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ACROSS 1 Gumbothickening vegetable 5 “Capisce?” 10Features of distressed jeans 14“Is it just you and me here?” 16Focus of study 17“... ish” 18Forget-me-___ (blue flowers) 19Salty bodies 20Highest math degree? 21Abstract painter Martin 22 Bread for a Reuben sandwich 24Six-line poetry stanzas 26 Convenient cleaning items at barbecue restaurants 30“___ ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer ...” (Hamlet) 32British pop star Rita 3332-Across, for one 35Cookie with a Cakesters variety 36Peas, e.g., poetically 38 Brief appearance 39___ stick (bouncy toy) 40 Broad valley 41 What an owl might symbolize 43 Pickleball barrier 44Tool for Banksy’s graffiti 46 Barbecue implements 48 Anti 50Space heater? 51 Tiffs 52Sweet potato dessert 54 Be fond of 57Military fabric pattern, for short 58Gesture for a turning cyclist 61Super-___ (remarkably healthy senior) 62 John Mcclane or John Wick, say 63 Hall for dining, or aftermath of dining 64Tries out 65What gets pitched on a field? DOWN 1Wood that flavors chardonnay 2___ Kringle 3“Thor” actress Russo 4“Oh, shoot!” 5 Word after “natural” and “laughing” 6North Carolina university 7Legal wrongs 8 Bogged down by details 9Darjeeling, e.g. 10Cooking surface 11Seat of power created by George R. R. Martin 12 “If I Had a Hammer” artist and activist 13 Lip 15Breezy courses 21 Consumed 23 Overwhelmingly exciting victory 25 Hallucinogenic fungi, familiarly 26Forested region 27Part of a book that lists corrections 28 Roulette and craps, in a casino 29Slow rate 31 Origins 34Baseball execs 37 There are 100 in D.C. 42“___ Rouge” 45Not trans 47Only chess piece with a face 49Makeup hues 51___ Likely (phone warning) 53Tweak, like an essay 55 Joint for playing spoons 56Be deserving of 58Place for a busker’s tips, maybe 59 Rihanna hit of 2006 60 Parking area