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ACROSS

1 Wins in a laugher 6 Point of a crescent moon 10 Jazz player’s jargon 14 ___ box ( TV) 15 “Oh, of course!” 16 Operating system in many servers 17 Like the texture of cornbread 18 Avoid a collision, perhaps 19 Thomas who skewered Boss Tweed 20 Prohibiting a kids’ card game? 23 Place to indulge oneself 25 Sushi bar selection 26 Solidarity co- founder Lech 27 Out- and- out 29 Compose, as music 31 Refrain from embraces? 33 “Conan” channel 36 Mireille of “The Catch” 37 Samaritan’s offering 38 With 4- Down, “Little Fockers” actress 39 Tend to a rip, perhaps 40 Leave lettuce off the shopping list? 44 Thorns in one’s side 45 Eyre’s creator 46 Sites for rites 49 Lifeboat implement 50 Long- eared pack animal 51 Having no interest in money? 55 Orchard unit 56 “Glad to hear it!” 57 Wise old ones 60 Face- to- face exam 61 Cocky racer of fable 62 “Three Coins” fountain 63 Shrimpers’ gear 64 Back in the day 65 Paintball sound

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1 Salty part of a margarita glass 2 Tribute in verse 3 An ex of Frank Sinatra 4 See 38- Across 5 Component of synthetic rubber 6 Well- mannered 7 Played for a patsy 8 Ranked tourney entrant 9 Colonial- era hairpiece 10 Mowgli’s habitat 11 Greatly impressed 12 Exchange students’ documents 13 “Cast of thousands” member 21 Often- buggy software release 22 D. C. baseballers 23 They’re cracked by crooks 24 In push- up position 28 “Crunched” muscles, briefly 29 Presidents Tyler and Taylor, for two 30 Hardly 6- Down 32 Nearly extinct 33 1960 No. 1 hit heard in “American Graffiti” 34 Babysitters’ handfuls 35 They’re taken by partisans 38 In spite of, for short 40 Card game that sounds like an Egyptian ruler 41 At first glance 42 Conveyance for two skiers 43 Hauls in for booking 44 Rolls with holes 46 “Sweet” river in a Burns poem 47 Peter who played Mr. Moto 48 Oct. 31 handout 49 Nash who rhymed “Bronx” with “thonx” 52 Biblical boatman 53 Reason for an R rating 54 Wyatt of Tombstone 58 Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” 59 Obedience school command

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