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CROSSWORD

- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Gail Grabowski

RAPID BUNCH

ACROSS 1 New Haven collegians 5 Scored 100 on 9 Unhealthy-looking 14 Speed-of-sound word

15 Throw for a loop 16 Advil alternativ­e 17 Chamber music woodwind 18 Sheepish look 19 Wedding reception feature 20 Creator of the Brobdingna­gians 23 Org. with auditors 24 Do a critic’s work 25 Stingray or GTO, informally

28 Get bronzed 29 “___ Autumn” (Woody Herman hit) 30 Cheer at a futbol game

31 Drew back, with “away” 34 Word with New or Golden 36 Budget or Dollar alternativ­e 37 FedEx trucks, e.g. 40 Situated on 41 Feed store buy 42 Is deserving of 43 Rooks, but not ravens 44 Letters on tires 45 Grid great Marino 46 Buffet stack 48 Emotional damage 50 Family nickname 53 Yom Kippur observance 56 Get from the ASPCA, perhaps 58 Mideast theocracy 59 Having the right stuff 60 Bench-clearing brawl

61 Home on a limb 62 Selected at random 63 Turned 9-Across 64 Workers with antennae 65 Match segments DOWN 1 Face in a text, e.g. 2 Repair bill segment 3 1-Downs, e.g. 4 Stadium replaced by Citi Field 5 Crocheted blanket 6 Gemologist’s unit 7 Surfer’s read 8 Rooms with recliners, often 9 Places for bug zappers 10 Among the clouds 11 Auto interior protector 12 Items in 8-Down 13 “Are we there ___?”

21 Part of NAFTA 22 Dance like a dervish 26 Superman, e.g. 27 Catches one’s breath 28 Family leavetaker’s replacemen­t 29 Some sorority parties 31 Mischief-maker 32 Piece on Marvin Gardens, say 33 Winning gambler’s cr y 34 Antioxidan­trich berry 35 Oater “Scram!”

36 Alda of “The Longest Ride” 38 Martini’s partner in wine

39 Words ending in “-phobia” 44 Clobbered, as with hail 45 Takes aback 47 Home with a smoke hole 48 Sailor’s lurer of myth 49 Stop pedaling, briefly 50 Buffalo skater 51 Dot on a globe 52 Fusses and fumes 54 “Dennis the Menace” girl 55 Phonebooth stuffing et al. 56 Roadie’s burden 57 Opioids watchdog org.

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