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1 Online pics that often move 5 Flowed back, as the tide 10 European automaker 14 Black-and-white cookie 15 Place to be in the hot seat? 16 See 38-Across 17 Colorado River landmark dedicated by F.D.R. 19 Elects (to) 20 Sundance Film Festival entry 21 Bucks 23 Honorees on the third Sunday in June 26 Amtrak guess, for short 27 ___ Speedwagon 28 Inquire 31 Novelty B-52’s song with the lyric “Watch out for that piranha” 34 Measurement for a bird 36 Title for Paul McCartney or Mick Jagger 37 Environmental sci. 38 With 16-Across, Susan Lucci’s “All My Children” role 41 Carnival 44 John who directed “Mission: Impossible II” 46 Temporarily 48 California locale of several golf U.S.
Opens 52 Bagel and ___ 53 Ron who played Tarzan 54 Prior to, poetically 55 Hammer-wielding deity 57 Friendless 60 Lift 64 October birthstone 65 One covering a big story? 68 Big rig 69 Compound found in wine and olive oil 70 Clark ___ (Superman’s alter ego) 71 ___ of March 72 Heads of classes? 73 “The Sweetest Taboo” singer
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1 Mongolian desert 2 Fe, to chemists 3 Ongoing dispute 4 Cube or sphere 5 Suffix with Brooklyn or Japan 6 Tavern 7 BFFs 8 Tooth cover 9 Former New York senator Alfonse 10 “All right already, I get it!” 11 Series of leads for a white-collar crime investigator 12 Main course 13 Landlord 18 Loved ones 22 Uber competitors 24 Ignoramus 25 Reminder of surgery 28 Wonderment 29 [not my mistake] 30 Be familiar with without having met 32 Switchblade, e.g. 33 Search (through), as evidence 35 Liquidy lump 39 Layer of paint 40 St. Louis ___ (landmark) 42 “As I see it,” in textspeak 43 “Oedipus ___” 45 Some World Cup cheers 47 Now, en español 48 Former House speaker Nancy 49 Said “I do” without the to-do 50 Eaten away, like the first words of 17-, 31-, 48- and 65Across in order? 51 Flummox 56 Oven shelves 58 Whitney and Manning 59 It is, en español 61 Furniture store that also sells Swedish meatballs 62 What to click after finishing an email 63 Suffix with cigar 66 Number starting many a countdown 67 11th graders: Abbr.