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ACROSS

1 Felony 6 Passenger 11 Sass 14 Thin-shelled

nut 15 Kind of acid 16 Rollover subj. 17 Dislike

intensely 18 Violet flower 19 Fleur-de- — 20 Due 22 Pile up, as

wealth 24 Got in a fight 28 Platitude 29 Peddled anew 30 Bedouin’s

mount 32 Mr. Klemperer 33 Mushers’

conveyances 35 Genghis — 39 Ancient

ointment 40 Explorer —

Helen Johnson 41 Robin Cook

thriller 42 Trim a photo 43 Bard’s forte 45 Obligation 46 Anesthesized 48 — point (nadir) 50 “Ode to

— Joe” 53 Epic journey 54 Flee to the J.P. 55 Slot machine

city 57 Brownish fruit 58 Treat a muscle

pull 60 Canine, maybe 65 Yes, to Miss

Piggy 66 Jazzman

— Blake 67 Big Bird

colleague 68 Truck mkr. 69 Golf’s “Slammin’ Sammy” 70 Large

DOWN

1 Books pro 2 Dixie fighter 3 I, to Wolfgang 4 “Little Red

Book” author 5 Register 6 Part of REM 7 Mrs. Bowie 8 Slight flaw 9 Jr. naval officer 10 “Casino —” 11 Soft purple 12 South Bend

team 13 Out-of-date 21 Takes the

plunge 23 Jerseys (2

wds.) 24 Unbroken

horse 25 Fix the roof 26 Houston player 27 Paper source

(2 wds.) 28 1 in. = 2.54 — 30 Mr. Chavez 31 Economist

— Smith 34 Folk wisdom 36 Perfects one’s

skills 37 Entertain 38 Bad-tempered 43 JFK followed

him 44 Swit co-star 47 Daughters’

cousins 49 Half-shell item 50 Obfuscate 51 Hip bone 52 Sound

reasoning 53 Eyed rudely 55 Intuition 56 Essay byline 59 Horde member 61 Galleon cargo 62 Lennon’s wife 63 Cratchit’s son 64 “Psst!”