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Today’s Crossword

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ACROSS

1 Schooner features 6 Frosty coating 10 Shine

15 Advil competitor

16 __ of March 17 EVE’s companion, in a 2008 Pixar film

18 *Is unsuitable

21 “__ ideas?” 22 “Back to the Future” vehicle

23 Wild place

24 Rays or Jays

26 RAM part

27 First light 28 Egyptian snake 30 Wide shoe spec 32 *Literary character with an evil alter ego 38 Anti-cruelty org. 39 “Hold up!” 40 Radiate 42 Twangy-voiced 43 Breakfast order 44 BFFs

46 Gets a glimpse of 48 Most innocent 49 Canonized Mlle. 50 *Threshold

55 Bus depot: abbr. 56 Corrida opponent 58 Paddock sound 59 Hank’s job on “Breaking Bad,” briefly 60 Modern-day Persian 62 Tiny annoyance 63 Former One Direction singer Zayn __ 64 Frequent presidenti­al candidate Ralph 65 Fairy tale baddie

66 In reserve

67 Skim (over)

68 *See 42-Down 69 Knight’s horse

DOWN

1 Angry with 2 Without assistance 3 “Later!” 4 Family room sets 5 Final email step 6 Search quickly through 7 Figure of speech 8 Way around D.C. 9 Perfume compound 10 No Doubt lead singer Stefani 11 Chocolate dog

12 “My Fair Lady” heroine 13 Let happen

14 Fruit that’s still a fruit when two of its letters are switched

19 What sirens may do 20 Actress Salma 25 Chinese liquor brand 27 San Diego suburb 29 Climbed

31 The Eiffel Tower, aptly?

32 Western outlaw 33 Be indebted to 34 Cleaning cloth

35 Irish dance 36 “Close Encounters” beings

37 Hides one’s true self 38 Idyllic

41 Take for a first drive 42 With 68-Across, each successive one of a set graphicall­y depicted by this puzzle’s circles 45 Arranged like the 68-Acrosses in the answers to starred clues are designed to be

47 Farm mom 48 Tissue layer 51 “What a nightmare!” 52 Fab Four drummer 53 [Don’t touch my bone!] 54 Info a spy might gather

57 Dollar bills 59 Condé __ 61 Recipient of much Apr. mail

63 More, in Madrid

 ??  ?? Puzzle by Claire Muscat and David Steinberg
Puzzle by Claire Muscat and David Steinberg

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