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1 __ bar 6 Line used when wrapping? 15 Singer whose three studio

albums have numerical titles 16 Was bugged 17 Remove, as a corsage 18 It has a climbing route called

“The Nose” 19 Crude 21 Den denizens 22 Nice assent 23 League of Women Voters co

founder 24 Assists a chef 26 White House advisory gp. 27 Six-pack group 28 Fighting chance 29 Comics shriek 31 The African Queen, for one 35 Former first daughter 37 Make a call 38 Conqueror of Valencia in 1094 40 Brain in many an Asimov story 43 British title 44 Part of a flute 45 Kvetching chorus 47 __ shooter 48 Buzzed 50 Pokémon that evolves to Ka

dabra 51 Org. concerned with child

support 52 Singer Vannelli 53 1995 AFI Life Achievement

Award recipient 55 Spidey sense, basically 58 Skateboard leap 59 Stopped taking orders 60 Home of Armani and Prada 61 News credential 62 Place on a pedestal

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1 Scientific name involving a

repeated word 2 To an annoying degree 3 What Brad’s Drink became 4 Settled down 5 Elder or Younger Roman

writer 6 Modern-day eruption 7 “The Planets” composer 8 Story lines 9 It can be green, red or yellow 10 Con’s mark 11 Hyphenated word in a Haw

thorne title 12 Put the bite on 13 Many Scheherazade charac

ters 14 XXX, perhaps 20 Big dogs 24 Little dog 25 Self-Operating Napkin creator

Goldberg 28 Rides with wing-shaped tail

fins 30 Game including golf and bowl

ing 32 Taker of ppm measurements 33 Barbershop quartet style 34 Race against the clock 36 Outdoor party crashers 39 Buster? 41 “Bossypants” memoirist 42 Fictional governess 46 Rita Hayworth’s title princess 48 Building subcontractor 49 Just plain silly 50 Outstanding 52 Be a looky-loo 53 Genesis creator 54 “Disarming Iraq” author Hans 56 Ceremonial title? 57 Jazz genre