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1 Stone-shaping tool 5 Hindu noble 9 Whirlpool brand 14 Trade fair 15 Dressed (in) 16 Apple’s apple et al. 17 Ponce de León’s pursuit 20 Second most populous nation 21 Hereditary unit 22 Dark blue shade 23 Org. concerned with reducing emissions 25 Buddhist teachers 27 Smooch 30 2009 title chef played by Meryl Streep

35 Year, in Medellín 36 Title for Judi Dench 37 Cartridge filler 38 Big signs hung in arenas

40 “I dunno” 42 Bagel flavoring 43 Fishing sticks 44 Pull hard 45 Collectibl­e ’90s-’00s stuffed toy 48 Measures of cell reception 49 [Scowl] 50 Pronoun with 51Down

52 Wall St. debuts 55 Light controller in

a lens

57 Overjoy

61 With “The,” 2010 Annette Bening/ Julianne Moore film ... and a hint to the ends of 17-, 30- and 45-Across 64 Turn out to be 65 Airbnb visit, say 66 Chief Greek god 67 Positive feature 68 Head of the Sorbonne? 69 Whirlpool

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1 Lower-APR loan 2 Neural transmitte­r 3 Tater 4 Youngsters’ zoo rides

5 Color TV pioneer 6 Sacha Baron Cohen persona 7 “Hidden Figures” co-star __ Monáe 8 God, in Hebrew 9 American gymnast Raisman with three Olympic gold medals 10 Apollo launch 11 Río contents 12 Imp’s punishment 13 Like used fireplaces

18 Bar beer source 19 Disaster relief org. 24 Open a bit 26 Portray 27 Skewered meat

28 Silly

29 Justice Sotomayor 31 Verbal hesitation­s 32 Popular videoshari­ng app, familiarly 33 Ring-tailed primate 34 Bottom-of-thebarrel stuff 36 Jeans fabric 39 Topic of little importance 40 Short hairdo 41 “Grand” ice cream brand

43 Give off 46 Mideast leader 47 Most spartan 48 Central American country bordering Mexico 51 Pronoun with 50-Across 52 Swedish superstore 53 Bowling targets 54 Numbers that may be long or stacked 56 Fence piece 58 Improved in a barrel 59 Hitting-the-ground sound

60 Site offering handmade crafts 62 Fitting 63 Caustic cleaner

 ?? By Rebecca Goldstein ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ??
By Rebecca Goldstein ©2021 Tribune Content Agency

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