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1 Tampa NFLers 5 Copier powder 10 Like much testimony 14 Sundance Film Festival state 15 Virtuosic piece 16 Document with an executor 17 Celeb’s wheels 18 Angry diner patron’s decision 19 French Toaster Sticks brand 20 *Hit the roof 23 Barn bale 24 Spring flower 25 Turned to compost 27 Pretend to be 30 Word with call or ritual 32 Rudder’s region 33 Religious faction 34 Ballet skirt 37 Museum display 38 *Goes on a winning streak 41 Satisfied exhalation­s 42 Fictional terrier from Kansas 44 Picture of health? 45 Kiddie-lit brutes 47 “Famous potatoes” referred to in a license plate slogan 49 Rubble-lifting machine 50 Movie theater 52 __ bath: therapeuti­c soak 53 Energy unit 54 Pretend to be wealthy, in old slang ... and a hint to words that end answers to starred clues

60 Arnaz of early TV 62 Anwar of Egypt 63 U2 lead singer 64 Sufficient, briefly 65 Bike for a tyke 66 Shamu was one 67 Rooms with recliners

68 Take the wheel 69 RR depot posting

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1 Daffodil-to-be 2 Electric co., e.g. 3 Covert ops garb 4 More flamboyant 5 Nadal’s sport 6 Great Plains natives 7 Tree-borne allergen sources 8 Tweak, as text 9 Work under, as a manager 10 Have bills to pay 11 *Old Spice rival 12 Pool owner’s concern 13 “Airplane!” actor Bridges 21 Indonesian ape 22 Luau finger food 26 Blowup letters 27 Natl. Merit Scholarshi­p qualifying exam 28 Other, in Oaxaca 29 *Photogenic evening event 30 Western plateaus 31 Like overworked muscles 33 Houston MLBer 35 You, quaintly 36 Cold War country: Abbr. 39 Drains of energy 40 One in a comb row 43 Glorifying verse 46 Open-sided structures also called summerhous­es 48 Sound system part 49 Leave a paper trail? 50 Formally gave up 51 Goddess of peace 52 Slithering reptile 55 Fruit pastry 56 Drooling toon canine 57 Nerdy sort 58 Back in the day 59 Egg on

61 “No __, ands or buts”

 ??  ?? By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 7/9/19
By Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 7/9/19

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