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ACROSS 1 “Holy smokes!” 5 “Sweetheart” of “Jersey Shore” 10 Direct, in a way 14 Asia’s ___ Sea 15 In conflict with 16 What a Realtor may give 17 U.S. Steel was once its biggest
employer 18 “N.F.L. Live” host Trey 19 Mrs. Albert Einstein 20 QB who was twice a Super Bowl
M.V.P. 22 Hollow 24 How some military personnel serve 26 Unyielding 30 “A Day Without Rain” artist 31 Devilfish 34 Artist with whom an exiled Leon
Trotsky once lived 36 Head for a pub 37 Heroin, in slang 38 Femmes fatales 40 Part of a city street 42 “The Godfather” figures 43 Long mops 45 Zigzag, e.g. 46 Commonly 47 It’s flaky 48 Shades in the London sky, often 49 Deter 52 “Le ___” (Matisse piece) 55 Home-field advantage in football … or what the last square of the answer to this clue represents in this puzzle 60 Even: Fr. 61 Trap during winter, perhaps 63 2000s service site 64 Poshness 65 Awkward years, for many 66 In ___ (naturally positioned) 67 Annual June race 68 Marsh growth 69 Cheat, in slang DOWN 1 Get by 2 Like some surgery 3 Mata ___ 4 Macho type 5 2007 horror film 6 Walk ___ line 7 Tramp, e.g., in “Lady and the Tramp” 8 Pull a face 9 2009 bromance film 10 Trophy sites 11 Ring 12 Yorkshire river 13 Contemporary of Marcel Duchamp 21 Dame’s lead-in? 23 Best, in some rating systems 25 High-hatter 26 TV director Iannucci 27 Succumb to 28 ___-garde 29 “Olympia” and others 31 Guy’s private area 32 Chief justice in the Dred Scott case 33 New ___ (modern spiritualists) 35 Parts of a fashionable “Collezioni” 37 Epithet 39 Jiffs 41 9-Down co-star Jason 44 Prepared, as some mushrooms 47 Wasikowska of “Alice in
Wonderland,” 2010 49 Editing marks 50 Knocking the socks off of 51 Like a copse 52 Collar attachment 53 Flu symptom 54 Beatles song with the lyric “There’s
one for you, nineteen for me” 56 Go for a bite? 57 The Jonas Brothers, e.g. 58 Roles, figuratively 59 Having failed aspirations 62 Head of compliance?