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ACROSS

1 Not single-gender

5 Overhead bin contents

9 Mary of “The Maltese Falcon” 14 Fit for the task 15 Quadruped’s foreleg bone 16 Teakettle’s spot 17 Foam noodle or inflatable raft 19 Studied intently, with “over”

20 Illuminato­r in a shirt pocket, perhaps

21 Orator of old Rome

22 Cultural grant org.

23 Turkey meat option

24 Examined thoroughly, as for evidence

28 Place to buy a whoopee cushion 32 Highway patrol device

33 Rattle, in a way

34 Paddington Bear’s homeland

35 In a frenzied way

36 Entree go-withs

37 Pals, to a Brit

38 Hatcher of “Planes”

39 Dismissed unceremoni­ously

40 Supports a telethon

41 Catches in a trap

43 Like gruel

44 Tickled pink

45 Square on a biscuit

46 Strands at a ski lodge, perhaps

49 Subject that’s best avoided

54 Meerkat in “The Lion King” 55 Equitable opportunit­y

56 Piano student’s exercise

57 Lord High Everything ___

58 Monster in Grimm tales 59 Grand Canyon formations

60 Hoer’s target

61 Pep talk audience

DOWN

1 Al who created Dogpatch 2 Typically black reed instrument 3 Musk of Neura-link and Open-AI

4 HP competitor

5 Was bursting at the seams

6 Lei giver’s greeting

7 Pest in a swarm

8 Parked oneself

9 Have a lofty ambition 10 Issuance of new shares

11 Made a mad dash

12 No longer obsessed with 13 Modernize, as decor

18 Like 18K gold, vis-a-vis 14K gold 21 Bakers’ creations

23 Grabbed forty winks

24 Talk gibberish

25 Noodles in many dorm rooms

26 Signs of decay

27 Refrigerat­or boxful that absorbs

26-Down

28 Makes wearisome

29 Lift with great effort

30 Neatnik’s desire

31 Purring pet, casually

33 Prearrange­d the winner of

36 Clingy wrap brand

40 Places to deplane

42 Roomy Dior dresses

43 Engaged in hostilitie­s

45 Charm school subject

46 Celeb couple, in tabloids

47 Commend for bravery, say

48 Fleet-footed avians

49 Event on a store circular

50 Track and field spheroid

51 Senator’s gofer

52 Gumbo need

53 Rain in bucketfuls

55 Limited number of

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