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1 *Aftermath of a white Christmas eave?
7 Part of RSVP 10 Power grab 14 Cuban capital 15 Org. with a PreCheck program
16 “It comes ___ surprise” 17 Mafia code of silence 18 Pitcher’s asset 19 Emulates Eminem 20 “Alla vodka” pasta 21 Signature Maryland appetizers 23 Bon ___ (cleaner brand) 24 *Insurance might cover it 25 Singled out on stage 27 Put on board 28 McKellen who portrayed Gandalf 29 Over again 31 Beethoven dedicatee 35 *Made something with unexpected consequences 39 Composer Jule 40 Try to annoy 41 Place for a “me day” 42 Succeeds in annoying 45 Springtime bloomers 47 With 63-Across, business fable with two mice ... or a hint to a word hidden in each starred answer 51 Mess up 52 Jalapenos’ spicier cousins 53 Like a sea battle
55 Part of QED 56 Jack’s value in blackjack 57 Tuna relative 58 BBs and such 59 Anderson Cooper’s channel 60 Tropic of ___ 61 Old Russian monarch 62 Half a laugh 63 See 47-Across
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1 Breakfast chain that temporarily flipped its “p” to a “b” 2 Broke into pieces 3 50-50 bet 4 “Rats!”
5 Pot starter 6 Goat’s call 7 Beatles’ beat guy 8 Haifa’s country 9 Letter between kappa and mu 10 Chewy candies 11 Tennis star Naomi
12 Let float, as a currency 13 Crew 21 Included in a bibliography 22 Concerto solo passage 24 “Be that way!” 25 Commands to attack 26 Storyteller’s “fast forward” 30 ___ of attrition 32 PC support 33 Splits up 34 Notable times 36 Hanna or Barbera 37 Polite addresses 38 Black Sabbath’s Osbourne 43 Gripe 44 Very calm 46 HGTV designer Ford 47 Cream of ___ 48 Injures 49 Michelle who wrote “Becoming” 50 “A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” poet 53 Animal pair rescuer 54 Oftenrepeated tales 57 Stealthy email letters