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1 Chronicler of the English Restoration 6 Open a crack 10 Player for big laughs 13 Crack, as a code 15 Bab y ___ 16 Back 17 Hardy brown spice? 19 T ell 20 Shamble s, e.g. 21 Bring to light 23 Many homecoming attendees, informally 25 Booster for a band 27 Not just deception 28 Company that will get you a second spouse? 32 C orn ___ 33 S chool closing? 34 D eli stock 35 “T ake your pick” 36 R ang 38 R eal blast 41 D eal maker: Abbr. 42 Lik e some baseball 43 L exington’s ___ Arena 44 Extremely tacky production of a Shakespeare play? 48 Ill-looking 49 Network with “Suits” and “Royal Pains” 50 Whaling ship that inspired “Moby-Dick” 51 Increase in interest 54 P op-___ 56 Man cave invitee 57 Country instrument played by a migrant? 61 R ummy 62 Actress Gunn of “Breaking Bad” 63 Calm swimming spot 64 Sticks in an abandoned building? 65 “F ollow” 66 D on’t bother
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1 Situate 2 Musician who coined the term “ambient music” 3D ownright homely 4 Something to meditate on 5D eep divide 6 Small price to pay? 7P rinting problems 8Revival reply 9 What’ s really hot 10 TV news host Melissa ___-Perry 11 Swirly-colored marbles 12 Ones in the closet? 14 Che ss piece: Abbr. 18 W orth keeping 22 To whom “I’ll take …” is often said 23 “Rock Me” group, 1975 24 What a title may come with 26 Muslim V.I.P.s 29 One doing the dishes? 30 Relating to part of the small intestine 31 Q uick approval 36 Source of some shadows, for short 37 Woolly 38 “L ooks like I was wrong” 39 V ault locale 40 Glas ses, informally 41 T aiwan-based computer giant 43 Put on again 44 L ong vowel indicator 45 Creator of the characters added in 17-, 28-, 44- and 57-Across 46 Univ ersity that was originally the
Medical College of Louisiana 47 Like some tea 48 “The way beer was meant to be” sloganeer, once 52 Home of Bountiful 53 Duncan of Obama’s cabinet 55 “___ I’m saying is …” 58 Cartoonist Mayerik who co-created Howard the Duck 59 Book before Psalms 60 Las t ___