Crossword

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1 Spaces between

teeth 5 Comedian

Foxworthy 9 Flat finish 14 Gershwinʼs “__

Rhythm” 15 Divaʼs delivery 16 Skylit courts 17 *Internet connection touted in the ʼ90s as faster than dial-up 19 Leaks 20 Bill for beers 21 Barbieʼs beau 23 Church recess 24 4 x 4, for short 25 Brontë and Post 27 1987 Beatty/

Hoffman bomb 30 Flammable gas 32 Andyʼs son in

Mayberry 33 Decorate 34 ASAP relative 37 Move back and

forth, as a tail 38 *Extended

engagement 40 Baseball great

Gehrig 41 Remains of the

tray? 42 Building addition 43 Mideast strip 44 Toronto NBAer 46 Remained 48 Beach Boys

“Help Me” title girl 50 Whirling toon

devil 51 Slippery 52 Bosom buddy 55 Pricey watches 59 Bravery 61 Battery boost ... and what the first part of the answers to starred clues can literally be 63 Happening 64 Fronton game

word 65 Scrabble piece 66 Stringed instruments of yore 67 Jalopy corrosion 68 Historic British

school

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1 “Shadow Dancing” singer Andy 2 Indian tourist city 3 Below average 4 Law 5 Go on and on 6 MLB pitcherʼs

stat 7 Stool pigeon 8 Lose luster, as

colors 9 Fit to be tied 10 Subway immortalized in an Ellington song 11 *Diamond

defensive rarity 12 Slightly inebriated 13 Subsides 18 Spreadsheet info 22 Indiaʼs first prime

minister 26 Herbie of jazz 27 Hawkeyeʼs state 28 Health resorts 29 *Vegas spender 30 Lawn care tool 31 Six-pointed starshaped screw head 33 Part of A.D. 35 Catch a few zʼs 36 Campus

courtyard 38 SoCal cop force 39 Like much bar

beer 43 Montreal daily 45 “Tennis, __?” 46 “Cut that out!” 47 Scottish toppers 48 Whoop it up 49 Hard to lift 53 Not quite closed 54 Humdinger 56 Canter or gallop 57 “Aliceʼs Restaurant” singer Guthrie 58 British weapon

acronym 60 ACLU concerns 62 Pasʼ partners