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Across

1 Explosions 7 Like the posture

of humans 12 Person in a

detached state? 13 Hit 2017 Jordan

Peele thriller 15 With 25- Down, alchemists’ quest in a book released on June 26, 1997 17 Office head 18 Money back 19 Evidence for determining paternity 20 Swear ( to) 22 Victory 23 Deadly snakes 26 Units in stables 31 Lion in “The Chronicles of Narnia” 35 Coup d’___ 37 Enthusiastic 38 Alphabet chunk

after D- E- F 39 Column’s

counterpart 40 Specialist’s

vocabulary 41 Distinctive

atmosphere 42 Jay once seen

nightly 43 Fund, as a chair 44 Coming from

two speakers 46 Singer

Fitzgerald 48 Bill who’s a

science expert 50 Small program 55 Lawyers’ org. 58 “The Descent of

Man” author 61 Widespread 62 Star of the film version of the book referenced in 15- Across/ 25- Down 65 Comparable to a

pin, in a phrase 66 Goes “Ah- choo!” 67 Persistently

torment 68 Crafty person at

a wheel?

Down

1 Given benediction, the old- fashioned way 2 Run out, as a

subscription 3 ___ Wednesday 4 Evades 5 Shakespeare’s “TheWinter’s ___” 6 Hoity- toity type 7 Self- centered

sort 8 Be ina sorry

state? 9 Biblical verb

ending 10 Like volleyball that’s played jointly by men and women 11 Not go straight 12 “Cat on ___ Tin

Roof” 14 Passengerscreening org. 15 Letters on a schedule meaning “We’ll let you know” 16 Went on dates

with 21 What the Titanic

did, famously 24 Father: Fr. 25 See 15- Across 27 Of similar

character 28 Advance, as

money 29 Toy block brand 30 Cold fall 31 Turkish

pooh- bahs 32 Open’s opposite 33 Abandoned European capital 34 Not quite closed 36 Soldier who’s

gone missing 40 Jump 42 Allegiance 45 Cause to be

cherished 47 Surgical knife 49 Exemplify

humanity, say 51 Contest award 52 Subject of a

long sentence? 53 Letters before

gees 54 Golf peg 55 Palindromic

Nabokov title 56 Big party 57 “___ and the

King of Siam” 59 Big stinger 60 Nine- digit fig. on a Social Security card 63 Comparative

suffix 64 Tennis umpire’s

call