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BEEHIVE ACROSS

1 Old West transport

6 Like a rainforest

10 Leave at the altar

14 Part of a bus. address, perhaps 15 Billie Jean King Center org.

16 Coloratura’s solo

17 Shiite’s deity

18 Roadie’s burden

19 Pessimist’s word

20 Amazon Prime Air vehicle

23 High jumper’s hurdle

24 Urban fleet member

25 Legalese adverb

29 Haggis eater, most likely 31 “Paper or plastic?” item

34 Letter-shaped fastener

35 “A Book of Nonsense” author Edward

36 Spiff up the decor of

37 “My Country, ’Tis of Thee” soundalike

40 Kazan who directed Brando

41 School since 1440

42 Word of submission

43 Did a 10K

44 Priv y to

45 One in a tub

46 “Push-up” garment

47 Dubbed one’s title

48 One capable of great feats

55 Palestinia­n area

56 River of Leeds

57 Didn’t go on

59 They may be stroked or bruised

60 No longer in force

61 Shop jargon

62 Dunkin’ Donuts stack

63 One of the Brontes

64 Closet eater’s supply

DOWN

1 Place to get pampered

2 Didn’t keep mum

3 “___ was I ere . . .”

4 World Cup score

5 First piece of evidence

6 Early semiautoma­tic pistol

7 App purchaser

8 Collar stiffener

9 Dyed-in-the-wool

10 Pitcher deGrom

11 2015 nuke deal nation

12 One of a haiku’s three

13 Body ink, slangily

21 Mover’s rental

22 Hamelin pest

25 More titanic

26 Virus named for a river

27 “The Thinker” sculptor

28 Disney queen voiced by Idina Menzel

29 “Foxfire” author Anya

30 “High Hopes” lyricist Sammy

31 Nut-yielding tree

32 “Hello” Grammy winner

33 Dead duck

35 Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club”

36 Half-pint

38 Vessel to the heart

39 Shouting matches

44 Portfolio part, briefly

45 Prefix with fuel or hazard

46 Trumpets and tubas, e.g.

47 Many a Volvo owner

48 Creche trio

49 Former Lacoste partner

50 Sphinx, mostly

51 Emerald Isle, poetically

52 Heal, as a broken bone

53 “Giant” author Ferber

54 Laws, informally

55 Hairdo stiffener

58 Outburst from Homer

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