DAILY CROSSWORD
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1 __ torch: party light 5 Gone from one’s plate 10 “Eleni” author Nicholas 14 Nailed, as a test 15 Carne __: taco filling 16 Loads (of) 17 *Home of baseball’s Royals 19 Online journal 20 Terminate 21 Sign light 22 Dutch cheese 23 Federal hush-hush org. 24 *Diagonally 27 Lament 29 Clod 30 “Silk Stockings” actress Charisse 31 Wine collector’s datum 32 Gumbo vegetable 33 Laugh half 34 *Large venomous snake 39 Young fellow 42 Opposite of spicy 43 Nile wading bird 47 Here, in Haiti 48 Santa __ winds 49 GI’s mess work 51 *Hang out (with) 55 X, in old Rome 56 Cultural spirit 57 Not on base when req. 58 Org. whose awards ceremony Vince Gill hosted or co-hosted from 1992-2003 59 Indian bread 60 *Martial arts move 63 Raison d’__ 64 Exchange suggestive glances, say 65 Cub scout units 66 Marries 67 Strikeout victim of poetry, and a phonetic hint to the answers to starred clues 68 Canadian tribe
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1 Impressed with 2 Words when the blindfold comes off 3 Japanese balland-cups toy 4 Passports, e.g. 5 Enter slowly 6 Foppish neckwear 7 Besmirch 8 Summer hrs. at Yankee Stadium 9 Thumbs-down vote 10 Eva or Zsa Zsa 11 Out for a midday meal 12 The one without the patch, for Bazooka Joe 13 Dueler’s cry 18 “Puppy Love” singer Paul 22 Excel in one’s career 25 Ono from Tokyo 26 Low-__ diet 28 Mork’s planet 32 Med. condition that may involve excessive hand-washing 35 Apple desktops 36 Bogotá boy 37 Glittery rock genre 38 Help 39 Refurbished 40 Protective plastic film 41 Fanatically devoted 44 Cleaver user 45 Agenda start 46 Neural transmission point 49 __ pine: paneling wood 50 Gomer of TV 52 Corn breads 53 “Les Misérables” city 54 Not clueless 60 Col. Sanders’ chain 61 __ carte 62 Atlanta-based public health org.