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1 Officers’ clip-ons 9 Apollo setting 15 Tasseled topper 16 Shaded ring 17 Speech opener, often 18 To know, in Nantes 19 Lower 20 Unenlightened stretch 22 Dawn’s direction, in Dresden 23 Some firefighters’ equipment 24 Hill people, for short 27 Unexpectedly 29 Sean of “The Lord of the Rings” 32 Pedal pusher 33 Face reddener 34 “Tell me what you know!” 37 Like many ties 39 Establish 40 Monkey on one’s back 42 Quartet in a cathedral, maybe 43 2008 crossover hit for the country duo Sugarland 47 Matter in the Big Bang theory 48 “The Second Sex” author ___ de Beauvoir 49 Paraguayan pronoun 52 Indy frontrunners? 54 A little off? 55 Chinese zodiac figure 57 Room in back, say 59 Wood borers 60 Holiday cakes with swirls 61 Myers of the Clinton White House 62 Pointillism features Down

1 ___Abyssinian War 2 Ninthcentury invaders of East Anglia 3 Home to the marine megapark Océanopolis 4 They’re elementary 5 Pentagon outfit, briefly 6 Adept in 7 Luisiana or Misisipí 8 Star role in many old films? 9 Isn’t out of the running 10 Limp as ___ 11 Addition to the mix 12 Tendency to be indiscreet 13 Reuner in New Haven 14 Sully 21 Japanese zithers 23 Be almost out 25 Strain to make? 26 Beginnings 27 “The Starry Night,” e.g. 28 Fidelity alternative 29 Rock analysis 30 One cast in a Harry Potter film 31 Place for an imprint 35 Kind of 36 Viking garment 38 Big business news, for short 41 River draining Lake Superior 44 Got a mental picture of 45 Rent 46 Discounted 49 Morris who directed “The Unknown Known,” 2013 50 Lengthy bout 51 Opposite of deplete 53 Compulsory courses 54 “Tell me what you know!” 55 Many a scoutmaster 56 Cry over, say 58 Sport, for short