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ACROSS 1 Palindromic pop

group 5 “Got any more

bright ___?” 10 Chandigarh’s

continent 14 “Stop, drop and

___!” 15 Forehead decoration placed on the ajna 16 Move laboriously 17 Sulaimani ___

(type of black tea) 18 Pelted with a

cartonful of ammo 19 Hang in the

balance 20 Creature such as

Frodo Baggins 22 Intrinsically 24 “There’s no way

that’s possible!” 27 Dot on a domino 30 Part of TGIF (Abbr.) 11 Lead-in to “Don’t let 33 Branch of Islam the bedbugs bite!” 34 Virtual 12 Rb+ or Brrepresentation of a 13 Sum up gamer 21 Unhelpful reply to 36 Yoda or Obi-Wan “Who’s there?”

Kenobi 23 Accelerate sharply 39 Communicate 25 “Window or ___?” in a game of (airplane seat charades question)

40 Give your take 26 Like unprocessed

41 Soap brand with food a lavish-sounding 28 Peeved name response to “Are

42 Scorpio and you awake?”

Sagittarius, e.g. Foot part 29 Magician’s cry 43 Mulligan ___-chic (fashion 30 Inlets formed 44 Picture taken by a style) by glaciers

drone 3 Let the cat out of 31 Echo 46 “___ if you do, ___ if the bag 32 “That was

you don’t” 4 Suspect’s excuse a top-notch 48 Dog food brand 5 “Seems to me . . .” effort for me!” 49 Dos, in English 6 Use a spade 35 French friends 50 Hog’s place 7 One of Kenya’s 37 Privy to 51 “Don’t be silly!” official languages 38 Banishment 54 Mandible, clavicle, (Abbr.) 42 Splash through

etc. 8 Proficient a puddle 56 Trophy winners, for 9 Separate 44 Stick like tape

short conversation 45 Southwestern 60 ___ out (barely got) 10 Lyft and Uber people

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62 ___ Wiggum (“The Simpsons” kid who says “I’m in danger!”)

65 Ritzy celebration 66 ___ to the occasion 67 Upper-crust

person

68 Pompous people

have big ones

69 Picnic raiders

70 Disorganized state 71 Crunch counts

DOWN 1

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3/25 47 Billion-year span

52 Sacred hymn

53 More than ready

55 Dedicated poems 57 D&D spellcaster

58 Stone-into-a-lake

sound

59 Lip

60 Big band ___

61 Family

63 Untrue statement 64 WNBA stat