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1 Risk evaluation 5 High points on a European itinerary 9 Tennis stroke 12 The Platters’ genre 15 “Don’t tell anyone!” 17 Creator of the language Newspeak 18 Act sycophantically with 19 Psychological attempts at one-upmanship 21 Chicago critic 22 Sailor’s bit of obedience 23 JFK but not LAX 24 Internet initialism 26 Head of Britain? 28 Part of a flooring metaphor 37 Good way to wrap things up 38 Reasons for Word getting around? 39 Belief system 40 Sch. paper 41 Naval post 44 Stands for meetings 49 Opposite of mouthed 51 “Six Feet Under” occupation 54 #80 on AFI’s 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes 56 Make possible 57 With a #2, say 58 “Feel So High” R&B artist 59 Classic two-seated roadsters 60 “That’s a surprise!” 61 Dost own
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1 Tony winner Leslie __ Jr. 2 Andrea __: ill-fated vessel 3 Snuggle competitor 4 Nobel, for one 5 Huber of tennis 6 Perry’s ambitious reporter 7 Scoring nos. 8 Mailer in a mailer, briefly 9 Graceful runner 10 Eccentric 11 Record spoilers 13 Contemporary of Nadia 14 Start of #28 on AFI’s 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes 16 Order in the court 20 Work involving recall 25 Badger relative 26 Rose magically 27 Seven-week period in Judaism that begins during Passover 28 Terminal type: Abbr. 29 Antacid brand since the 1800s 30 Agency under the Secy. of Defense 31 Talent 32 Tough times 33 More with it 34 Deep-fried snack, familiarly 35 Polished off 36 Argonne article 41 Actress __ Bialik of “The Big Bang Theory” 42 During 43 Serial guilty pleasures for many 45 __ wave 46 Bitcoin, e.g. 47 Heavenly scales 48 Retail draws 50 First in a long series of movies 51 Severely injure 52 __ child 53 Former Nair competitor 55 I, in Erfurt