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Across

1 Surrender 5 Farmland units 10 Working hard 14 Like most adages, for short 15 Lamp cover 16 Apple’s apple, e.g. 17 *English rock group? 19 River through Florence 20 One adding staff 21 About 90 mg. of vitamin C a day, e.g. 22 Boston Bruins legend, to his

teammates 23 Simpson judge Lance 24 *Many party games 28 Cause of aberrant weather 30 ___ Joe’s (supermarket chain) 31 Good area for snorkeling 32 Reduce 36 C.I.A. predecessor 37 *Railroad engine, in old lingo 40 Letters before an alias 43 Encourage 44 Top draft status 48 Minnesota range known for its mining of

metal 50 Historical records 52 *Seattle tourist attraction 56 Month, in Madrid 57 Very, in Versailles 58 Prefix with center or genetics 59 ___ Mundo (what Cristóbal Colón

explored) 61 Mope 62 *Medal for bravery, maybe 64 60-Down mascot 65 YouTube offering 66 Dillon or Damon 67 British submachine gun 68 “Nothing runs like a ___” (ad slogan) 69 A very long time … or a hint to the starts

of the answers to the five starred clues

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1 One checking you out 2 Dub 3 “Let’s Make a Deal” choice 4 Feminine suffix 5 Prickly ___ 6 Dear, as une amie 7 Genre of the old Stax record label 8 Poet ___ Lee Masters 9 Fifth word of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 10 Denali’s home 11 Ship sinker 12 Pays no attention to 13 “___ bad!” 18 The Auld Sod 22 Is worthy of 25 Fill with a Crayola, say 26 Like some truths and flames 27 Makers of some H.S. homecoming floats 29 “What ___ told you …?” 33 Part of E.S.L.: Abbr. 34 Car, affectionately 35 ___ Canals 38 Hayseeds 39 Very long time 40 Mornings, for short 41 Excluded 42 Generally speaking 45 Written introduction? 46 Take to a higher level 47 Categorizes 49 Sure winner in blackjack 51 Hawaiian goose 53 Like the musical intro to “The Twilight

Zone” 54 Lyric poem 55 Establishment with booths 60 West Point inst. 61 Evenings, for short 62 Underwear initials 63 Orange “Sesame Street” Muppet