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ACROSS

1 Oodles 5 Language group that includes Swahili 10 Enormous 14 “Forget it” 15 Single-master 16 Funny Dame 17 NYC-to-Suffolk County line 18 Highway beautifica­tion program 20 Put forward 22 Middle East carrier 23 Counterfei­ter catcher 25 Mischievou­s god 26 2015 Payne Stewart Award honoree Ernie 27 “Enough already!” 30 Common pay period 32 Toaster Strudel kin 34 Unhand, in a toaster brand slogan 38 Nevada’s __ 51 39 Like most chopsticks users 42 Estrada of “CHIPS” 43 Lip-__: mouths the words 45 “The Tempest” hero 47 Musical work 50 Motivating halftime speech 51 Obstinate beast 54 MSN and AOL 56 “Beat it!” 57 Crunchy snacks sometimes dipped in baba ghanouj 60 “Idol” judge replaced by DeGeneres 63 After-school event ... and, literally, what takes place at this puzzle’s circles 65 H.H. Munro’s pen name 66 Checkout hassle 67 Indian royals 68 Small bills 69 Brings to a close 70 First instructio­n 71 Robin’s house

DOWN

1 Large swallow 2 University about an hour from Columbus 3 Break forcefully, as an inflated bag 4 Seafood in a shell 5 Merit badge gp. 6 “The Blacklist” actor Alan 7 Salad restrictio­n 8 Stadium high spot 9 Understand­ing 10 Wang with a Hippie Princess fragrance line 11 Acrobat maker 12 Escargot 13 Triumphant shouts 19 Servant of 45-Across 21 Lake __: Blue Nile source 24 Screenwrit­er Ephron 27 Golf resort amenities 28 Conservati­ve Brit 29 Lb. and kg. 31 Watch closely 33 Small swallow 35 One of dogdom’s “gentle giants” 36 Cover __ 37 “I get it, I get it!” 40 Dadaist Jean 41 Poll responses 44 Part of little girls’ makeup? 46 Animal rights org. 48 Theater group? 49 Show disdain for, figurative­ly 51 Big name in smartwatch­es 52 Peaceful protest 53 Put up with 55 Moral fiber 58 College town north of Des Moines 59 Short cut 61 Lanai strings 62 BuzzFeed article, often 64 Fed. property manager

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©2016 Tribune Content Agency 6/8/16 By C.C. Burnikel

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