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- BY Gail Grabowski

ACROSS

1 Passes through cracks, say 6 RPM gauge 10 Belch out, as smoke 14 Any Elvis tune, now 15 Needing a rubdown, say 16 First name in denim 17 Flared dress style 18 Book jacket part 19 Vein yields 20 Wicker tables and chairs, e.g. 23 Tina of “Date Night” 24 Rx abusers, perhaps 25 Kind of daisy 29 MFA part 31 Husk’s contents 34 Alternativ­e to a sedan 35 Berry touted as a superfood 36 Number in a book’s index 37 Northern boundary of the South Frigid Zone 40 Show team spirit 41 Patronized Uber 42 Ward off 43 Hosp. areas that deal with 24-Across 44 Lowers, as lights 45 Rafters shoot them 46 Sniper’s asset 47 According to 48 High stat for a home run hitter, usually 57 Go backpackin­g 58 Those opposed 59 Command to an attack dog 60 Broken mirror, to some 61 All-hrs. convenienc­es, perhaps 62 Not missing a trick 63 Blog update 64 Draw the short straw, say 65 Those in favor

DOWN

1 Go to great heights 2 Fitzgerald on a 2007 postage stamp 3 Work on a script 4 Ice cream purchase 5 Take care of 6 Candy that’s pulled 7 Anti-censorship org. 8 Blacken on a barbecue 9 Trance-inducing 10 Casino array 11 Northern neighbor of Chile 12 Partner of anon 13 Like Yoda 21 Cultural grant org. 22 Beer sellers’ requests, for short 25 Cause to jump, in a way 26 Hold a banquet for, say 27 They’re chopped in chop shops 28 Petty quarrel 29 Alkali neutralize­rs 30 Census form datum 31 Plants in Arizona landscapin­g 32 Made goo-goo eyes at 33 Suds, at saloons 35 Particle for Niels Bohr 36 Word in private school names, informally 38 One with a rap sheet 39 “It seems to me . . .” 44 Cutting remark 45 Accelerate, with “up” 46 Sports go-between 47 No longer in 48 Browse eBay, perhaps 49 Big wheel’s wheels 50 Strings at luaus 51 Western mil. alliance 52 Places with elliptical trainers 53 Stir to anger 54 Air Force hotshots 55 Richard of “Arbitrage” 56 Defib specialist­s

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