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Group whose full name translates as “Bulletproof Boy Scouts” 12 Hit or miss,

perhaps

14 It makes you “dance down the street with a cloud at your feet,” in a 1953 hit

15 Red ___ (serving at a Carolina barbecue) 16 People also known as the Cat Nation 17 Powered down,

in a way 18 “The pause that refreshes” sloganeer, once 19 Disturb, in a

way

21 Bill supporting public television 22 Told where to

go, say

23 Use X-ray

vision on 25 Graceful 27 Make love? 28 So-called “missing links” 29 Chignon, for

one

31 In the past 32 Risky wager ... with a hint to the letters in this puzzle’s circled squares 41 State in debate 42 Phenomenon nicknamed “Karl” in San Francisco 43 Biblical site of

a burning bush 1 4

9

ACROSS

44 Soft rock 45 Doctor for kids 47 Cleans (up) 48 Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River

49 Garden party annoyance, colloquially 51 Spider web,

effectively 52 Part of a pen

name? 53 Philanthropy 55 Characteristic of video poker, lottos and casinos 59 Results of some dating app matches 63 Hoodwink 64 Fat substitute 65 Second of five? 66 Totally pumped

DOWN

1 Disinclined 2 Response to

“Merci”

3 Sat on a clothesline, say

4 This too shall

pass

5 Kind of acid 6 ___ gun

7 Dizzy

8 Was up 9 Flower

10 “I want to go

with you!” 11 Nation with a four-century “Viking Age” 13 Controvert 15 Italian apology 20 Permit 22 Hundos 24 Approved on PolitiFact, say

26 Speaker of the line “I follow him to serve my turn upon him”

Teddy Katz and Rich Katz

30 Landlord-paysbroker, in rental lingo 31 Existential

unease 32 Word with bank or base

33 Not written 34 Jamaican

tangelo 35 N.F.C. South

pro 36 Degenerate 37 Meaning of the Italian “lui” or German “ihn” 38 Aware of 39 Part of yourself that you can’t see without two mirrors 40 Essence 45 Careened across snow, maybe

46 Sleek ocean

swimmers 49 Broke one’s

silence

50 Life of ___ 52 Impressive showbiz quartet

54 CD component 55 “Windowpane” 56 Plastic ___

Band

57 “I meant that

sarcastically” 58 Title of

respect 59 Stylish dresser 60 Degree in

math?

61 Test for a

future Ph.D. 62 Blue