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ACROSS

1 Swedish group that once comprised two married couples

5 With skill

9 Opening to be filled 12 Sagan who hosted TV’S “Cosmos”

13 Like calamari … or overloaded circuitry 15 Catches, as a crook 16 Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum 17 Kendrick with 13 Grammys and a Pulitzer Prize

18 “The Little Rascals” assent

19 Model/tv host on a record five Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue covers

22 Envision

23 Top card

24 Skeeves (out)

26 Spirited horse

28 “Grey’s Anatomy” actress

30 Snitch (on)

32 Rink surface

33 It has a double helix 34 “Full Frontal” host 38 Dem.’s counterpart 40 Prefix with -phyte or -lithic41

Down Under hopper, informally

42 North Carolina senator who unseated Elizabeth Dole 45 Kind of tea from India 49 Highly decorative 50 Parts of the body that are “crunched”

52 Blue, e.g. … or a rhyme for “blue”

53 Female scholars … or a hint to 19-, 28-, 34- and 42-Across

57 Cher or Adele 58 Storehouse of valuables

59 “Pick me, pick me!” 60 Like, for-ev-er

61 See 64-Across

62 ___ mortals

63 Fashion monogram 64 With 61-Across, like some typefaces

65 Small wire nail

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1 Means of entering 2 “Swan Lake,” for one 3 Crème ___ (dessert) 4 Downwind, at sea 5 Company with a spokesduck

6 Aid for a twisted knee or ankle

7 Result of a twisted ankle

8 Opposite of nah 9 Beverage with a lightning bolt in its logo

10 Leave in the lurch 11 “Gangnam Style” rapper

14 Got close

15 Negative reply to a general

20 ___ President

21 G.O.P. color on an election map

25 ___ Na Na

27 1970s measure that fell three states short of passing, in brief

28 Not publish yet, as a scoop

29 German’s “Alas!” 31 Completely different lines of thought

34 Typical John le Carré work

35 Unionized teachers’ grp.

36 Brag

37 Greek goddess of the dawn

38 Studio behind “It’s a Wonderful Life” 39 Pincered insects

43 Gaza Strip governing group

44 Devoured

46 Common pronoun pairing

47 Roman goddess of the dawn

48 Intertwined 50 Choreographer

Ailey

51 Fortifies, with “up” 54 Metal deposits

55 Places to hold discussions

56 Dead zone?

57 Temp’s work unit