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ACROSS

1 Something to pay 5 “Nothing’s broken” 9 Lawn game 14 Fir fellers 15 Cool off in a shallow

stream, say 16 Weasley family owl 17 Substantial return 20 Popeye’s nemesis 21 Zagreb native 22 Salon creations 23 NCR product 24 “You betcha” 26 Mohel’s rite 28 Color named

for a dancer 34 Dodger who befriended

Jackie Robinson 35 Peter of “The Maltese

Falcon” 36 Word of regret 39 Sudden burst 42 9/ 11 Commission chair

Tom 43 Star transports 45 Emulated Van Winkle,

after 20 years 47 Bleeping 51 Toni Morrison novel 52 Reluctantly absorb, as a

loss 53 Little bite 56 Admiral’s rear 59 Toon duck triplet 61 “Fame” singer Cara 63 Making a killing in Vegas ... or what happens in 17-, 28- and 47- Across 66 Do the Thanksgiving

honors 67 Start to scope 68 __ fixe 69 Pulled a fast one on 70 Beef bourguignonne, for one 71 Old geopolitical states: Abbr.

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1 Flintstone word 2 Hold in awe 3 Anesthetize 4 Air Force NCO 5 __ Jima 6 Italian noblewoman 7 Dump feature 8 Jedi Master Obi- Wan __ 9 Brutish 10 Uranus, for one 11 Scummy deposit 12 Gabrielle Chanel, familiarly 13 Fraternal order 18 British detective played by Michael Kitchen 19 Deserve 25 Lager alternatives 27 Like many addresses 29 Incendiary acts 30 Race for four, commonly 31 Dander 32 Gun lobby org. 33 “Jeopardy!” whiz

Jennings 36 Priest’s white garment 37 Unlike Abner, really 38 Geriatrician’s gp. 40 Bug on the road? 41 Dancing girl in “Return

of the Jedi” 44 Moved stealthily 46 Journalist Couric 48 Wells’ sci- fi race 49 Bully’s array 50 Works with dough 54 Word with tube or circle 55 Some toys, brief ly 56 It’s sung to the same tune as “Twinkle, twinkle” 57 Lady of the Haus 58 Md. athlete 60 “__ a Kick Out of You”:

Porter song 62 Slugger’s stats 64 Latin greeting 65 Fell, as firs