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1 Fictional archaeologist Croft 5 Prep for fight night 9 Furry critters who helped disable the shield generator on Endor 14 Major work 15 La Scala song 16 “Mack the Knife” singer 17 *Jewelry alloy 19 Pull together 20 Frenzy 21 Plumeria garlands 23 CIA relative 24 “__ recall ... ” 25 *Genre that may be featured in the Eurovision Song Contest 29 Serenade 31 “Good comeback” 32 Palm starch 33 Julia LouisDreyfus comedy 37 London insurance pioneer 38 *Sleight-ofhand scam 41 Dispatch boat 44 Apple desktop 45 Former Virginia senator Charles 49 Sesame paste 51 Daffy, for one 53 *Food brand whose products include Caribbean curry paste and Jamaican jerk seasoning 57 Lyft approx. 58 Strike caller 59 H.G. Wells race 60 Actor Pratt or Pine 62 Flower girl, perhaps 65 1978 novelty song with the line “Eat them up! Yum!” ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues can be 67 Come next 68 “Dies __” 69 Exactly, with “to” 70 Baby carrier? 71 Sleek swimmers 72 Gerritsen who created Rizzoli and Isles

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1 Catholic service with minimal ceremony 2 Lossof speech 3 Making a mess of 4 Bubbly city 5 Mattress problem 6 Orwellian worker 7 Didn’t feel well 8 Diameter halves 9 College URL ending 10 Pallid 11 Venezuelan river 12 Tacky 13 Moved furtively 18 NCAA’s Big __ 22 Mach 1 flier 26 Made on a loom 27 Ian who plays Bilbo Baggins 28 Things used for good measure? 30 Scuttlebutt 34 Nutmeg State Ivy Leaguer 35 Shade tree 36 Vardon Trophy org. 39 Hägar the Horrible’s daughter 40 Civil rights gp. 41 Brings into harmony 42 Critter, in dialect 43 “Fingers crossed!” 46 Perform surgery 47 Happens to, quaintly 48 Copper-zinc alloys 50 Party host’s bagful 52 Snowfall measure 54 2004 Jude Law title role 55 Orléans’ river 56 Rope fiber 61 __ index 63 Mongrel 64 Startled cry 66 “__ Just Not That Into You”: 2009 film

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