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ACROSS

1 Host with a microphone 6 Egyptian goddess with a repetitive name 10 Three blind creatures, in a children’s rhyme 14 West Coast N.F.L. player

15 Smeller

16 Black, to poets 17 Unplanned

20 Suffix with count 21 California/Nevada border lake 22 Chutzpah 23 Singer with the multiplatinum albums “19,” “21” and “25” 25 “That’s all ___ got” 27 Suffix with cash or cloth 28 Parliamentary agenda

32 Hold on property 33 Pitching stat 34 Memo-heading inits. 35 “___ fool!”

37 Yang’s partner 39 Writer ___ Rice Burroughs

43 Chest protector

45 San Francisco’s ___ Hill 47 Fish in some salads 48 Literary club feature 52 Preceder of Alamos or Angeles

53 She’s a sheep

54 “I Still Believe ___” (#1 Vince Gill country song)

55 Pen name

57 Door fastener

59 Dallas sch. with a presidential library 62 Annual Time issue 65 “CHiPs” actor Estrada 66 First chip in the pot 67 Previously aired show 68 Profit’s opposite

69 Old Russian ruler 70 Place for camels to rest

DOWN

1 Otherwise

2 GPS graphics

3 One leading a fight for change 4 Good listener? 5 Displayer of one’s feelings 6 Possibly, but unlikely 7 Artsy Manhattan neighborhood 8 “Yeah, that seems plausible”

9 College term: Abbr. 10 Idea that spreads popularly and widely 11 Barcelona’s peninsula 12 Pass along

13 Go through the door 18 Not true 19 Cyclops feature 24 “Raging Bull” star Robert 26 TV broadcast band 28 Rock-___ (jukebox brand) 29 Fabric tear

30 Like a sound that

can barely be heard 31 Playground retort 36 This way

38 Pitcher’s tour de force 40 N.R.A. members 41 Insect in a colony 42 Quaint college cheer 44 Ship’s front

46 Park furniture 48 Orchestral work

by Ravel

49 Egyptian god who’s a

brother of 6-Across 50 Criminals

51 “You saved me!” 52 Place to put an

American flag pin 56 Poses a question 58 Skin conditioner brand 60 Island ESE of Oahu 61 Large coffee holders 63 Turner who led

a slave rebellion 64 Vote in favor