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ACROSS

1 Queen’s music 12 Film developer?:

Abbr. 15 “Hasta la vista!” 16 Musician with the

2012 album “Lux” 17 Allows someone to

walk, say 18 Big gun on a ship:

Abbr. 19 Oxford, e.g., to its

students 20 Michael of “Juno” 21 Oxide used in

picture tubes 23 “A person who talks when you wish him to listen,” per Ambrose Bierce 24 Lead 25 Shots 28 Coddle, e.g. 29 Shack 30 Artistic friend of

Zola 31 Sharpshooter’s

skill 32 Poet Wilfred

___ 33 Out of gear? 34 Buchanan in a

bookstore 35 Word of logic 36 Moving day

multitude 37 Governor or

senator follower 38 Caught in a web 40 Certain book,

sizewise 41 Makes out 42 Secure neatly, as

an umbrella 43 Pioneer in the Nevada gaming industry 44 One of its categories is Agency of the Year 45 With 46-Down, two-in-one movie players 48 It’s often an oxide 49 Something avoided in a factory outlet 52 Washington and

McKinley: Abbr. 53 Commute, in a

way 54 Replies of

confusion 55 Stick here and

there

DOWN

1 Archaeologists often find what they’re looking for in this 2 Counterfeiter fighter, informally 3 Isao of golf 4 At full term 5 “No worries” 6 Comes out with 7 Skiing twins’ surname 8 Sister of Phoebe, in myth 9 “Or softly lightens ___ her face”: Byron 10 Like many kids’ self-made greeting cards 11 Didn’t let oneself

go, say 12 Lead-in to some

written advice 13 Blurred 14 Option for a

marinara base 22 Not too big a jerk 23 Old bomber 24 A lot of what

makes you you 25 Checked in with

loved ones, say 26 Exclamation that might be punctuated “??!?” 27 Put too much

weight on 28 Like some potato

chips 30 Ceilings 33 From the Union 34 Hebrew for “to the

skies” 36 Rival of Captain

Morgan 37 Abba’s music 39 ___ Tamid (ever-burning synagogue lamp) 40 Thick spreads 42 Ace on a base 44 Give up 45 One of its fragrances is Poison 46 See 45-Across 47 Rink fooler 50 Small warbler 51 Inits. of Thoreau’s

mentor