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CROSSWORD ORGAN RECITAL

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

ACROSS

1 Assault like a Stooge

5 Shows curiosity

9 Foolish folks

14 Capitol Hill helper

15 Writer whose mission/Is rhymed compositio­n 16 Cinnabon allure 17 “Sell when the price hits $50,” say

19 Showed terror

20 Bug-eating burrower 21 Place for passers, on a highway

23 Intense craving

24 Punter’s asset

27 The younger Manning

28 Calf-length slacks

34 Aerate, as a lawn

37 Nerve, slangily

38 Wader with a curved bill

39 Angels and Devils

42 Pause, on a score

43 In dots and dashes, maybe

45 Syrup in gingerbrea­d

47 Notation after a clef

50 Superhero creator Stan

51 Ponderer’s sound

52 Uncle on recruiting posters

55 Dinners with speakers, often

60 Submit a paperless return

62 Guesstimat­e word

63 Unrealisti­c notion

66 Lamp dweller of lore

67 Not just occasional­ly

68 Folklore brute

69 Assembly stages

70 Green sage of sci-fi 71 Faberge egg insets DOWN

1 Liable to talk back

2 Flexible, like a ballerina

3 Add holly to, say

4 Toon stinker Le Pew

5 Common mo. to

60-Across

6 Groundskee­per’s roll 7 Stem-to-stern structure 8 Meryl of “The Post”

9 Rite involving water

10 Viva voce test 11 “Nana” author Emile

12 Sign of what’s to come

13 “Smooth Operator” singer

18 Hooting hatchling

22 Annual vaccine target

25 Tighten up, as text

26 Wind of 34-47 knots

28 They’re struck by bodybuilde­rs

29 Woolly animal at a petting zoo

30 Stagecoach team member

31 Former flames

32 Head skyward

33 Ashe Stadium units

34 Politico Santorum

35 Bassoon’s kin

36 Neat as a pin

40 Streetligh­t circler 41 Urban renewal target

44 Thins out

46 Ready for a gunfight

48 __-whiz technology

49 Take-home figure

52 Attack on Troy, e.g.

53 Antitheft device

54 Trending posts

55 Overhead bin items

56 Harbor, as a fugitive

57 Fourth little piggy’s share

58 Wisecracke­r’s line

59 Farmscape sight

61 Lily pad occupant

64 Chickpea holder

65 H, to Hellenes

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