DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Composer heard at graduations 6 Exerciser’s target 10 Rescue from trouble, with “out” 14 Actress Watts of the “Divergent” films 15 Change the decor of 16 “... __ and for all!” 17 Medical prefix with -plasty 18 Beverage from China’s Wuyi Mountains 20 Insertion marks 22 World’s longest river 23 Accessory usually not worn on casual Fridays 24 Bearded antelope 26 Cast a spell on 31 From time immemorial 34 Eritrea’s capital 35 Opel model meaning “stars” in Latin 37 Ears in the field 39 Move wearily 40 On-call doctor’s gadget 41 Flightless Aussie bird 42 Ballpark figure 43 Lie adjacent to 44 Small songbird 45 German artist Max 46 Movie theater 48 Six-line sonnet section 50 Subjugate 52 Salty expanse 53 Nav. VIP 56 Drought-stricken 58 Torment 60 Attend a party uninvited ... and a literal hint to five sets of circled letters 65 Passport, e.g.: Abbr. 66 Like a thesis defense 67 James of jazz 68 Backyard border 69 Flamingo color 70 Unhappy fate 71 Fragrant compound
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1 Make official, as a law 2 Hawaiian island, or Hawaiian porch 3 Make terrific progress 4 French sweetie 5 Protective vests, gas masks, etc. 6 To and __ 7 Novelist Uris 8 Improvise on stage 9 Algebra type 10 Marsh 11 Pantry pest 12 Cubes in a tray 13 Grassy field 19 The first “N” of CNN 21 __-cone 25 Stomach woe 27 Contaminated 28 Rep seeking promising performers 29 White symbol on Switzerland’s flag 30 Owned, old-style 32 Storybook sister who pushed the hag into the oven 33 Semicircular roofs 35 Speedily 36 Polio vaccine developer 38 Mystical letters 42 “Stop sweating the small stuff!” 44 Was indecisive 47 Opposite of fem. 49 Autumnal equinox mo. 51 Muse for poets 54 Nincompoop 55 Taxi calculator 57 This, in Spain 59 Summer refreshers 60 Republican org. 61 Shapiro of NPR 62 Shade provided by the sun? 63 Moose kin 64 Popular Easter entrée