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1 Fail big-time 5 To any degree 10 Cash caches, briefly 14 “Garfield” drooler 15 Artoo- ___ 16 Pan handler 17 ___ Raton, Fla. 18 Clear, in a way 19 Once-popular roadside chain, familiarly 20 Losing some love handles, say 22 “Yes sir” overseas 24 Manhattan neighborhood next to SoHo 26 ___ bear 30 Maxim magazine’s intended audience 31 Arouse, as curiosity 36 French female friend 37 The “common” sort is said to be not so common 39 Yawn-provoking 40 Walmart competitor 42 Fiji competitor 44 Where scrubs are worn, for short 45 “Mazel ___!” 47 Floor coat 48 Bosox great Carl, familiarly 49 They’re never away 52 Pet lovers’ org. 55 Precollege exams 56 Car radio button 60 Tiniest bit 62 Commercial ending with Water 63 Botanist’s specialty 64 One way of ordering things, like all the consonants in rows three, six and nine 67 Unexpected hit 68 Just as good 69 Sister fast-food chain of Carl’s Jr. 70 Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee?” and others

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1 Common clown name 2 Consume too much of, in brief 3 Sheet rock? 4 Rosary part 5 Puff ___ 6 Golf reservation 7 Org. shifted to the Dept. of Justice in 2003 8 Eases 9 Sudoku solver’s need 10 Arthritis symptom 11 SpongeBob or Scooby-Doo 12 Self-confidence, slangily 13 Hershey toffee bar 21 “Give ___ rest!” 23 Easy mark 25 Title rat of a 1972 film 26 Bruce Lee’s role in TV’s “The Green Hornet” 27 Longtime Sudanese president ___ al-Bashir 28 Puts on TV 29 One of six for an insect 32 Fingers, as a perp 33 Where ships get loaded 34 Bone below the elbow 35 Part of QE2: Abbr. 37 Defeat soundly 38 Red-coated cheeses 41 D.D.E.’s charge in W.W. II 43 Timber feller 46 Sunset prayer service 47 New York’s ___ Glen State Park 49 Discussed, with “out” 50 Trot or canter 51 California’s ___ Sea 52 Cut drastically, as prices 53 Big name in windows 54 Lark 57 Wavy-patterned fabric 58 Concern for a fall gardener 59 Thick locks 61 3M product 63 Be a toady 65 Stinger 66 Workplace for some veterinarians

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