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1 Alloy component 6 Twosomes 11 Time for preparations 14 “It was you,” in a Verdi aria 15 Word on mail from Spain 16 Unit of RAM 17 King of the Hill winner 20 Repeated phrase in Kipling’s

“Recessional” 21 Certain balloter 24 “Milk’s favorite cookie” 25 Phil Collins’ old group 26 Grilling aids 29 Bigheadedness 30 Adjust for the new tax year 31 It’s rarely paid to a car dealer 35 Large merchant ships 38 Chihuahua cheer 41 Spread all over 42 Persian Gulf island nation 46 Instrument to which an or

chestra tunes 47 Turned down for easy refer

ence 48 Recovery site? 52 Scholar’s motivation 56 Single 57 Make dim 58 Mello __ 59 ‘60s radical gp. 60 Buttonholes, e.g. 61 Teed off

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1 “Alice” diner owner 2 Factor in MLB’s Cy Young

Award 3 Quaint contraction 4 Prime minister after and be

fore Churchill 5 Light bulb units 6 Edmond __: the Count of

Monte Cristo 7 “__ Can”: 2008 slogan 8 Prado hangings 9 Like many Gallaudet College

students 10 Prefix with gram 11 Female political refugee 12 Thin layers 13 Picnic game that can get

messy 18 Piedmont city 19 Be half-asleep 21 Candle count, perhaps 22 Ask to be excused, with “off” 23 __-Cat 26 Inspiring msg. 27 Ryssdal of NPR’s “Market

place” 28 Corner key 30 Turning meas. 31 “Cowboy Man” singer 32 Rose-rose link 33 Caesar known for being

funny 34 Fore site? 35 Many moon missions 36 Make a comeback 37 Makes before deductions 38 Galley tool 39 Twist facts 40 Pull the plug on 42 Jeer leaders 43 Lago contents 44 English king who was a son

of William the Conqueror 45 Original “SNL” cast member 47 Key above C 49 HQs for B-2s 50 Longtime Steelers coach

Chuck 51 Half of sechs 53 Kind 54 N.Y. Mets’ div. 55 Word on U.S. coins