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1 Taper or fade 5 Many 9 Charcuterie board selection 13 Invocation syllables 14 Tropical evergreen 16 Chanel scent 17 Something heard around Chicago, literally? 19 Like AOL software, originally 20 EDM instrument 21 Bug 23 Digital thermometer? 24 Acorn producer 26 Hurdle before spring break, literally? 28 Baby __ 32 Inflexible 33 One of 28 Monopoly cards 34 Dermatologist’s concern 37 Overalls material 39 Brooding sort 40 Passport or Pilot, e.g., literally? 42 Scooby-__ 43 Locked account? 45 Snowballs or paintballs 46 “Yeah, try again” 47 Regional plant life 49 Cup holder site 51 Frog that carries fertilized eggs on its back, literally? 54 NYC member of “The Squad” in Congress 55 Frozen over 56 48-Down song with the line “But when I call, you never seem to be home” 58 Shake __ 62 Snatches 64 Reason to buy a sports car, for some, literally? 66 Grasp 67 Sign into law 68 Gas lighting? 69 Hot 70 Transcript stats 71 Lip

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1 Crow’s cacophony 2 Heed 3 Setting of the graphic novel “Persepolis” 4 Bit of info 5 The “A” of LGBTQIA+, for short 6 Scott who turns into Ant-Man 7 Valence electrons, often 8 Have a trying experience? 9 Green prefix 10 “I’m not even here” 11 Squeezeboxes 12 Internet hookup 15 Mammal that uses kelp as a blanket 18 Crust 22 Rust 25 Fuzzy fruit 27 Grow old 28 Adult __ 29 “Suit yourself!” 30 Shark cage? 31 Ingenuity org. 35 Coquito liquor 36 Rating for “Euphoria,” briefly 38 No longer relevant 40 Cab alternative 41 First name in the Harlem Renaissance 44 Piglet pal 46 Tide pool sights 48 56-Across singer 50 Zen garden growth 51 Boneless appetizer 52 Hurl (C) 2022 Tribune Media Services 53 Yosemite peak free-climbed by Emily Harrington, familiarly 57 Black-and-white predator 59 Well offshore 60 Corp. bean counters 61 “Steak House” dressing brand 63 Chicago WNBA team 65 “__ my pleasure!”