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1 “More or less” suffix 4 Rose and fell on the waves 10 Tax pros 14 Cohort of Larry and Curly 15 Not widely understood 16 Boffo review 17 Extemporaneous, as a speech 19 Theater honor 20 “Firework” singer Perry 21 Near-perfect bridge feat 23 Amigo 26 Liam of “Michael Collins” 27 Appointed White House over

seer 32 __ Vegas 33 Peaceful 34 Dalai Lama’s homeland 38 Planets, in poems 40 Not suitable for military service ... or an apt description of 17-, 27-, 49- and 64-Across 43 Thick book 44 Salami type 46 Nevada senator Harry 48 Red wine choice, for short 49 Laundry service option 53 ‘60s dance craze 55 Opus __: “The Da Vinci Code”

sect 56 DJ known for playing novelty

tunes 59 Surrealist Salvador 63 Geological age 64 Beanstalk giant’s chant 67 Unclothed 68 Like bears 69 Alias, on police blotters 70 List of appts. 71 English writer Edward Bulw

er-__ 72 “Oedipus __”

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1 “Didn’t hurt a bit!” 2 Living room seat 3 Lift with effort 4 Scoff from Scrooge 5 Calif. neighbor 6 Covertly sends an email dupe

to 7 “The Wizard of Oz” author 8 __ terrible: difficult child, in

French 9 Rid of parasites, as a dog 10 Multi-discipline strength-train

ing program 11 Painter Picasso 12 Like many nest-builders 13 Look (like) 18 Tap out a text, say 22 Departed 24 N.Y. Jets’ org. 25 Bread shape 27 Bathtub blockage 28 Cocksure Aesopian racer 29 Library ID 30 Mel’s Diner waitress 31 Blue toon 35 Memorable clown 36 Disney’s “__ and the Detec

tives” 37 See to 39 Began to melt 41 Stephen of “Michael Collins” 42 Locate 45 Grad 47 Pres. before JFK 50 Beneficial 51 Fancy duds 52 Pal of Rover 53 Perpetrate, as havoc 54 Love to pieces 56 Pats gently 57 Exam 58 “Think nothing __” 60 Many miles off 61 “Use the Force, __” 62 Big-screen format 65 Masculine Italian suffix with

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