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1 Leaders of the pack 7 Mideast capital 15 Rear 16 Bump-and-run club 17 Answer with a salute 18 Personal grooming 19 Draco Malfoy’s housemates in the Harry Potter books 21 Early Pierre Cardin employer 22 Carrier with the EuroBonus frequent flier program 23 “Why should I ___ thy melancholy eyes?”: Keats, “Hyperion” 24 “Stupid me!” 26 Directory abbr. 27 Some punk accessories 30 White House chief of staff on “The West Wing” 32 “___: The War Years” (1979 Robert Duvall miniseries) 33 G 36 Red Sox and Yankees, e.g. 40 Ending with multi41 “___ Justes” (Albert Camus play) 42 Making out on the subway, e.g., for short 43 Tricky way to put a ball in play 47 With 1-Down, wasn’t held accountable, say 50 Art rock’s Plastic ___ Band 51 Agcy. whose future is up in the air? 52 Brief time, briefly 55 Apple offering 57 Part of washing … or what’s exhibited by the shaded letters from top to bottom 60 “David” or “The Thinker” 62 Big name in western literature 63 Activity on a hotline? 64 How some diplomats communicate 65 Yuletide topper 66 Part of 35-Down
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1 See 47-Across 2 1971 rock classic inspired by a 12thcentury Persian poem 3 Victimizes, with “on” 4 Early race 5 “Moving right along …” 6 Thoroughly imbues with 7 Not pro 8 Swimmer Matt who won eight Olympic gold medals 9 A choir may sing in it 10 ___ Norte County, Cal. 11 Got a move on, old-style 12 ___ Ziff, “The Simpsons” character voiced by Jon Lovitz 13 Shot in the crease? 14 Like propellants in pesticides 20 Stinks 25 “Property Brothers” network 27 A to G 28 Film archive 29 The animal of an animal cracker, e.g. 30 Sass 31 Photo lab abbr. 34 Onetime 35 “R.O.C.K. in the ___” (John Cougar Mellencamp hit) 37 Fair 38 Navigational hazards 39 Haaretz readers 44 Entry by a crowd, say 45 “???” 46 Not in use 47 Hobbling gaits 48 Home of Warren Buffett 49 Fish hook? 52 “Move your butt” 53 Give the slip 54 Dwarf planet orbited by NASA’s Dawn in 2015 56 Euro division 58 Start of many a TV teaser 59 Where “you can hang out with all the boys,” in song 61 Teachers’ org.