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ACROSS

1 Author Allende 7 Counter proposals? 14 Still ahead 15 2003 disaster movie about a mission to Earth’s center 16 Disneyland’s Golden Horseshoe is one 17 Mr. Rogers catchword 18 Car loan figs. 19 Leaf pore 21 Tolkien being 22 Champagne with a diaeresis 23 Lion, say 24 Govt. securities 27 Handy program 28 Suggests to the palate 30 Join forces 32 Help a vacationing friend, maybe 36 Old news source 37 No WNBA players 38 Clam or lobster 39 Crunchy cantina fare 41 Became one company 42 Rockford’s home 44 Include in the mix 45 Court rival of Roger 48 Iraq War danger: Abbr. 49 Hub near de Gaulle 50 Broadway’s Burrows 51 Crystal-lined rock 53 Chesapeake delicacy 54 Pull out all the stops 57 Perspicacious 59 Prince of Darkness 60 Midday nap 61 Trips taken mostly in the dark 62 Leash

DOWN

1 Tinder notice 2 Show labeled for its early sponsors 3 Fix for an injured knee 4 Increase 5 Broody rock genre 6 Blank photo cause 7 Couple of People 8 Massage technique 9 Race stage 10 Hamburger beef? 11 Prize founder

12 Like some humor 13 Russia’s Alexander II emancipated them in 1861 17 Disclaimer for sounds-absurdbut-it’s-real news content 20 Many Ph.D. candidates 25 Supervisors 26 Lead-in to bad news 28 Symbol of slowness 29 Ages and ages 31 Press and such 33 Consequence of too much sweetness? 34 Refreshing coffeehouse order 35 Focus of a former Florida museum that featured a Hug Club 37 2006 Verizon acquisition 40 Expended 41 Region of longfrustrated peace efforts 43 Its Jan. 2018 additions include “hangry” and “mansplain”

45 Abandoned party 46 Where the stars are 47 Rank 49 G7, before Russia’s suspension 52 Farm girls 55 La Liga cheer 56 Yorkie’s group designation 58 “Sprechen __ Deutsch?”