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ACROSS
1 Softest of minerals
5 Daily dosages, casually
9 Big name in kitchen wrap 14 Nastase of tennis 15 “Summertime,” in “Porgy and Bess”
16 Gem on a string
17 Teller’s drawer
18 Curtain call group
19 Trims, as expenses
20 Blended drink at some gyms
23 Sludgy stuff
24 Curtain call cr y
25 Retro “Cool!”
27 Kept under wraps
30 Cracker in dessert recipes
33 Lob trajectory
36 Protectors of flower buds
38 Uncertain amount
39 Bed on a boat
41 Letters on a rap sheet
42 Monica with nine Grand Slam wins
43 Wiesel who wrote “Night”
44 Hammer requiring two hands
46 High-tech ID substance
47 Gazpacho ingredient
49 “Don’t You Know?” singer Reese 51 Fall off, as confidence
53 “This isn’t making sense”
57 Spot for a missal
59 Airport ceremony involving fire trucks
62 Give a valedictory, say
64 Self-storage rental
65 Constellation part
66 One in a love triangle, perhaps
67 Yahtzee need
68 Great Barrier Reef denizens
69 Cold-weather forecast word
70 Idyllic spot
71 Garden center buy
DOWN
1 Share for the church
2 Superman, e.g.
3 Pastel purple
4 Parts of string quartets 5 Sugar cane knife 6 Periods named for music genres 7 Chef’s creation 8 Pitchfork toter 9 Come to light 10 Place to graze 11 Place for freight 12 Cookie in some Klondike bars 13 “One more thing . . .”
21 Compactor input
22 Tapped containers
26 Subdue at a riot, informally
28 Silica gem
29 In one’s birthday suit 31 Response from the flock
32 City east of Phoenix
33 Stand watch for, say
34 Change cities, in Realtor-speak
35 Surge in lawlessness
37 Load, as into an 11-Down
40 Sign of remorse
42 Title cit y in a DuVernay movie
44 Fizzy part of a gin fizz
45 Sparkle, like an icicle
48 Beach or bath needs
50 Good to go
52 Dexterityenhancing piano piece 54 Word before space or limits 55 Past its “sell by” date, perhaps
56 Brief, like many tweets
57 Cruise stopover
58 Keystone State city
60 “National Velvet” author Bagnold
61 Pilaf base
63 Beach bum’s shade