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1 Soap-drop indicator 5 Prepared for pie, in a way 10 Trunk extension 14 Buddhist priest 15 The “A” in the Tokyo studio AIC 16 Stargazing subject? 17 Rural stopovers 18 Retro filter choice 19 Importunate solicitor 20 Spin-off with a bluesy theme song by John Lee Hooker 23 2000s political slogan 24 Initial payments 26 European hub 27 Industrious type 29 Nut 32 Ritual heap 33 Rapper will.__ 34 Half a piano duo? 35 Chaparral plant 37 Longfellow’s “The Bell of __” 38 Iwo Jima flag-raiser Hayes 39 Half a classic cowboy nickname 40 Top of the order? 42 DNA units 44 1990s game console release, initially 45 Strong feeling 46 ’60s-’70s singer born Ellen Cohen 50 Catcall? 53 Circumstances, idiomatically 54 Hilarious 55 Look for 56 Certain something 57 “Obviously!” 58 Put away 59 Highland language 60 Irritations found in clouds 61 Iowa Department of Transportation city
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1 “Naturalis Historia” author 2 Poker for knights? 3 Old Dodges 4 It often looks like gibberish 5 “No more discussion” 6 Like turnpike ramps 7 Wisconsin college 8 Abu Dhabi bigwig 9 Shaking event 10 Prolonged list, as of complaints 11 “It’s safe to sit next to me” 12 Onetime accessory for Britney Spears and Keri Russell 13 Nonkosher sandwich, usually 21 Techie stereotype 22 “Hakuna Matata” lifestyle 25 Ones in it for the long haul 27 Mitt Romney’s alma mater: Abbr. 28 Modern folklore 29 Card game played by Phileas Fogg 30 Annual observance celebrating commitment to the planet 31 Behind 32 __ tem 36 Darwin’s __ Beagle 37 Graph point’s x-coordinate 39 Low joint 41 Turtle’s mouth 43 Vital vessels 44 Didn’t play 46 Crete’s highest elev. 47 Top squad 48 Martin or Miller 49 “I’ma Be Me” stand-up comic Wanda 51 Kodos’ alien cohort on “The Simpsons” 52 It can be pumped 53 Honey, in slang