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1 Former soldiers 5 Explosive compound, briefly 10 A lot 14 Quarreling 15 Still soft, as concrete 16 First-year law student 17 Housekeeper’s whisky request? 19 Gillette razor 20 Wire-bending hand tool 21 Place to adopt a dog 23 Really big cats 26 Mechanical learning routine 27 Itemizes 30 International shipping co. 32 Red wine grape known as Shiraz in Australia 35 Eight: Pref. 36 Grins 38 Be in debt 39 One of a bike’s two 40 “Li’l” comic strip character 41 Medical image for diagnosis 42 Bering or Black 43 First game of the season 44 Related by blood 45 Type style that sounds like a Disney mermaid 47 Gun, as an engine 48 Johnny Mathis classic that begins, “Look at me” 49 FBI agent 51 Fix a lawn 53 Hawaiian medicine men 56 Saudi __ 60 Ships’ rears 61 Bachelor’s whisky request? 64 Loyal 65 Letter-shaped dress style 66 ExxonMobil brand 67 Clumsy one’s exclamation 68 British race car maker 69 Half-moon tide

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1 Femme fatale 2 And others: Abbr. 3 Symbolic carving in Maori culture 4 Type of durable work boot 5 Insane, as a scheme 6 Lodging choice 7 “Cats” poet’s monogram 8 Harvest 9 Frolicking swimmer 10 Warm and cozy 11 Geologist’s whisky request? 12 Fiddling Roman emperor 13 Open-handed hit 18 Colored eye part 22 Throw softly 24 Phone __ 25 Fishing lure 27 Much, casually 28 More slippery 29 Astronaut’s whisky request? 31 Magician’s hiding place 33 Be in store for 34 Comic Youngman 36 Maple-syrupto-be 37 Make a mistake 41 Ended a prayer 43 “The Good Earth” heroine 46 Makes laugh 48 __ or less: about 50 Like a facial cavity 52 Clearance events 53 Green Hornet’s sidekick 54 Jackson 5 hairdo 55 Storage building for crops 57 It may be stolen on a diamond 58 Ingrid’s “Casablanca” role 59 Upon 62 Petty gripe 63 Beast with a beard

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