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1 Chest piece 7 St. John’s, for one 15 Fish that attaches itself to a host 16 Like the Congressional Record 17 Biblical prophet whose name means “Yahweh is my God” 18 Act in “The
Last Samurai” 19 St. John’s, for
one 20 Kneecap, e.g. 22 Dick and Al,
recently 23 Like King
Sargon II: Abbr. 25 33-Down* 27 Author of “Herding Cats: A Life in Politics” 29 Latin rock band featured at Woodstock 33 Where the guarani is cash 37 Milk source, to
a kid 38 Vein
gloriousness? 39 Pope who started the First Crusade 41 Tokyo Rose’s
real first name 42 German chocolate brand 44 Good occasion
for kite-flying 46 Shows an
aptitude for 48 Mother of the
Titans 49 32-Down* 51 Home of more than 900 volcanoes 55 White House
girl 58 Western
setting 60 Just under half a penny’s weight 61 Place 63 Ostrich, e.g. 65 1950s H-bomb
test site 66 Dermatological
concern 67 Classic graduation gifts 68 The Missouri, to the Mississippi
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1 ___ blank 2 Transfers often entail them, informally 3 Bahrain bigwigs: Var. 4 John Paul II, originally 5 Span of a ruler, maybe 6 First name in Chicago politics 7 Part of the coast of Brazil 8 Estée Lauder fragrance for men 9 TV or monitor
part: Abbr. 10 “Beats me!” 11 Did with
enjoyment 12 Ellington band vocalist Anderson 13 68-Across* 14 Father/ daughter fighters 21 Take ___ at 24 Iran, North Korea and the like 26 Veneer, e.g. 28 Ask, as for
assistance 30 It’s not basic 31 Astronomical
figure? 32 Out 33 Strong wine 34 “La donna è
mobile,” e.g. 35 Give off, with
“of” 36 Not pitch or
roll, say 40 Big uranium
exporter 43 Twin-engine
Navy helicopter 45 Site of the Three Gorges Dam 47 Hoofing it 50 Abruptly stops,
with “out” 52 Like mummies 53 Instruction written in currants for Alice 54 Campaign dirty
trick 55 Coast, in a way 56 1-Across* 57 Univ. grouping 59 Nonkosher 62 Samson’s end? 64 Pal * takinginto accountits 61-Across