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ACROSS 1 Like a banjo 7 Annul 15 Make fast 16 Flexible 17 1813 novel made into a 2005 film 19 Successor to Churchill 20 1942 F.D.R. creation 21 Drives 22 More than half of all batteries sold 24 Moriarty, to Holmes 25 Five-time Emmywinning actress 31 A monster may have a big one 34 Places that may have beeches and benches 35 Something to dispense with 36 Word that can be followed by any of several colors 37 Outdoor feast 38 Piece of the N.R.A.?: Abbr. 40 One making a lot of turns on the road? 41 “Oh yeah … uh-huh” 42 ___-di-dah 43 Made out 45 Word repeated at the start of every “Star Wars” film 46 Racy books named after a Victorian garment 48 Biathlon need 49 Five fifths 50 Perform lousily 53 Calendar keeper, for short 55 A head 59 Alcoholic drink so named because of its color, not its content 63 Boiling 64 Trouble, in Yiddish 65 Bygone royals 66 Blanche DuBois’s sister DOWN 1 It’s about 5 mL 2 Lived 3 Biting 4 In the altogether 5 Certain foot soldier 6 House support? 7 Clause connectors 8 Conks 9 Time off, in mil. slang 10 Where Nike is headquartered 11 Boy toy? 12 Quito quaff 13 Cleaned (up) 14 Things going down the drain? 18 Oenophile’s concern 23 Son of David 24 Enclose 25 10-Down neighbor: Abbr. 26 Caribbean vacation destination 27 Hawk or Hornet 28 Go extinct 29 Indian-born writer of the 1981 Booker Prize 30 Miracle-___ 31 Chutzpah 32 Chicago’s ___ Planetarium 33 Bed intruders? 36 Dogpatch creator 39 Beatles title girl 44 First to break the tape 46 Beach attraction 47 Multihued horse 48 Inflame 50 Pupil of a snake’s eye, often 51 Plenty 52 Worshiper of Inti 53 Answer to a judge 54 Pops 56 In unison, in a way 57 PC key 58 Greeting with a salute 60 W-4 entry: Abbr. 61 Topics of many self-help books 62 “___ whole …”