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ACROSS 1 Communication with the hands: Abbr. 4 Three-note chord 9 Thread holder 14 Defiant response to an

order 16 Fictional member of

the Potawatomi tribe 17 Boxer’s asset 18 Some choristers 19 Leave in, as text 20 “Can you explain

this?” 22 [ not my error] 25 ___ center 26 Rejuvenation location 29 Searcher’s query 36 Entrusted to another

for safekeeping 38 Road safety org. 39 Dangerous gas 40 Calendario unit 41 Lay in a hammock, say 42 Very light brown 43 Precisely 45 Antsy premeal

question 48 Sculler’s need 49 A.M.A. members 50 Cooking vessel with

handles 52 “Is it any use?” 58 “___ Jury” (Spillane

detective novel) 62 It helps a pitcher get a

grip 63 Soothing lotion

ingredients 66 Rocky ridge 67 Journalism staple 68 Peels 69 “You said it, ___!” 70 Brian of ambient music

DOWN 1 Hole-making tools 2 Opportunity 3 Isolated 4 Old salt 5 Ham on ___ 6 “___ Mommy kissing

…” 7 Author Sholem 8 Qatar’s capital 9 One putting on a show 10 One keeping the beat? 11 Airing 12 Oklahoma Indian 13 Red ink amount 15 Superiors to cpls. 21 Singsong syllable 23 “Checkmate!” 24 Abbr. on a receipt 26 Thread holder? 27 Catch illegally 28 “My Dinner With ___” 30 Provide with a fund 31 Marie Antoinette, par

exemple 32 Online time stamp 33 Mississippi’s ___ River 34 Black Sea port, to

locals 35 One may be above a

bucket 37 Media-friendly quote 41 Actor Jared 44 Cry to a plow horse 46 Pilotless planes 47 Right, on a German

compass 51 Chicken ___ 52 Tinfoil, e.g. 53 Bar mitzvah dance 54 North Sea feeder 55 Bowlers and skimmers 56 K-12, in education 57 Some deer 59 Peach or beech 60 Goldie of “Laugh-In” 61 “Put a tiger in your

tank” brand 64 Little wriggler 65 Routing word