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1 Cas e closer 7 F rench frozen desserts 13 Entangle 15 F ruit 16 Lik e taxes and fines 18 D oing time 19 S ound effect in the comic “B.C.” 20 Decorative skewer for serving hors d’oeuvres 22 VW Golf hatchback 23 11 -Down sort 25 Manfred succeeded him as baseball commissioner in 2015 26 Spot at an airport 27 “Get ___!” 29 S outh of Brazil? 30 Shut down 31 1999 parody featuring the starship Protector 34 What 28 states are 35 Ra p 36 S ome 40thbirthday gag gifts 37 N.F .L. coach Rivera 38 Spruced up 42 Capit al of Washington? 43 “___ thou no poison mix’d …?”: “Romeo and Juliet” 45 ___ Bottling Company (Cleveland fixture for over 85 years) 46 “___ expected …” 47 Be verage made with petals 49 When Mex. celebrates Independence Day 50 Dis traught 52 Spills inadvertently 54 Title brat of kid-lit 55 Go back over 56 O pposite of took off 57 “Gotcha”

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1 Mis s Hungary of 1936, familiarly 2 One way to break out 3 The marrying kind? 4 Marit al lead-in 5 Se cond wife of Einstein 6 Sho ws signs of aging 7 “Morning Mood” composer 8 Time of self-sacrifice 9 Lummox 10 F eature of many decorative vases 11 High-and-mighty 12 IBM logo feature 14 He said “You kind of live and die by the serve” 17 Provider of more bells and whistles 21 1960s sitcom matriarch 24 Lummoxes 26 Bit of fraternity party detritus 28 Thing s to blaze 30 K eep informed 32 He ad overseas? 33 Pla y starters, for short 34 Pit ching aid 35 [Spoiler alert!] He dies in “The Force Awakens” 36 Lik e many cheeses and tablets 39 Sight s at a Supercharger 40 What gets broken at a mixer 41 “Hot dog!” 43 Wasn’t sure, say 44 He ads overseas? 47 Smok e screen 48 R epeated words in a multiple-count verdict reading 51 “Little Birds” author 53 Title meaning “majesty”