Crossword

ACROSS

1 “Star Wars” warrior 5 Treaded winter vehicle 11 “Proven,” in proofs 14 Laptop brand that sounds like a top tennis player

15 Pays homage to 16 Prefix with corn or cycle 17 *Employee insurance coverage, briefly 19 It may be bruised 20 Blight-stricken tree 21 Deceived

22 Lo __: noodle dish 23 Church officers 25 “Valley of the Dolls” author Jacqueline 27 Animal that can learn sign language 28 Parting site in Exodus 30 “Who’s there?” response 33 Rank above maj. 36 Makes an effort 37 Small store 38 Serious no-no 40 Poet Pound 41 Be under the weather

42 11 p.m. personality 44 Mentalist’s “gift” 45 Installs, as a minister 47 Sound like an ass 49 Blu-ray buy 50 Quick breaths 54 “To reiterate ...” 57 Like sunsetsilhouetted scenery 59 Golfer’s goal 60 *Unmanned aerial attack 62 From __ Z 63 Shrek’s kiss made Fiona one for good

64 Hint of the future 65 Home in the woods 66 Treating kindly 67 Sunset direction

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1 Ranted (at) 2 French school 3 Skin care prefix 4 Annoy 5 Sacred place 6 Carrots, for snowmen 7 Like one’s prized music collection, perhaps 8 Small water birds

9 Big name in canned meat 10 Baking soda amt. 11 *Hotel bed choice 12 Amtrak employees 13 “My Heart Will Go On” singer Celine

18 Flee to wed 22 Mexican mother 24 Sleep in a bag, maybe

26 Gig component 29 “Pronto” letters 30 Japanese golf great Aoki 31 Hardly the best 32 *Persist despite difficulty 33 Sounds like a crow

34 Docs who deliver 35 Bausch partner 38 On a scale of one to __ 39 Sculler’s need 42 “Please don’t bite me!” 43 Persistently worry 46 Symbolic Egyptian snake, which includes the start of a hint to the answers to starred clues 48 Peter of Peter, Paul & Mary 51 Snail trail 52 Colorado’s __ Peak 53 Cardiologist’s implant 54 Apple tablet 55 Jason’s ship 56 Lawn mower brand

57 Take a load off 58 Exxon, formerly 61 Homer’s neighbor