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1 More than just reduce
6 Miner’s helmet attachment 10 Criticize harshly 14 Antique-shop purchase 15 London Magazine essayist
16 Show at a convention center 17 Adjust, as a car’s front end
18 Patronize Dollar
19 Sighed word
20 Elevator music player’s need?
23 Score perfectly on
24 Thumbs-ups
25 Poker table, at times?
31 Airport carousel item
34 The “Father of Geometry”
35 Ernie of the PGA
36 River through Pisa
37 Make a hasty exit
38 Gift-wrapping day, perhaps
39 Sawyer’s chronicler
40 Pitchfork part
41 Male buddy
42 “I’d like to see that!”
43 ___ Clemente (Nixon retreat)
44 Penn’s expressionless partner?
46 Status ___
47 Place for a piercing
48 Sheep’s vocal output?
57 Merry tune
58 Icky fare
59 Bungee jumper’s requirement
60 Stone of “The Help”
61 Ultimatum ender
62 “Angry Birds” aficionado, e.g.
63 Peephole’s place
64 Salt lick visitor
65 Antelope sighted on safaris
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1 Striker’s fill-in 2 Slow period for a salesman
3 Solo in a libretto
4 Accommodate an autograph hound 5 Japanese subcompact since
2001
6 “My Fair Lady” lyricist Alan Jay ___
7 Brewery offerings
8 In excellent condition
9 Supporters of the arts
10 Grins from ear to ear 11 Unicycle shaft 12 Connect, as riverbanks 13 Tokyo, to the 2020 Olympics 21 Tended to, as a sprain
22 “Aloha Oe” strings, for short 25 Outdoes in competition
26 St. ___ (Caribbean nation)
27 The Huskies of the NCAA
28 Polar bear’s resting place
29 “Werewolves of London” singer Warren
30 Corrida cheer
31 Barroom melee
32 “Pokemon” cartoon genre
33 Dead duck
36 MP’s quarry
38 The Clinton years, say
39 Where
64-Across and antelope play, in song 41 Posted in a web diary
42 One with top billing
44 “___ seriously, folks . . .”
45 Fish that’s big enough
46 Persian Gulf monarchy
48 Needed a bandage
49 Prom night ride
50 Muppet on some baby blankets 51 Fashion magazine since 1945 52 Button, on Frosty the Snowman
53 Greenish-blue hue
54 “Garfield” waitress
55 Place for a roast
56 Social goofball