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CROSSWORD

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EDITED Fred Piscop BY Patrick Jordan

BELL BOTTOMS

ACROSS

1 Self-indulgent getaways 5 Marcel Duchamp’s art genre 9 Article on a passing 13 Reply to “Marco!” 14 Playing for a sap 16 Forgetful friend of

46-Down 17 Closely related 18 Mazda two-seater 19 Trance-ending sound

20 Do a makeover on

22 Bouncy melody

24 Card game with a Batman version

25 “E FP TOZ” exam

27 Opens with a box cutter

29 Slapstick bit

31 “Green” tote

34 Eastern “way”

37 Offerer on eBay

39 “Unmitigate­d” nerve

40 France’s secondbusi­est airport

42 Like 68-Across music

43 “Dancing Queen” vocal group

44 Executive’s assistant

45 Tap into, as a resource

47 Candied vegetable

48 Aquafina competitor

50 Nearer to maturity

52 ’Vette automaker

54 Lex Luthor, to Superman

58 “That’s disgusting!”

60 Neither up nor down

62 Nine-day Catholic ritual

63 YMCA amenity

65 Campbell on a catwalk

67 Pecan’s shape

68 Woodwind with a narrow bore

69 Reaction to a “dad joke”

70 Period after Shrove Tuesday

71 White or Blue river

72 Cause of respirator­y woes

73 Deuce topper

DOWN

1 Word before ribs or room 2 Warden’s workplace, slangily

3 Still in contention

4 Many a Beethoven work 5 Foraging tactic 6 “Just ___ suspected!” 7 Channel selector, once 8 Bill-killing voters 9 Exceeds one’s Rx 10 Ballplayer with a multimilli­on-dollar first contract 11 Land bordering Turkmenist­an 12 Blunder in print 15 Artists’ event 21 TJ Maxx department

23 Uncontroll­able spasm

26 Flooring pro

28 “Gladiator” wardrobe item

30 Not at all ambiguous

32 Jessica of “Sin City”

33 David Bowie’s genre

34 Fly-catching amphibian

35 Diva’s big moment

36 Like early rap music

38 Astronomer Hubble

41 “Uh-huh!”

46 Pixar clownfish

49 Ashe Stadium barrier 51 Launch a rebellion

53 Numbers on wine labels

55 Saw off, say

56 Totally pointless

57 Like soy sauce

58 Well-versed in

59 Desert of Mongolia

61 Inevitable ruin

64 Sara ___ cakes

66 ___ Zedong

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