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1 Dirt removal method 5 Like much religious music 11 Uncooked 14 It replaced the Cypriot pound 15 Go back 16 Stumble 17 Sports geek gettogethers? 19 Gardening tool 20 Upper part 21 Keep an __ 22 Pesters online, in a way 24 Wall St. event 25 Halloween decoration? 27 Western city named for a Suquamish chief 31 Witness 32 Longhair cat’s monotonous routine? 35 Throw 39 Early computer 40 Hound over a debt 41 Agile 42 Group of two 43 Last one left angrily carrying on? 45 Job ad abbr. 47 Feature of many negative reviews 48 Imperfection in a pointillist painting? 53 Corp. leaders 54 Greets 55 Feel around 57 Printemps month 60 Addams family cousin 61 Moral? 64 Tasseled hat 65 Pair of ones? 66 Wary of 67 Test 68 Fight against 69 Essence ... and, read differently, a hint to six puzzle answers DOWN 1 Leading 2 Car 3 Door in the floor 4 Sweating, maybe 5 Tropical Rain Forest seller since 1993 6 “__ we go!” 7 Leading 8 Spanish queen 9 Birthday count 10 Car user, maybe 11 Detox locale 12 Draw from the oven 13 Take forcibly 18 Digestive 23 Administrative district 24 Words spoken while shaking 26 Winter hrs. in Berkeley 27 Went fast 28 Bitty 29 “Nessun dorma,” e.g. 30 Prefix with scope 33 Race 34 Quelques-__: a few, in French 36 “__ boy!” 37 Females 38 Period 41 Like L vis-à-vis XL, in some cases 43 Set the pace 44 Widespread 46 Bivalve at a bar 48 Nine to five, e.g. 49 Spud 50 Posh 51 Looks at in a bad way? 52 Rome’s Fontana di __ 56 Is indebted to 57 Revealing attire 58 Social climbers? 59 “__ Rhythm” 62 Pub offering 63 Frothy quaff