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1 Branch 5 Advisory group 10 Big name in luxury retailing 14 About 30% of Earth’s land area 15 More fitting 16 Thing with rings 17 Really bad béchamel? 19 Letters facilitating sorting 20 Unpaid stack for scofflaw Aaron? 22 Something to stretch out on 25 Comedian dubbed “Mr. Television” 26 Mitchell protagonist 27 Bone holders 30 With 61-Across, “Yer darn tootin’!” 31 Seaweed for sushi 32 Puts down 35 What happens at the end of a Manilow concert? 38 Most closely related 39 Educational period 42 Letters with Arizona or Maine 45 Made tracks 46 One of composer John Williams’ five 47 Harlem Renaissance writer Zora __ Hurston 49 Does some lawn maintenance 51 Furry creature that isn’t cool? 55 Bee in Mayberry, e.g. 56 Convicted hastily and unfairly ... or, in a way, like the four other longest puzzle answers? 60 It requires some effort 61 See 30-Across 62 Confucius, by reputation 63 See 29-Down 64 Fashionista’s concern 65 __-how

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1 __ Cruces 2 Prefix with metric 3 Defunct space station 4 Conan, for one 5 Iraqi port 6 Dazzling style 7 Vince Gill’s “Look __” 8 Certain quadrilateral: Abbr. 9 Half of sechs 10 Simple sign holder 11 Major thoroughfare 12 Mother’s whistler? 13 Familiar fivesome 18 City about 150 miles east of San Diego 21 “NCIS” airer 22 It’s other than hither 23 “So that’s your game!” 24 Apparel 27 Accumulated, with “up” 28 Many years 29 With 63-Across, “Is there more?” 32 Decimated sea 33 Erato’s instrument 34 Assigns work (for), as students 36 Cite, with “to” 37 Religious subgroup 40 “Norma __” 41 Union title? 42 Risky 43 “The Bourne Supremacy,” e.g. 44 Hot spots 46 Dunked snack 48 Barista’s offering 49 “Over the Rainbow” composer 50 Misspoke, say 52 While lead-in 53 Cloudless 54 The Auld Sod 57 “SNL” castmate of Gilda and Chevy 58 Swellhead’s problem 59 Wet blanket

By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2017 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 09/01/17