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ACROSS 1 A founding member of the Avengers
5 Primary
9 Like many highend watches
14 Nurse’s ___
15 Seaweed wrapped
around sushi
16 British pop singer
Lewis
17 Advocate for U2’s
frontman?
20 Shot from a needle
21 The “fact” that bulls get angry when they see the color red, e.g.
22 No-win situations?
23 Next of ___
25 Subject of a famous 1937 disappearance
27 Swing of a
bowler’s arm?
32 Blood-typing
system
33 Wine often served
with 15-Across
34 Accompaniment
for many a hymn
38 Gyro holder
40 Deadly African
snake
43 Fish often served
“meunière”
44 Rudder’s locale
46 Cloud of
melancholy
48 Average fellow
49 A little tied up at
the moment?
53 Defeat via invasion 56 Emerson’s “___ to
Beauty”
57 Give up arguing
58 Many an opera
villain
61 Olympic great
Jesse
65 Attire for gym
period?
68 Some wedding
guests
69 Org. for seniors
70 Largest member of the dolphin family
71 Professional soccer player with the most goals for a single club (Barcelona)
72 Jewish rite
73 _ _ _ et Chandon
DOWN
1 Selects, as for a
position
2 Bring on for a
position
3 Musk, e.g.
4 Sharp talking-to
5 _ _ _ Taylor, longtime name in women’s fashion
6 Chamber
7 Unhinged, in slang
8 Follower of pinch
or switch
9 _ _ _-pitch
10 Brand of caramel
candy
11 Ancient Greek region on the Aegean
12 Mocking smile
13 Biblical verb with
“thou”
Edited by Will Shortz No. 0921 18 Neglects to 45 Neither’s partner
mention 47 Enticed
19 Tom yung goong 50 Heavy weight for a or tom kha kai musician to bear? cuisine 51 How many people
24 author/activist get around town
Chomsky 52 Successor
26 Classic Hollywood to Brown as
studio California
27 Rand McNally’s governor
business 53 Philosopher with a
28 Final words? “razor”
29 November 54 Really care about
exhortation 55 Onetime Supreme
30 Reggae relative Court justice
31 Presto or allegro Charles ___
35 Berry touted as a Hughes
“superfood” 59 The sun, for one
36 Gel ingredient 60 Rival of Alexa
37 Lawyer, for 62 Currency launched a defendant, on 1/1/1999 typically 63 City on the French
39 Airplane Riviera passengers might 64 “Immediately!” battle over them 66 Some fed.
41 Blackball assistance
42 Global shoe 67 Covert ___
retailer