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ACROSS

1 Tablet compatible with Apple Pencil 5 Just short of the A-list? 10 Entice 14 “Yikes!” 15 Snorkeling spots 16 “Marriage Story” actor Alan 17 Strict prerequisi­te 19 Telegraph taps 20 Circus prop 21 Good dog’s reward 22 Powerful force for innovation 26 Softly hit hit 27 Senior advocacy group 28 Spanish eight 29 Certain Muslim 32 Part of an all-inone printer 35 Spoke frankly 38 Go (for)

39 Like pop tunes 40 __ collar 41 Shiny fabric 42 Crete peak: Abbr. 43 Trattoria seafood dish 49 Seismic event 50 Certain believer 51 Push 52 Aquarium collection 57 Hawkish god

58 Set straight 59 Playing to break a

tie, briefly 60 Newbie

61 Full of gossip 62 Some hosp. scans

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1 Platform for

1-Across

2 Honor society letter

3 New England cape 4 Makes the world a better place 5 UCLA player 6 Washington portraitis­t Rembrandt __ 7 Slow, musically 8 Eerie sky sight 9 W-9 or W-2 ID 10 Often unjust accusation 11 Presumed 8-Down pilot 12 Baggage requiremen­t 13 Hint 18 Makeup-removing swab 21 Preakness horse’s age 22 Yosemite climbing spot featured in “Free Solo,” for short

23 Like four Koufax games

24 Belief system 25 Cartoonist Guisewite or her title character 26 Western neckwear 29 Passport mark 30 Suite spot 31 Fortune rival 32 Belong

33 Cell terminal 34 TV ally of Hercules 36 Part of an ancient boast 37 “Don’t make waves”

41 In this way 42 Ponder 43 Stocky

44 Get a move on 45 Wild party 46 “Luther” actor Elba

47 Bay sound 48 Weasley sister 52 Ticked off 53 Journalist Velshi of MSNBC 54 Common wordending letters that can be pronounced five ways, as demonstrat­ed in five long puzzle answers 55 Highway hazard 56 Presumed 8-Down crew

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