“A BIT SELFISH”

ACROSS

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Cousin of “ahem”

Fodder holder

“Crocodile Dundee” star

“Beetle Bailey” pooch

Minute bit

Speak from a soapbox

Big hit for Janis Joplin

Fine wool

Nabisco cookies

Genesis name

Takeoff and landing overseers (Abbr.) Baby carrier?

___ polloi

Amount to make do with

“That feels good!”

Reacts to pain or a pun

Dressed like a Roman senator Adage

Certain marine vessel

Passed out cards

Like a wetland

Writer Christie

Maple fluid

Congers

Perignon’s title 52 54 56 57 59 61 65 66 67 68 69 70 .0000001 joule

The upper part

Thou squared

Prefix meaning “false” Bearish

“Your secret’s safe with me” Game related to bingo

Film director Ephron

Be a stool pigeon

Anxiety

Stone of many Libras Watering need

DOWN

1 Sword-hilt knob

2 Stuff into a ship’s hold

3 Gawks

4 Author Morrison

5 Deliberate subversion

6 “Am ___ believe ... ?”

7 Gray wolf

8 Game played with a 40-card deck 9 Word spelled the same as another but with a different meaning 10 Tolkien creatures

11 Joke

12 Consumed

13 “Born,” in wedding notices 18 Chromosome component 19 Safecracker, in slang 24 Gaping hole

26 “Aquarius” musical 27 Lennon’s widow

28 Suffix with “patriot”

30 Artificial leg?

32 “___ a friend of mine”

34 Daisy variety

36 Under pressure

37 Rid of vermin, Pied Piper-style 39 Palindromic title

40 Wedding ceremony

41 “Dear old” guy 42 Psychoanalysis topic

45 War god

48 Designer Pucci

49 Department store section 50 Arctic transport

53 Bat droppings

55 Historic opening?

57 Cushion stickers 58 Discontinue

60 Obi, e.g.

61 Wharton grad, for one 62 Wistful wishing

63 Time delay

64 It’s full of periods