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1 Hopped out of bed 6 Challenge for Santa’s dry-cleaner 10 Medicine __, Alberta 13 OPEC, for one 15 Radius neighbor 16 Sworn statement 17 Measurement based on inflation and unemployment rates 19 X, at times 20 Tesla Motors cofounder Musk 21 “Inside Politics” channel 22 Poet laureate, e.g. 24 “Postcards From the Edge” author 28 Where Moses received the Ten Commandments, for short 31 Colorful fall tree 32 Put together 33 Instagram upload, briefly 34 Three-time A.L. MVP 37 “Is there more?” 38 Smart comment? 42 Baja she-bear 43 Understands 45 Solar wind particle 46 Song of worship 48 Off-white color 50 It may be reckless 52 Semipermeable biological barrier 55 Big glitch 56 Inhospitable 57 2000s Chevy 61 Signature piece? 62 Author born 9/21/1947 who penned the starts of 17-, 24-, 38- and 52-Across 66 Biblical craft 67 Roof edge 68 “Mad About You” co-star 69 “But, mom!” evokers 70 Zoomed 71 Drumroll drum
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1 Top 2 Scenic overlook safety feature 3 Driving directions qualifier 4 Sign maker’s aid 5 Always, in sonnets 6 Denomination of most Iraqi Kurds 7 Unlike spring chickens 8 Person 9 Advice for an e-filer 10 Get going 11 One-named “All I Ask” singer 12 Skin care product 14 Sports bra fabric 18 Cross characters 23 Land surrounded by agua 25 Not pro 26 Bahrain bigwig 27 One of John Adams’ “stubborn things” 28 Corp. execs’ degrees 29 Use a fork, perhaps 30 Exercises that strengthen obliques 33 “Sign language is pretty handy,” e.g. 35 Nobel Prize city 36 Butler’s last word 39 Flag 40 “Chariots of Fire” Oscar nominee Ian 41 Time period 44 __-service 47 Enter surreptitiously 49 Makes giggle 50 Cat’s back shape, at times 51 Tylenol rival 52 Political channel 53 Calendario month 54 Two-footer 58 Authorization to enter a country 59 Fed. power dept. 60 Barbarian 63 __ water 64 Holiday threshold 65 Nintendo’s Super __ console