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1 Places where surgeries are performed, for short 4 Not in any way, in dialect 9 Composition of many reefs 14 Sneaky laugh 15 Practice piano piece 16 “The Phantom of the ___” 17 Gets past, as an obstacle 19 Say 20 Spiral shapes 21 Private eye, quaintly 23 Tattoos, informally 24 In that case 25 Where pirates roam 27 Vogue competitor 28 Period in human history after bronze was supplanted in toolmaking 30 ___ Lilly & Co. 31 Website for techies 32 Zaps, in a way 35 Omitted 37 Opposite of 35-Across? 39 Worrisome directive from a boss 40 Divisions of a subdivision 41 ___ Bird, many-time WNBA All-Star 42 Child’s play 44 It rhymes with fire, appropriately 45 Opposite of 25-Across? 48 Frisbee, e.g. 49 Flexible blackjack card 50 Male cat 51 Hyundai compact 54 2014 Ava DuVernay drama 56 Opposite of 17-Across? 58 Place to go for the highlights? 59 Wham or bam 60 Pig follower in the Chinese zodiac 61 Beginning 62 Gown 63 Moody genre of music or fashion

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1 “Pick me! Pick me!” 2 Wake-up calls played on bugles 3 Twinkies have a long one 4 Classic wafer brand 5 Nebraska native 6 Carries a tune, in a way 7 Poem of praise 8 Hilton competitor 9 Visual jokes in openings of “The Simpsons” (a tradition since the first episode) 10 Make a choice 11 Knot again 12 Venue with tiered seating 13 Birds that do things just for the fun of it? 18 What good soufflés do 22 “Liberté, ___, fraternité” (Haiti’s motto) 25 Spicy 26 Informal get-together 27 Sinuous swimmer 28 Raging blaze 29 One tweeting about football? 31 Warrior 33 Place to sell homemade crafts online 34 Enchilada topping, maybe 36 Blue-green shade 37 The New Yorker cartoonist Chast 38 Jill Biden ___ Jacobs 40 ___ États-Unis 43 Hillary who climbed Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay 44 Radar sound 45 Dogie catcher 46 Atlantic or Pacific 47 Wishing sites 48 Induces to pull a prank, maybe 51 Actress Falco 52 Not so much 53 Regarding 55 Leader of the Three Stooges 57 Oslo’s country: Abbr.