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1 Sales pitch 6 Outback birds 10 Sunup 14 Café lure 15 Clickable

webpage word 16 Home to billions 17 Grass shortener 18 Apart from that 19 Slightly wet 20 Julie Andrews’ “The Sound of Music” role 23 Risk, e.g. 24 Healthful berry 25 Jimmy Fallon

hosts it 31 “Homeland”

spy org. 32 Taxi 33 Nebraska city 34 “Apocalypse Now” setting, familiarly 35 Gathering for fans of graphic novels, anime, etc. 38 Delivery vehicle 39 Painting need 41 Microwave 42 Valuable rock 43 Avengers member with a patriotic shield 48 Tolstoy’s Karenina 49 Dutch cheese 50 9/26/1957 Broadway debut featuring the consecutiv­e songs found at the start of 20-Across, the middle of 25-Across and the end of 43-Across 55 With 50-Down, tightrope walker’s place 56 Oscar winner

Kazan 57 Aquafina rival 59 Craving 60 Accelerate­s, with

“up” 61 Foolish 62 Military meal 63 Cafeteria carrier 64 V-formation fliers

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1 “Casablanca” pianist 2 Formal school dance 3 Corn Belt state 4 Rise into view 5 Cattleman’s rope 6 Late morning hr. 7 Venus de __ 8 Disentangl­e 9 Quick drawing 10 Arp’s art movement 11 Right away, in a memo 12 Namby-pamby person 13 Midday snooze 21 Gas brand that had a torch in its logo 22 Florida’s Boca __ 25 Pageant winner’s crown 26 Exaggerate, as a stage role 27 Spanish island in the Mediterran­ean 28 Devastatio­n that’s wreaked 29 Scarlett of Tara 30 Decrease in intensity 31 “Closing Bell” channel 35 Repetitive shout at a protest 36 Required little effort 37 Newspaper opinion pieces 40 Secret supplies 44 Add to text, as a missing letter 45 Carpenter, at times 46 Suitable for all ages, filmwise 47 Apple software for creating videos 50 See 55-Across 51 Omelet ingredient­s 52 Prima donna 53 Ready for picking 54 Toy dog’s barks 55 Play a kazoo 58 TV’s “Science Guy”

 ??  ?? ©2017 Tribune Content Agency 9/26/17 By Peter Gordon
©2017 Tribune Content Agency 9/26/17 By Peter Gordon

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