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ACROSS 1 What might be used

with a “Giddy-up!” 5 Unexpected problem 9 King Julien in “Madagascar,” for one 14 Words of dawning

realization 15 Go bad, as milk 16 Bakery output 17 Stat shared by many

pitchers? 19 Order for a“D, E, A,

N, S” list? 20 Bent 21 Wash 23 Bird with large green

eggs 24 Lady of La Mancha 26 “Leave that lady’s

tomb alone!”? 29 “Welcome” sights 31 Politico who said “Buck up or stay in the truck” 32 Gardner who played the Barefoot Contessa 35 Boo-boo 37 Another order for a

“D,E, A, N, S” list? 40 Exam that’s losing popularity in high schools? 44 Be a greeter 45 Release, as gas 46 “That’s so ___!” (compliment, sort of) 47 Rendezvoused near 49 Not so much 52 Example of bad

parenting? 55 Grouchypants 59 “It’s no ___” 60 Favored ones 62 Partner of odds 63 Limber 66 Cry from an eager applicant for a delivery job? 68 Units of 70-Across 69 “Would ___?” 70 Geometric calculation 71 “Bye Bye Bye” boy band 72 Crafts website 73 PlayStation maker

DOWN 1 Some puppets 2 Give a buzz 3 Deprive of courage 4 “Sleepless in Seattle,” for one 5 Nine-digit ID 6 Rhyme for “Israel,” in a carol 7 Hearing-related 8 Serious danger 9 ___ Palmas (province of Spain) 10 Before, to a poet 11 Characteristic of the present 12 Savory sensation 13 Accumulated, as debt 18 Vegetable that’s a good source of

protein 22 GPS calculation 25 On 27 Flair 28 Band at a wedding 30 Honeybunch 32 Spots before your

eyes? 33 Through 34 Difference between

two sides 36 Affirmative

response 38 Author Umberto 39 Good name for a guy who’s seething? 41 “I’d like to make a point …” 42 Bread with a pocket 43 Couple 48 Turn (up), as

intensity 50 Look 51 File menu option 52 1998 movie with the song “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” 53 Shoe brand that sounds like a letter and a number 54 With lance in hand 56 Prefix with transmitter 57 How the confident may solve 58 Op-ed, e.g. 61 Geol. and phys. 64 Nest builder 65 & 67 Tool for getting out of a window, in brief