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MIDDLE CLASS ACROSS

1 Compete in a joust 5 Hard- to- please performers 10 With a fresh start 14 Liederkranz cheese has a strong one 15 Pulitzer- winning critic Roger 16 Was decked out in 17 Challenge, as authority 18 Kindergartner’s stickum 19 Felt, but unseen, field 20 Morsel in a Quaker box 21 Politician who’s not independent 23 Numbers following copyright symbols 25 Drive- up window request 26 Street- corner doomsayer’s sign 28 Do karaoke 30 Taiwanese computer giant 31 Touch up for publication 33 Like some wine barrels 38 Pad ___ ( Asian noodle dish) 39 Drops off briefly 41 “Smooth Operator” singer 42 Monopoly’s cat or top hat 44 Note from the boss 45 Direction on a Kool- Aid packet 46 Barely makes, with “out” 48 Began to unravel 50 The terrible twos, e. g. 53 Item in a book, roll or pane 54 Considerable sum 57 Movie with Ed Asner as Santa 60 Top- ranked 61 Dust sprinkler of folklore 62 Geometry calculation 63 Empire conquered by Pizarro 64 Etchers’ fluids 65 Pull an all- nighter, perhaps 66 Judge to be 67 eHarmony. com matchups 68 Synonym for “class” found in the middle of 21- and 54- Across and 3- and 35- Down

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1 Bit of commotion 2 One may stop a mental block 3 Mount Everest, notably 4 Take a shot at 5 Shoved off 6 Letter- shaped supports 7 Part of Goofy’s outfit 8 Pseudo- stylish 9 Trample underfoot 10 “Judge Judy” decision 11 “It’s ___!” ( quitter’s lament) 12 Reason for an erasure 13 Detach gradually, as from a habit 21 Prop for Rachael Ray 22 Descartes’ “therefore” 24 Causing the creeps 26 “Round and Round” 1980s hair band 27 Sound studio effect 28 Shoebox data 29 Newscast part 32 Observatory topper 34 Black tea of India 35 Pop star who twice voiced Smurfette 36 Falco who played Carmela Soprano 37 Stereotypical comic book fan 40 Quality of a down quilt 43 Robin’s home 47 ATM or smartphone feature 49 Stinging swimmer 50 In push- up position 51 From this point forward 52 First- stringers 53 Insulting, as a remark 54 Settled up with 55 Page layout measurement unit 56 Tollbooth location, often 58 Stunt cyclist’s feat 59 Antonym of anonymity 62 Work on a soap, say

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