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ACROSS

1 Housefly’s undoing 5 Get ready, as for surgery 9 Play-of-color birthstones 14 “That’s a shame!” 15 Subtle quality 16 French city, in a Porter tune 17 Hit dance tune of the early ’60s 20 In finer fettle 21 Sampras with five U.S. Open wins 22 D.C. ball team, briefly 23 “Iron Mike” of the ring 25 Seance noises 27 Off-color, as language 30 Amazon’s business 34 Sac fly stat 37 Dissenter’s vote 38 Kings’ domains 39 $200 Monopoly property 42 Person or thing 43 A pal of Pooh 44 G-rated movie’s lack 45 Wild West band 46 Sound of censorship 48 Bullets, bombs et al. 50 Holiday party figure, perhaps 54 Chanteuse’s offering 57 Sporty auto, for short 60 River to the Rhone 62 Sequence of symbols, in computers 65 Was shown on TV 66 Von Bismarck of Prussia 67 Ad business award 68 Kicked around, with “with” 69 Allure publisher Conde ___ 70 Meets, as a bet

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1 Junior-to-be, briefly 2 Major Kansas crop 3 With plenty to spare 4 Pounds an IBM Selectric 5 Scratch golfers often shoot it 6 Keister 7 Detroit River’s outlet 8 Place for canned goods 9 Choose, with “for” 10 Reality show featuring hagglers 11 Diva’s delivery 12 “___ we forget . . .” 13 Stage structures 18 God with a quiver 19 Service beverage 24 Fran Drescher role 26 Day spa treatment 28 Video feed annoyance 29 Austrian ski area 31 Gel-yielding plant 32 Giant-screen format 33 Timothy Leary’s drug 34 High rollers’ city 35 Cricketers’ gear 36 “You’re wrong!” 38 Makes hopping mad 39 One bench press, say 40 Tabloids pair 41 Knock the socks off 46 National Security Advisor John 47 Historian’s field 49 Scottish name prefix 51 Ones making busts 52 Decorative fabric 53 “Tomorrow” musical 54 Improvise like Ella 55 1971 song about Kent State 56 ___ a soul (no one) 58 Cheese in spinach pie 59 MFA part 61 Parts of psyches 63 Toss in 64 Sighter of pink elephants

© Andrews McMeel 8/22