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ACROSS 1 Beaver’s creation 4 Aromatherapy locale 7 Rhythm Blues go-between 10 Item under a place setting
13 72, for Pres. Trump 14 Celestial sphere 15 Secular 16 Sultana’s harem chamber, once 17 What quinine treats
19 Item often plucked
21 “Idle No More” participants 23 America’s “Royal Mail” equivalent, briefly
24 Black Forest cake, e.g. 25 Heraklion’s island 26 Movie effects pioneered by Lucasfilm 28 South American songstress Sumac 29 Atop, alternately 30 In a normal voice 33 Speak articulately 38 Grads’ gettogether 40 Uncharged particle
41 Took it from the top again
43 Had a hangdog look
44 Golf ball’s path 45 Guitar pioneer ___ Paul
47 It’s the end of Xmas
48 ‘32 Boris Karloff role
51 An anterior limb 54 Canal mule Sal worked on 55 Earp or Holliday 58 Piper’s squeeze? 60 5 yard penalty infraction
61 Part of a GPS reading 62 Large, fast running bird
63 Aflame
64 Salad dressing component, often
65 Like a wallflower 66 Strong bleaching agent
67 ___ Plaines, Ill. 68 Pad for porkers
DOWN 1 Really humid 2 Lab dish gel 3 Tuneful 4 Lesions 5 Scarlett’s maid 6 Diminution 7 Amber press release 8 Contrary votes 9 Turn red, say 10 Telegrapher’s language 11 Take into one’s family
12 Strap used in old Scottish schools 18 Was full of beans? 20 Enchilada alternativae 22 Major Algerian city 25 Intestinal cul-desac 26 Songstress Vikki ___ 27 Great delight 29 Pool’s solid yellow ball
31 Still not broken in 32 Pepys’ book 34 “We will not be ___!”: advertising hype 35 Broken chords 36 Bunion sites
37 A few curling segments 39 Horrible Tolkien beast
42 South African entrepreneur Musk
46 Pic taken from arm’s length 48 Cries weakly 49 Wilkins Micawber’s ‘umble boss 50 Like a lot of mouthwash 51 One of 24 that Bach composed 52 Shoe inserts 53 Parker’s rank on “McHale’s Navy,” briefly 55 Reminiscent of venison 56 Check for bad spelling
57 Bank (on)
59 ___ Air of Westside L.A.