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ACROSS
1 From Clwyd or Gwynedd counties 6 Month before Shawwal
13 Favoring the fortunate few
16 Cheyenne ally
17 Feature in “People”?
18 Germany
19 Steady gig
21 Actress Elisabeth who’s been on the cover of Rolling Stone, ironically 22 Company behind the 2017 film “Coco” 23 More than a moratorium
24 Biblical king who sought the counsel of the Witch of Endor
27 U.R.I. URL ending
29 Starship’s second #1 hit, after “We Built This City”
33 Ernest Gallo
38 With 66-Across, Bond specification 39 Way, way back
40 Sprint competitor
42 ___-ray
43 “It’s-a me, Mario!”
45 Second-year student, for short
47 ___ Jam records
48 “___ me” (modern parting words) 49 Goddess often pictured in a chariot 51 Cons
55 Young stray
57 & 61 1987 Robert Townsend satire … or a hint to deciphering four clues in this puzzle
63 Band not known for music? 64 Contemptuous countenance 65 Triangular road sign’s signification 66 See 38-Across
67 Hair pieces?
DOWN
1 This side of the puzzle 2___ Mar tell ,“Game of Thrones” princess 3 Good name for a florist?
4 Bell locales
5 Language in Lucknow 6 Head-butts
7 Total arithmetically
8 Molten rock
9 Things to wipe your hands on 10 Standard work shifts 11 “Eureka”-esque exclamations 12 Prefix with denial
14 Pixy ___ (candy)
15 When repeated, “Animal House” chant 20 Maddux who won four Cy Young Awards 23 ___-Shave
24 Onetime Volvo rivals
25 WASP part
26 Exhaust
28 Ellipses, e.g.
30 Cartoon genre
31 Brand with a crown logo 32 Face-planted
34 Escape
35 “Holy cow!”
36 Folk stories
37 Young ’un
41 Its capital is Gaborone
44 “In that case …”
46 Young cow
50 Word that becomes its own synonym if you add “pr” to the front
52 Nail
53 ___ mater
54 Gift of Balthazar to the baby Jesus 55 Tiny amount
56 Mercedes competitor 57 Attention
58 Chief figure in the Eddas
59 Sound on Old MacDonald’s farm 60 Barking lot?
61 Serpentine sound
62 Burn cause