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6 7 is in the middle of it 13 Stomachs 15 Be fleeced 16 Was totally used up 17 Fledgling feeder 18 “Oh, come on” 20 “Yours truly,” facetiously 21 Reception figures? 22 Reception figures

23 Go up against 24 Subject of a controversial tax, once 25 Best Picture after “The Artist” 27 Flower whose name is Greek for “flame” 29 Plot progression 30 Sausage at an Oktoberfest 32 Hindu goddess of prosperity 34 Under the weather while above the clouds? 38 Brand of machine that turns change into cash vouchers 40 Crack team’s initials? 41 Chain once self-styled as “the Saving Place” 43 Words before chagrin or surprise 44 ___ farm 45 Seat of Utah’s Grand County 46 Moving object? 47 Musica o danza 48 “Ask ___” (syndicated advice column) 49 Home of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” 53 Become lightheaded? 55 San Luis ___ 56 Substance obeying Boyle’s law 57 Bicycling couple? 58 Dress-up at a comic con 59 Point ___ National Seashore DOWN 1 Chardonnay or merlot 2 It ended in January 2017 3 1-Down holder, often 4 Norse mythology sources 5 2013 Best Actor nominee for “Nebraska” 6 Takes a toll? 7 WWW letters 8 Not split 9 Certain ride 10 How Superman often stands 11 Gaston ___, Frenchman who wrote “The Phantom of the Opera” 12 Split 14 Like many asylum seekers in the 2010s: Abbr. 15 Setting of “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” 19 Parallel-park, e.g. 23 Secondary personas, in role-playing game lingo 25 Execrate 26 Mail it in? 27 Final Trojan king 28 Badger 31 Marching band sights 33 Strike fear? 35 Words of speculation 36 Increase a hundredfold 37 She’s been on the cover of British Vogue more than anyone else 39 Track prize 41 Island after which a lizard is named 42 Some R.S.V.P.s 45 Study at Hogwarts 46 Time of surrender in ’45 47 Something bracketed 49 Monopoly action 50 “Young Frankenstein” assistant 51 It can be hard to style 52 9-Down alternative 54 Pass on a track