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1 For that reason 5 Mekong River land 9 “Settle down!” 15 “Banjo on my knee” song of 1848 17 Weapon for Spain’s Philip II 18 Byrd 20 Frivolous 21 Female beast that sounds like a river 22 Strengthen 25 __ chi 26 The Byrds 35 Top often with an image 36 Showing presently 37 Power source 38 Gp. with related interests 40 Provides a buffet, say 43 Disease namesake 44 Staff figures 46 Object of a detective’s quest 48 D.C. VIP 49 “The Birds” 53 Organ with a hammer 54 Unwilling 55 Root that’s a source of tapioca 59 Hip-hop star Green 62 Bird 67 Butcher’s offering 68 Many in Caltech’s faculty 69 Like troublesom­e mascara 70 Forest grazers 71 Indian music

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1 Aurora’s Greek counterpar­t 2 P-like letter 3 Atlanta sch. fielding the Panthers 4 Defeat 5 “Major Crimes” force, briefly 6 “And giving __, up the chimney ... ” 7 Without siblings 8 Encl. to an editor 9 Eggs on crackers, perhaps 10 Starting places 11 Little on “The Wire” 12 Running behind 13 Loving exchanges 14 Works on a route 16 Mailing label words 19 Westernmos­t Aleutian Island 22 Join 23 Granola relative 24 Like some hotel thermostat­s 27 Sch. with an Asheville campus 28 Genetic molecule 29 Insensitiv­e, in a way 30 Gyrate like Cyrus 31 Neighbor of Arg. 32 Actress Milano 33 “Whatever you want” 34 Spray with a hose 39 It has Giants but not Titans: Abbr. 41 Mythical aerial menace 42 Roman sun god 45 Woolgather­er? 47 Order to soldiers 50 Hollowed-out area 51 Algerian port 52 With less delay 55 Ozone-depleting chemicals, briefly 56 Donor drive target 57 Browser’s find 58 Ward of “House” 59 Candy __ 60 Periphery 61 Burnoose-wearing leader 63 Word with sea or seed 64 Leaves for a spot 65 38-Across relative 66 CIA relative

 ?? ©2020 Tribune Content Agency By Jeffrey Wechsler ?? 8/21/20
©2020 Tribune Content Agency By Jeffrey Wechsler 8/21/20

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