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1 Leaders of the pack 7 Mide ast capital 15 R ear 16 Bump-and-run club 17 Answer with a salute 18 P ersonal grooming 19 Draco Malfoy’s housemates in the Harry Potter books 21 Early Pierre Cardin employer 22 Carrier with the EuroBonus frequent flier program 23 “Why should I ___ thy melancholy eyes?”: Keats, “Hyperion” 24 “Stupid me!” 26 Dir ectory abbr. 27 Some punk accessories 30 White House chief of staff on “The West Wing” 32 “___: The War Years”(1979 Robert Duvall miniseries) 33 G 36 Red Sox and Yankees, e.g. 40 E nding with multi41 “___ Justes”(Albert Camus play) 42 Making out on the subway, e.g., for short 43 Tricky way to put a ball in play 47 With 1-Down, wasn’t held accountable, say 50 Art rock’s Plastic ___ Band 51 Agcy. whose future is up in the air? 52 Brie f time, briefly 55 Apple offering 57 Part of washing … or what’s exhibited by the shaded letters from top to bottom 60 “D avid”or “The Thinker” 62 Big name in western literature 63 Activity on a hotline? 64 How some diplomats communicate 65 Y uletide topper 66 Part of 35-Down
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1S ee 47-Across 2 1971 rock classic inspired by a 12th-century Persian poem 3V ictimizes, with “on” 4E arly race 5 “Moving right along …” 6 Thor oughly imbues with 7 Not pro 8 Swimmer Matt who won eight Olympic gold medals 9 A choir may sing in it 10 ___ Norte County, Cal. 11 Got a move on, old-style 12 ___ Ziff, “The Simpsons” character voiced by Jon Lovitz 13 Shot in the crease? 14 Lik e propellants in pesticides 20 Stink s 25 “Property Brothers” network 27 Ato G 28 Film archive 29 The animal of an animal cracker, e.g. 30 S ass 31 Phot o lab abbr. 34 O netime 35 “R.O.C.K. in the ___” (John Cougar Mellencamp hit) 37 F air 38 Na vigational hazards 39 Haar etz readers 44 Entry by a crowd, say 45 “??? ” 46 Not in use 47 Hobbling gaits 48 Home of Warren Buffett 49 Fish hook? 52 “Mo ve your butt” 53 Giv e the slip 54 Dwarf planet orbited by NASA’s Dawn in 2015 56 E uro division 58 Start of many a TV teaser 59 Where“you can hang out with all the boys,”in song 61 T eachers’ org.