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1 Pace 5 Serfs, e.g. 10 Absorbed 14 Is ___ unto oneself 15 American ___ 16 26-Across of a North Carolina “
ville” 17 Clump up 18 First place 20 Roman road 21 Besmirched 22 Carrier to Tokyo 23 Cozy thing? 25 One that’s HI-strung? 26 See 16-Across 28 Biota part 30 To-do 32 Ayatollah Khomeini, e.g. 34 Super Mario Galaxy
platform 35 Mickey Mouse pics, e.g. 39 Mail conveniences … or a hint to
eight squares in this puzzle 42 Cryptozoological beast 43 Many, many moons 44 Hose attachment 45 Friend of Homer on “The
Simpsons” 47 Intermediate, in law 48 Mark Twain’s belief 51 John of Liverpool 53 Freeloader 56 Legal borders? 57 Wagnerian heroine 60 H.S. exam 61 Means of murder in some Agatha
Christie novels 63 Core 64 Cocktail order 65 Knightley of “Pirates of the
Caribbean” 66 Like Olympic years 67 Seasons in Lyon 68 Utopian settings 69 Edit menu command
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1 Left unsaid 2 Send 3 Prepare to give blood, perhaps 4 Throwing one’s weight around, in international relations 5 Benjamin 6 [I’m not listening … I can’t he-e-ear you!] 7 “___ bag of shells” (Ralph Kramden malapropism) 8 Sleep-inducing 9 Return mailer, for short 10 Mobster’s “canary” 11 ___-American 12 Impostor 13 Common break time 19 Bean product? 24 Film pooch 27 Feature of many a movie house 29 Direct 31 Feudal lord 32 Plant, maybe 33 Aid in weed control 34 ___ big 36 Large-scale 37 Spike in movie sales? 38 Byelorussian ___: Abbr. 40 Succeeded 41 Stereo control 46 Last name in despotism 47 Hip 48 Testify 49 1948 Literature Nobelist 50 Offspring 52 Almost any hit by Prince or Queen 54 Like some retirement communities 55 Prefix with botany 58 Umbrella part 59 Pitching stats 62 Choice connections