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ACROSS

1 Become inedible 6 Pull together 11 Big mouth 14 Start to type? 15 Nile Valley region 16 Org. with a noted

journal 17 Classic Fender

guitar, for short 18 Start of a quote about creativity by 58- Across/39Down 20 Did some

woolgathering 22 Body of 100 23 Quote, part 2 26 One on “Judge

Judy” 27 Home of the

Brave?: Abbr. 28 Cyberaddress:

Abbr. 29 In the manner of a

milquetoast 32 Bagel and lox

purveyor 34 Mark down,

perhaps 35 Quote, part 3 41 Quench 42 Level 44 Bygone Japanese

camera brand 47 Shipping letters 50 Biomedical

research org. 51 “Agreed!” 52 Quote, part 4 55 High-ranking

noncom: Abbr. 58 With 39-Down, speaker of this puzzle’s quote 59 End of the quote 61 Boos 64 “Bambi” deer 65 “Not ___ know of” 66 OH– or Cl–,

chemically 67 Susan of “L.A.

Law” 68 Shenanigan 69 Cross-dressing

role for Streisand

DOWN

1 Many 16-Across

members 2 Food scrap 3 Red light locale 4 Asteroids game

maker 5 End of an academic 28Across 6 Kid’s cracker shape 7 G.I.’s civvies 8 Org. for D.A.’s 9 Serves on a panel 10 Opposite of out 11 Pillage 12 Dutch brew 13 Weak, as a brew 19 Deep perception 21 Gaseous prefix 23 Smidgen 24 Coordinate in the

game Battleship 25 Suffix with hip or

hoop 30 “___ be an honor” 31 Doorstep item 33 “Got it covered!” 34 Wish undone 36 “___ done!” 37 Be up 38 Trick-taking game 39 See 58-Across 40 Deutsch denial 43 Plato’s P 44 Like the potatoes

in shepherd’s pie 45 “See ya!” 46 What’s taken

home 47 Larry Bird, during

his playing days 48 Object in the right hand of the king of clubs 49 Wedding hiree 53 Port-au-Prince’s

land 54 Pax’s Greek

counterpart 56 Aqua Velva

competitor 57 Lav 60 Turncoat 62 Become inedible 63 NBC show since

’75