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ACROSS

1 Pricey 6 Place for a chicken 10 Herring prized for

its roe 14 Use a lectern 15 A fan of 16 Tortilla snack 17 With 59-Across, words from a fictional mariner ... and a hint to both parts of 26-, 31-, 42- and 47-Across 19 Any minute now,

to a bard 20 Tampa-to-Jacksonvil­le dir. 21 Frosty coat 22 Fern-to-be 23 Criticize sneakily 26 Oil conduit 28 Chef’s tool 30 Fire, or fire-fighting tool 31 Electricit­y source 34 Astronaut Grissom 37 Incriminat­e with false evidence 38 __-Locka, Florida 39 Emaciated 41 Messy spot 42 Reaganomic­s term 44 __ Kan: Alpo rival 46 Fit as a fiddle and

tough as nails 47 Primary entrance 52 Exams for would-be attys. 53 Shore eagles 54 Object of worship 56 Dick’s wife, twice 58 __-Seltzer 59 See 17-Across 62 Safe document 63 Left 64 Conundrum 65 They may be split or tight 66 __ buco: veal dish 67 Make a mess of

DOWN

1 Seeded 2 Convey 3 Completely eroded 4 Nice season? 5 Part of 60-Down 6 “Ta-ta” 7 Coming up next 8 Ferrell’s “SNL” cheerleadi­ng partner 9 __ favor: Pedro’s “please” 10 Paper clip alternativ­e 11 Onetime capital of French Indochina 12 Oak nut 13 Charity, say 18 Puppy 22 Masters and Johnson subject 24 Agenda line 25 Partner of simple 27 First lady after Lady Bird 28 Suntan lotion numbers, briefly 29 Baseball’s Matty or Felipe 32 Droid download 33 Snoozes 34 Free from blame 35 Not wanted 36 Fr. holy women 39 Places with rings and horses 40 Massive land mass 42 Gp. that kidnapped Patty Hearst 43 Big name in pharmaceut­icals 44 Works on, as dough 45 Top prosecutor­s: Abbr. 47 Maryland’s Fort __ 48 “Over the Rainbow” composer Harold 49 Signed in pen 50 DVR devices 51 Blissful places 55 Treat often split 57 Nothing 59 __ trip 60 Typing meas. 61 __ polloi

 ?? ©2016 Tribune Content Agency By Jerry Edelstein ?? 5/18/16
©2016 Tribune Content Agency By Jerry Edelstein 5/18/16

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