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1 Facing difficulty 7 Crow 11 London’s ___ Gardens 14 “Hasta ___” 15 Prime rating org. 16 Belief, informally 17 Contributi­ng (to) 18 Neither raise nor fold, in poker 19 Homer’s nextdoor neighbor on “The Simpsons” 20 Rollover problem? [1997] 23 ___ Paulo, Brazil 24 Something a driver may “hang” 25 Jazz pianist Jamal 28 Spectacula­r disaster [2016] 32 H&R Block staffers 34 Start of the season? 35 Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” 36 Rescue from insolvency [2008] 39 Demoted [2006] 42 Wife of Juan Perón 43 Agency issuance, in brief 45 Get rid of 46 Gender-neutral pronoun [2015] 51 John B, in a Beach Boys hit 52 Particle physics suffix 53 When doubled, a Gabor sister 56 Annual American Dialect Society award given to seven answers in this puzzle 61 Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Da ___ G Show” 63 Egg: Fr. 64 Verdi opera based on a Shakespear­e play 65 Cent or capita preceder 66 One chain by one furlong 67 “Now wait just one second!” 68 “The Fall of the House of Usher” writer 69 Pink 70 Airing after midnight, say

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1 Muslim worship leaders 2 Foreign exchange student in “American Pie” 3 “___, the angel of the Lord came upon them”: Luke 4 Corner square in Monopoly 5 Either of two wives of Henry VIII

6 ___ opus 7 Like Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, according to Guinness 8 Q-V connection 9 Actor Driver of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

10 New York’s Stonewall Inn, e.g. 11 Cretan who had the Labyrinth built 12 WNW’s opposite

13 Iraq War worry, for short [2002] 21 Puppy’s bite 22 Channels 14 and up, for short

26 April fools’ sign? 27 Inoperativ­e 28 Lentil dish at an Indian restaurant

29 G.I. tour grp. 30 Money left on the table? 31 Subj. for US citizens-to-be 32 Petty objection 33 Part of a musical instrument made from spring steel 36 Porgy’s partner 37 https://www. whitehouse.gov, e.g. 38 Serving from a trolley 40 Western native 41 Play (with) 44 Baseball’s Ken Jr. or Sr. 47 When repeated, baby’s utterance 48 Furor 49 Explosive in a stick 50 Santa’s laugh 53 Video game princess 54 “Skoal!” alternativ­e 55 Soap-on-___ 57 Chrysler Building’s style, briefly

58 Not just mine 59 Kind of collar 60 Holler 61 Snapchat or Dropbox [2010]

62 One of 13 popes

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