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1 Jesus, Mary or Joseph 9 Some Eastern dignitaries 15 Occasion for grilling 16 Something worn for protection 17 Own 18 “Philosophy in the Bedroom” writer, 1795 19 “There’s the ___”

20 Way to get around in Chicago 22 Schedule abbr.

23 On deck, say 25 Scientist who was friends with Mark Twain 26 Consider 27 Half of Italy 29 Floats are often made with them 31 ___ Games, secondlargest multisport event after the Olympics 32 Contemptuous, in a way 33 Welcome offering 35 Portraitist’s request 36 [Ho-o-o boy, here we go again …] 41 Heat-resistant glass 45 Midwest city in the title of a 1942 Glenn Miller #1 hit 46 Margaret ___, artist known for painting subjects with big eyes 47 Those in favor 48 Spoils 50 Word with search or witness 51 Open-house org.

52 Acts like a quidnunc 54 Kind of rock 55 Support above a doorway 57 10-year-old boy of comics with glasses and blond hair 59 Unprincipled 60 Words said with a wave 61 Writer who served as a senator in Chile 62 Like wild accusations

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1 Rhyming descriptor for Obama 2 Turns on 3 River through Victoria Falls 4 Krieger of the U.S. women’s soccer team 5 French name meaning “born again” 6 Apotheosize 7 Shoots the breeze 8 Liberal arts college in Boston 9 Sends off 10 Last word of the New Testament 11 Dip for a French dip 12 Youth support group 13 Comedian Mitch who said “I haven’t slept for 10 days, because that would be too long” 14 Decreases, in a way? 21 After-shave additive 24 Plants whose name derives from the Greek for “dry” 26 Members of a pantheon 28 Two bells, nautically 30 Allegro 34 Actress Rossellini of “Blue Velvet” 36 When it’s light 37 ___ Smeal, three-term president of NOW

38 Polo alternative 39 “Bravo!” 40 Flow down a mountain 42 Fine example? 43 Charms 44 Copies, in a way 45 Competitor of Peterson’s and Princeton Review

49 Y Y Y Y, on a form 52 Renaissance Faire quaff 53 Cross 56 1989 one-man show 58 Devils’ advocate?: Abbr.