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CROSSWORD 2/11

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SCREEN TEST ACROSS

1 Wood in model kits 6 Geysers do it

10 Where rials are spent

14 Wage negotiatio­ns side

15 Bit of mock vocal fanfare 16 Aspiring pilot’s milestone 17 2-for-1 Wall Street event, perhaps 19 Car rental partner of Budget 20 Wind chimes sound 21 Meticulous­ly planned movie scene

23 Sleepy Hollow horseman’s lack 25 Threw into the mix 26 Chipotle Mexican Grill bite 29 Chalked part of a cue 31 Chaucer’s Tabard, e.g.

32 Hitch on the run 34 Borrower’s easy target

39 CBS forensic drama franchise 40 Howard Hughes, in later years 42 In addition 43 “Good gravy!” 45 Dashboard displays 47 Like Garfield or Santa Claus 48 Prefix in music genres

50 Talk on WhatsApp, e.g.

51 Annual report graphic

54 Sushi bar libation 56 Chain that sells 6-Down 60 Open, as a gate 64 Privy to 65 Statistici­an who founded FiveThirty­Eight 67 Blogger’s tirade 68 Fairy tale prepositio­n 69 Urbane, like 007 70 Some folding cash 71 Beach castle makeup 72 Corkscrew’s shape

DOWN

1 Total failure

2 Policy opponent

3 Predator of wildebeest 4 1950s gym dance 5 Common sprain site 6 NASCAR sponsor 7 Kramden and Norton, famously 8 Falco of “Nurse Jackie”

9 Bulb power unit 10 Reiterated refusal 11 Acted the nomad 12 Literary tea party guest 13 Pushed with one’s snout

18 Show to a chair 22 Respired after a race

24 Club with a mirrored ball 26 PC guru 27 In addition 28 Slinky’s shape 30 Accordion tune, perhaps 31 FWIW part 33 Like an inferior substitute 35 Gasohol and ethanol 36 Arches National Park state 37 Burger shop drink 38 Kimmel or Colbert 41 Defib pro 44 Men’s underwear style 46 Color paler than turquoise 49 Cross-shaped Greek letters 51 Site of Egypt’s Tahrir Square 52 Spicy Chinese cuisine 53 Make restitutio­n 55 Potato-filled deli buy 57 Heavy burden 58 Competitor of 56-Across 59 School on the Thames 61 Shape of many grapes 62 Strauss of denim 63 Dino with puny forelimbs 66 This puzzle’s last entry, fittingly

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