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Across 1 HPS 7 U SHS 13 I HS 15 GE H 16 HPO 17 H HMES 18 T HIF 19 T HT 21 S WAH 22 F HC 24 B HW 26 I HU 28 HNT 30 V HT 34 HTA 36 S HO 38 C HT 39 HM 40 BP HE 42 HOS 43 FW HW 44 HTC 45 R HI 47 H HH 49 HYI 51 W HD 52 NA SHAR 54 GO H 56 W HW 59 G H 61 HYSE 64 U SNH 66 B HT 69 A AHP 70 N HF 71 U HPS 72 HRA Down 1 Small eel 2 Jay formerly of “The Tonight Show” 3 V irgil contemporary 4 Transaction with a bookie 5 “Wheel of Fortune” purchase 6 A ctress Patten or Anders 7 W ine grape variety 8 Choo se 9 Q uenched 10 D oughnuts, mathematically 11 Les Trois Mousquetaires, to one another 12 Ho Chi Minh trail setting 14 Skip, as the “f” and “the” in “two of the

clock” 15 Golden, in France 20 Things “on my guitar” in a 2008

Taylor Swift hit 22 D ecision- maker’s drawing 23 Stimpy’s pal in cartoons 25 One going for big laughs, say 26 Division of a long poem 27 Lik e many young Brooklynites,

stereotypically 29 Food traditionally eaten with a

miniature spoon 31 Cries of annoyance 32 Gutters are attached to them 33 Like purple hair 34 Put together, as socks 35 Good, in a Jewish exclamation 37 Sun or planet 41 One counting to 10, maybe 42 “Don’t leave me!” 44 Ending with pay or plug 46 Qty . 48 Nailed the test 50 Actor Julia and others 53 L ayers of frost 55 Sports star- turned- model Gabrielle 56 Events of 1914- 18 and 1939- 45 57 “Law & Order: SVU” actor 58 Numbers to crunch 60 Rocker Barrett of the original Pink

Floyd 61 F ormer Georgia senator Sam 62 Behold, to Cicero 63 D o some yard work 65 Before, in poetry 67 Aunt, in Latin America 68 Thr ee: Prefix