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- EDITED Fred Piscop BY Zhouqin Burnikel

CENTRAL CASTING ACROSS

1 Michelin rating unit 5 Guinness order 9 Hermes silk accessory 14 Post-WWII alliance 15 Jon Arbuckle’s dog 16 Vichy leader Pierre 17 Break for a busy mom, say 19 Genre at Tokyo’s Comiket fair 20 What a swish doesn’t touch 21 Room with a recliner 22 “Three Bathers” artist Henri 24 Layered pasta dish 26 Gymnast’s perfection, once 27 Net-touching serve 28 “Try me!” 33 Pool workout units 35 Runaway GI 36 Canvas over an infield 37 Strauss of jeans 38 Disney’s Little Mermaid 39 Mates of 12-Down 40 School on the Thames 41 Fauxhawk hairdo applicatio­ns 42 Jay with a car show 43 Completed transactio­n 45 Pec image, say 46 Color akin to khaki 47 Cap wearer’s grooming woe 51 Retired professor’s title 55 Hearty laugh 56 Target of some vaccines 57 Casca or Caesar 58 Excursion to Hawaii, say 61 Accept as valid 62 Brad of “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” 63 Left dreamland 64 Serta competitor 65 Match components 66 Liar’s poker bills

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1 Guard dog’s warning 2 Shire of “The Godfather” 3 Molecule makeup 4 “Inferno” director Howard 5 Packing a punch 6 Menzel who sang “Let It Go” 7 Matchstick­s game 8 Come down hard 9 Christian of “Mr. Robot” 10 Dracula’s prominence­s 11 Hertz competitor 12 Dads of lambs 13 Go on the lam 18 Jigsaw perimeter pieces 23 In the slightest 25 Rugged path for a hiker 28 “Sure thing!” 29 Bucks’ partners 30 Sign of boredom 31 Cookie in mud pies 32 FedEx competitor 33 Jared of “American Psycho” 34 Skin So Soft brand 35 Real estate ad figure 37 Called the shots 38 Sports pro’s rep 42 Fried Hanukkah treat 44 Delicate, like a doily 45 Talks trash to 47 Radisson competitor 48 Zac of “The Greatest Showman” 49 How many twins look 50 Plays for a patsy 51 Periods named for presidents 52 Game ___ (Windows feature) 53 Top baby girl’s name since 2014 54 Google Play downloads 59 Tell a whopper 60 The only even prime

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© Andrews McMeel 7/24

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