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1 Salmon or sole 5 Somersault 9 Rough on the eyes or ears 14 “Fancy seeing you here!” 15 Ages and ages 16 The same 17 Chicken pen 18 ABCDEFG 20 Fitting 21 Merriment 22 Longtime Time magazine rival, briefly 23 ABCDF 27 Opposite of ’neath 28 Slippery 1-Across 29 Hay storage areas 33 Plan that’s “hatched” 36 Campbell’s container 38 Narrow inlet 39 BCFHIKNOPS UVWY 43 Have a bug, maybe 44 French affirmative 45 Stops 46 Bundles of hay 49 Strands in a cell? 51 Not the main choice: Abbr. 52 GRX 57 Taj Mahal material 60 “My Country, ___ of Thee” 61 Glass of “This American Life” 62 ABO 65 Jump in an ice rink 66 Cottage or cabin 67 ___ of Sandwich 68 Gardening tools 69 Lecherous figure of myth 70 Eye affliction 71 Paul who sang “Eso Beso”

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1 Centrally located 2 “Fingers crossed!” 3 Utterly ruined, informally 4 Cool 5 Longest and strongest bone in the human body 6 Take it easy 7 Drop-___ (surprise visitors) 8 It comes between chi and omega 9 Fairy tale character who leaves a trail of bread crumbs in the forest 10 King of Naples in “The Tempest” 11 Bar mitzvah or communion 12 Distort, as data 13 Gas company famous for its toy trucks 19 Cow’s chew 21 Physicist Enrico 24 Swarm (with) 25 Lie back 26 “Sad to say …” 30 Play and film about a 1977 series of interviews with a former president 31 One of a hundred in Scrabble 32 Impudence 33 Sign of healing 34 ___ Pet (1980s fad item) 35 Prefix with conscious or freak 37 Big Apple inits. 40 Car with the slogan “Truth in engineering” 41 Butcher’s offerings 42 East Indies tourist destination 47 Exemplify 48 Electrician’s alloy 50 Major highway 53 One who’s back from war, informally 54 Bridal path 55 “It’s all ___ to me” 56 Spicy dance or dip 57 Some Wharton degs. 58 Jessica of “Sin City” 59 Yam or turnip 63 Affirmative 64 Reassuring touch 65 Cry upon getting a tough crossword clue

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