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1 H.S. teams mainly with freshmen and sophomore players 9 Cause for caution 14 One engaged in a hairy escape? 15 Product of meiosis 16 Fixture in a church sanctuary 17 Inner selves, to Jung 18 Trouble 19 Where people may make a scene 21 Unit equivalent to 4.184 joules: Abbr. 22 Bust 23 Ancient Roman writer of comedies 24 51-Acrosses often hold them 26 Epitome of thinness 28 Rank in judo 29 Film bit

30 Only 20th-century president whose three distinct initials are in alphabetical order 31 Shake on it! 33 Calls for 35 Ring-toss item? 37 Palatable

41 A.P. exam inits. 43 Empty talk 45 Pence, e.g. 46 Some exchanges, in brief 49 Charging too much, say 51 Board appointment, for short 52 Lower-priced ticket option, maybe 54 Floral arrangement 56 Monogram on L’Homme products 57 Cactus with an edible fruit 59 Word with run or jump

60 ___ Museum, home of the Dead Sea Scrolls 61 Brave, e.g. 63 Gathers together with stitching 64 “Close …” 65 Jockey competitor 66 Enigmatic people

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1 1980s arcade character with a propeller beanie 2 Not fixed 3 Overflow 4 Spanish interrogative 5 Reversed 6 Angle measured by an astrolabe 7 Kind of pizza 8 Musical symbol indicating legato 9 Where the islets of Langerhans are located

10 Rat in “Ratatouille” 11 Send back 12 Minnesota county

or lake 13 Mitigate 15 Swore off 20 Decisive periods, briefly 25 Singer with the 1986 #1 album “Promise” 27 Something to act on

32 Image on an oscilloscope 34 No-goodniks 36 Place to play a board game 38 Candy sold in straws 39 Something to lace up before competition 40 Dips

42 Tackle box accessories 44 Ninja’s asset 46 Like a troublemaker 47 ___ Norman, 1983 Pulitzer-winning playwright 48 Add to the rotation? 50 Susan who starred on TV’s “The Partridge Family” 53 Comforting comment 55 Dialect of Arabic 58 Works (out) 62 Poor Clares member

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