Taylor, longtime name in women’s fashion

6 Chamber

7 Unhinged, in slang

8 Follower of pinch

or switch

9 _ _ _-pitch

10 Brand of caramel

candy

11 Ancient Greek region on the Aegean

12 Mocking smile

13 Biblical verb with

“thou”

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0921 18 Neglects to 45 Neither’s partner

mention 47 Enticed

19 Tom yung goong 50 Heavy weight for a or tom kha kai musician to bear? cuisine 51 How many people

24 author/activist get around town

Chomsky 52 Successor

26 Classic Hollywood to Brown as

studio California

27 Rand McNally’s governor

business 53 Philosopher with a

28 Final words? “razor”

29 November 54 Really care about

exhortation 55 Onetime Supreme

30 Reggae relative Court justice

31 Presto or allegro Charles ___

35 Berry touted as a Hughes

“superfood” 59 The sun, for one

36 Gel ingredient 60 Rival of Alexa

37 Lawyer, for 62 Currency launched a defendant, on 1/1/1999 typically 63 City on the French

39 Airplane Riviera passengers might 64 “Immediately!” battle over them 66 Some fed.

41 Blackball assistance

42 Global shoe 67 Covert ___

retailer