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ACROSS

1 “Hold on, why am I being dragged into this?” 16 Last single blasts? 17 Unlikely to develop clothing lines? 18 Filched 19 2007 Oscar winner Swinton 20 Wildlife 23 Twin or triplet 26 San Francisco’s ___ Tower 27 Bear in “The Jungle Book” 28 Resign 30 Salem-to-Portland dir. 31 Classic brand with a bunny

mascot 32 Choices for poachers 34 Crop-killing caterpillars 36 Rock icon for whom a Manhattan

block is named 39 Key target of resolution 43 Massachusetts’ Cape ___ 44 Filched 45 It’s lighter than mustard 46 It has its limits, briefly 48 Burn prevention meas. 49 Like some debts 50 “I’m gone!” 52 It’s bound to leave the field 53 Does some flattering 60 Poke on Facebook, say 61 Relaxes

DOWN

1 Ring grp. 2 Part of a crack response? 3 One in a pack 4 “No worries” 5 First European to cross the Mississippi 6 Some spreads 7 Pennsylvania city or its county 8 What to take the lead from 9 Brown letters? 10 When many fleurs bloom 11 “… which ___ from heat did

canopy the herd”: Shak. 12 Top web developer? 13 “Big Momma’s House” co-star,

2000 14 Going along 15 Willing subjects 20 Grilling subject, informally 21 What bateaux move across 22 “The Soul of a Butterfly”

autobiographer 23 Pirate 24 Line to wrap things up with 25 Brasserie offering 28 Certain duster 29 Floppy lid 32 Some univ. entrance exams 33 Reaches, as a vacation resort 35 They have end-to-end cars: Abbr. 36 Iridescent green bird of tropical America 37 Like many new couples 38 Eschews the draft? 40 Relative of a fjord 41 Its 49-Down is about 200 meters 42 Chose, perhaps 45 Riots 47 “Left” or “right” group, in math 49 Shooting statistic 51 Lacking 52 Old 58-Down capital 54 It’s “really lookin’ fine” in a 1964

hit 55 58-Down article 56 Jack of “The Green Berets,” 1968 57 Touchdown stat 58 Eur. land 59 Places with vital monitors, in

brief