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1 Related thing 5 Shrink-wrap, e.g. 11 High no. for a green car 14 Grp. that interrogated Alger Hiss 15 Home of minor-league baseball’s

Chihuahuas 16 Cause of cursing 17 Lead-in to a conclusion 18 Passing scores? 19 Die, across the Rhine 20 Out-of-this-world settlement? 22 Black out 24 Coveted medalla material 25 Washington’s capital? 26 Finnish-based tech giant 27 Travel mag advertiser 29 Julio is one 32 Throw in the towel 33 Uncharacteristic quiet spell 37 Get engaged, in slang 38 Shooter’s bagful 39 Female snakes 40 Mama Rose in “Gypsy,” e.g. 41 Opposite of hamper 42 Asian city with an airport on an

artificial island 46 1963 Best Actress nominee for

“The L-Shaped Room” 48 One of a reconciling pair painted

by Rubens 51 Western U.S. capital, to locals 52 Photographer’s support staff 54 Foam figures? 56 Sun Devil rival 57 Old-school rapper? 59 Foretoken 60 New title after a union 61 Spelling bee requests 62 Prefix with bacteria 63 Lush 64 Up-to-the-minute 65 Wet blanket?

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1 Group with many hits 2 Lights on top of a pole? 3 Common pool design 4 Field of productivity, briefly 5 Cab, customarily 6 Noted 19th-century bagatelle dedicatee 7 Statement of political hubris 8 Streaming annoyance 9 Target of an intervention 10 Polish city north of Breslau 11 “Black Swan” co-star, 2010 12 The “Nine-Nine” of TV’s “Brooklyn

Nine-Nine” 13 Carry before delivering 21 Frothy drink with tapioca balls 23 Excellence, in modern slang 28 Repeating electronic rhythm section 30 Hirelings of old 31 Topic in driver’s ed 34 High school misanthrope of

1990s-2000s cartoondom 35 Many a Shiite 36 Miss the boat 37 Like 1¢, as costs go 38 Salsa ingredient 39 They have nothing 43 How Viola dresses in “Twelfth Night” 44 2013 Oscar-nominated frontwoman

for rock’s Yeah Yeah Yeahs 45 Commercial command 47 Like a wet blanket 49 Subjects of many newspaper ads 50 Arms race event, briefly 53 Dis twice? 55 Mountains form over them 58 Like some food and footage