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1 As a result 5 Dr.’ s order 8 Legal assistants, for short 13 Ripped the

wrapping off 15 Glass

component 16 Kings’ guards may be taken in it 17 Haunted house

feeling 18 QB’s stat: Abbr. 19 ___ de toilette 20 Moochers 21 Young ___ 23 Iota 25 Essence 26 “Mangia!” 27 Moscow’s

home 31 Flat rate 33 Pops 35 Holiday quaff 36 Is an expert on this puzzle’s theme? 40 Christian inst.

in Tulsa 41 Sleep stage 42 Plaza girl in

kid- lit 43 Amber, e. g. 46 It’s a gift 48 “___ that a lot” 49 Place to change at the beach 51 Goddess of

dawn 52 Decimal

system 55 Novice,

perhaps 57 Big Apple subway line, for short 60 Fills in for 61 Set of documents on a legal matter 63 Amounts paid to join poker games 64 Like peaches around summer and early fall 65 Totally wiped 66 Galley item 67 Periodic table

fig.

Down

1 European

smoker 2 Gen. ___ E. Lee 3 Provided but

not asked for 4 Classic work originally in 10 vols. 5 Film- rating grp. 6 Decline 7 QB’s stat: Abbr. 8 Ravioli relative 9 Trued up 10 Diana ___,

1969 Bond girl 11 Long 12 Concerns for

many srs. 14 Euripides

tragedy 15 Dirty Harry’s

org. 20 Instrument in “Norwegian Wood” 22 Officeinappropriate, briefly 24 Family guy? 25 Category 28 Online aid for finding a contractor 29 Gustav who composed “The Planets” 30 Curved

molding 31 Toffee candy

bar 32 Ending with

auction 34 Indigo, e. g. 37 One unlikely to order ham and eggs 38 Heir, legally 39 Scrubbed 44 Strands at a ski

chalet, say 45 Swimming 47 One of a bunch 50 Gershwin

heroine 52 Streisand,

familiarly 53 Small bra size 54 Eyelid ailment 56 Red letters? 58 Musk of

SpaceX 59 Prefix with

phobia 61 A. F. L.-___ 62 “Towering” regulatory grp.?