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ASCENT TRAIL
ACROSS
1 Shoots nine or 18, say 6 Yell “Heads up!” to 11 Aqueduct action 14 Reader’s high-tech option 15 More in need of a rubdown 16 South of the border “Bravo!” 17 Home to Nikes, once 19 36 for nine holes, often 20 Televisions or stereos 21 Festive December twosome 22 Hoisted item during Oktoberfest 24 Cod-catching net 26 Acropolis Museum city 27 Chairman portrayed in “Nixon in China” 29 Alaskan region near the Arctic Ocean 32 One-eighty 34 Not so green 35 “Bagel and a schmear” shop 36 Houseflies’ undoings 38 Jessica of “Fantastic Four” movies 42 Dozer’s vision 44 Universally accepted statement 45 Movie vampire’s hairline feature, often 49 Bucket go-with 50 State Fair of Texas site 51 Fleecy pack animal 53 Steamed up 54 Trucker’s unit 56 “Chiquitita” vocal group 59 Raid-making govt. bureau 60 One who encounters the last parts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across on a climb 63 Rue Morgue’s creator 64 Wage a war of words 65 Journalist Sawyer 66 Drop the curtain on 67 Garlic-crushing gadget 68 Figure at a December party, perhaps
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1 Treasure chest contents, perhaps 2 Award co-presented by the Village Voice 3 One in need of salvation 4 “Chicago” director Bob 5 Enjoy Aspen 6 Alternative to “Yours truly” 7 Ear flap 8 Eventful spans 9 Quality measured in megapixels, briefly 10 Railroad bridge support 11 Flock loser of rhyme 12 Jerry’s best friend on “Seinfeld” 13 Seabirds with pointed bills 18 Host before Fallon 23 Insect’s midsection 25 Rustic renter of rooms 26 “Raiders of the Lost Ark” slitherers 27 Composition of tots’ pies 28 Competed a la Joey Chestnut 30 Memorable Chaplin screen character 31 Good guess in Battleship 33 “What has hands but can’t clap?” is one 36 Does a dressmaker’s chore 37 “It ___ the best of times . . .” 39 Succotash morsel 40 Respond to an ump’s bad call 41 Sound-boosting gear 43 Navigation software display 44 Letters before an alias 45 Take orders from, in a way 46 All skin and bones 47 Brings joy to 48 Actor Alan who is a Math-O-Vision judge 50 Statue-covering cloth 52 Obsession, as with a pop star 54 Olympics glider 55 Burdensome task 57 Like a shepherd’s crook 58 Surface statistic 61 Bruins great Bobby 62 TSA agents check them