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1 Route follower 4 ___ Conference 7 Word following 1-/4-Across, appropriately 12 Not clued in 14 The scandal of Watergate, essentially 17 Its distance is measured within a meter 18 Japanese flowerarranging art 19 Going “Huh?!?” 20 Pours a certain way 21 Brewing need 24 Subject of some prep

classes 25 Vents frustration 29 Some piano music 33 Edwin M. ___, war secretary under Lincoln 34 Slipped by 35 Government stance on

texting while driving 36 Santa ___ 37 Word following 35-/36-Across, appropriately 38 Throw on the floor 40 How things typically

are 43 Lamebrains 44 Fruity libation 45 Give meds 46 Ones attending to patients, for short 47 Tiny bit 51 Pity evoker 55 Called from a stall, say 58 Sequentially 59 What you might accidentally try to put your head through when getting into a sweater 60 Antacid brand 61 “Dude!” 62 ___ doll 63 Words following 61-/62-Across, appropriately

DOWN

1 “___ how?” (words of disbelief) 2 Spanish article 3 Instrument in swing 4 Entree in a shell 5 Some are named after

presidents 6 Something a shopaholic might be in 7 Biting 8 Put a finger on, in a way 9 With, to Renoir 10 Onetime CW sitcom 11 It could carry a tune in the 1950s 13 Big brand of sports equipment 15 Savage 16 Walloped 21 Subject of an old wives’ tale? 22 Its postal codes start with K,L, M, N and P — but, oddly, not O 23 Well-known octet 26 Old video game maker 27 Coffee shop offering 28 Hitches 29 Times when musicians

don’t play 30 Leader of the pack 31 Ancient physician 32 Pulling a prank outside

a house 39 Out of bed, in a way? 41 Cleaned just before

drying 42 Atomic clock components 48 “Well, I guess” 49 Marketer’s start? 50 Gulf of ___ (waters off the coast of Djibouti) Voice-activated assistant 5251 Like Mr. X, but not Malcolm X 53 Dummy 54 Where annoying things

stick 55 Arrest 56 Foozle 57 “If you ask me …,” in

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