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ACROSS

1 Modern mail? 11 British ___ 14 It ends at 12 15 Main part, often 16 The Bay of Fundy has the largest

one in the world 17 Judicial administration? 18 Estadio call 19 Tall and thin 20 Complete, as a crossword 22 Like A through D 24 Having a bad trip, maybe 25 Examine carefully 26 QB who threw a record-tying seven touchdown passes in a single game (1962) 27 W-2 figure 30 Pitcher’s stat 31 “___ out!” 32 Somalia’s locale in Africa 33 Compromise of 1877 figure 34 To-do 35 Split, in a way 36 Southern writer William Gilmore

___ 37 Split (up) 38 Fighting directly 40 Nickname in classic jazz 41 “The Bourne Identity” plot device 42 Makes sense of 46 Commercial miscellany 47 Cartoonist Kelly 48 Bug 49 Director-type 50 View from the Sydney Harbour

Bridge 53 Hershey brand 54 What a drawer may hold 55 Animal in a comic strip title 56 Running too quickly?

DOWN

1 It controls the amount of light admitted 2 “The Pearl Fishers” soprano 3 Altiplano locale 4 Soul producer 5 Kicks 6 Downright 7 Cho ___, romantic interest for Harry Potter 8 Twist 9 ___-shaped 10 Moirai, in Greek myth 11 “Big Brother,” for example 12 It includes provision for the

admission of new states 13 “A stronger America”

sloganeer 15 “The Planets” composer 21 It controls the amount of light admitted 23 ___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch speed-skating gold medalist 24 Gives in under pressure 26 “Lookie what I did!” 27 “Can you believe that guy?!” 28 Grateful Dead album whose title reads the same forward and backward 29 Intermediate level in karate 30 Navigator Islands, now 33 Clicked 34 One criterion for

sorting 36 Fair 37 “Dude, I got something to tell

you …” 39 Verizon, e.g. 40 Widen 42 Short-range missiles 43 Buddhist shrine 44 Big stinger 45 Dog-tired 47 “Now that you mention it …” 51 Sugar ___ 52 Vote (for)