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1 Mauna ___ (Hawaii

landmark) 4 Barbed comments 8 Shade of blue 14 Bedridden, maybe 15 Grander than

grand 16 Thorny tree 17 Like express mail vis-à-vis regular mail 19 Freedom fighters,

e.g. 20 “Ed Wood” actor 22 “Cómo ___?” 23 Primary supporter 27 Tex-Mex dish 31 Electronics giant 32 Big name in knives 34 Was in on 35 Typewriter part 40 Who “said knock you out,” in an LL Cool J hit 41 Some tablets 42 Karen of “Little House on the Prairie” 45 Toadies 50 Squandered, as

youth 52 Swamp menace,

for short 53 Expert on swings 57 59-Down, e.g. 60 Part of PG 61 Big story from a

journalist 62 New Jersey’s ___

Center 63 Before, to Byron 64 Super ___

(summer toy) 65 Greek goddess seen on many trophies 66 Longtime Nascar

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1 Fate 2 City in a 1960 Marty Robbins chart-topper 3 “Someone may have accessed your account” and others 4 Sci-fi knight 5 Neat as ___ 6 Jessica of “The

Illusionist” 7 “Butt out!” 8 What spin classes

provide, informally 9 Large quantities 10 Russian

grandmother 11 Team’s best

pitcher 12 Rap’s ___ Wayne 13 Classroom aides,

for short 18 Division politique 21 Quick learner 24 Sound of a fork on

a wineglass 25 Busy as ___ 26 Veer off course 28 10, for 1973 Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal 29 Hollywood

honcho: Abbr. 30 Like the Dead Sea

Scrolls 33 Deplete 35 ___-mutuel betting 36 You love, to Livy 37 Obsolescent bank

item 38 Cereal box info 39 MSN, for one 40 Las Vegas’s ___

Grand 43 Like people in

Yukon Territory 44 Athletic

recognition 46 Brand of mouse

poison 47 Speechifies 48 Racing vehicle 49 Lug (around) 51 Easy two-pointer 54 “Inglourious

Basterds” figure 55 Understand,

slangily 56 Turn over (to) 57 Follower of hi or lo 58 Prefix with

skeleton 59 Vacation

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