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ACROSS

1 Toward the tiller

4 It might be laid down if broken

10 It carries an added tax in Philadelphia and San Francisco 14 End of the White

House’s domain 15 1996 book on grammar whose title “corrects” a melodramatic cry 16 Classic Camaro 17 Frozen food brand famously lampooned by comedian Jim Gaffigan

19 To avoid the risk

that

20 In a new way

21 One who takes it all

back?

23 Dove in a bathtub,

say

24 Complaint after a

tough workout 27 Brief confirmation 28 Tops and blocks,

e.g.

29 Cartoon bartender 30 “I’ve been thinkin’ ...” 32 First person to garner 80 Grammy nominations 36 Switch to the other

side 37 Motorcyclist’s wear 38 ___ Aramco, world’s most profitable company 39 Self-help guru

Ferriss

BABY BLUES

BALDO

B.C.

BEETLE BAILEY

BLONDIE

DUSTIN 40 Illegal accessing, of a sort

44 “___ noticed!” 45 Hip-hop’s Hussle or comedy’s Russell 48 One with a solo in Brahms’s Symphony No. 1 49 Prix fixe

51 Get smart? 53 Letters preceding a controversial take 54 Best Picture winner between “Forrest Gump” and “The English Patient” 57 Parker who served as the first president of Facebook 58 Shining

59 Far from a popular spot

60 Division word 61 Lowers oneself 62 Brand of hairstyling gel

DOWN

1 Shocked

2 “Little bunny” of a nursery rhyme 3 Light, foldable table

4 Low pair

5 Nom de guerre roughly translating to “bringer of light” 6 Sound from a chicken?

7 Be flat

8 2017 A.L. M.V.P. Jose Altuve, for one 9 Knowing better 10 Isolate so as to hinder cooperation and communication in business

11 One getting the

lead out, say 12 Back-to-back: Fr. 13 End of a sales pitch 18 Court entertainers 22 Drug sometimes used for a vision quest

25 Slash preceder 26 Hard things to carry

alone

31 Opening on a trunk 33 Bearish

34 Meryl Streep or Lupita Nyong’o, collegiately 35 Singer who lent his name to a brand of breakfast sausages 36 “Word!”

37 Primitive sorts 38 Emphatic agreement in Latin America

41 Lit

42 Onetime host for ABC News, NBC News and CBS News

43 Carefully followed 46 Not on good terms 47 Completely

remove

50 Common campus

health diagnosis 52 Resistance figures 55 ___ Krieger, U.S. women’s soccer star

56 Chill out