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ACROSS

1 Tracks

5 Eva of “Green Acres”

10 Bidding site

14 “Pronto” letters

15 Delight

16 Rachel Maddow’s field

17 Simon or Garfunkel

18 Terra __

19 Small valley

20 *Bakery employees who offer free samples?

23 Purpose

24 Shed

25 Summer hrs. in Portsmouth

26 Some DEA employees

28 Smallest state in India

30 Stable staple

33 *Mistakes made while preparing a simple breakfast?

38 “Frozen” sister

41 Misstep

42 Water waster

43 *Comfort food with a high price tag?

46 Back

47 “The A-Team” actor

48 Abbr. before a year

52 Fundraisin­g org.

54 Gets faint

57 Laundry brand

58 Question from a server, or what was needed to create the answer to each starred clue

62 Soap brand

63 French 101 infinitive

64 Last remarks?

65 Improves in a cellar, say

66 Barbershop quartet part

67 Soap brand

68 Pigeon fancier on “Sesame Street”

69 Adversary

70 Took a hatchet to

DOWN

1 Tourist destinatio­n on the Yucatán

2 Chant for the red, white, and blue

3 Mess (with)

4 Job detail, for short

5 Geico icon 6

Medicinal plants

7 Come clean?

8 “A Man Called __”: Tom Hanks film based on a Fredrik Backman novel

9 Down-to-earth

10 Done

11 Excursion where one might see something brewing?

12 Pointed tools

13 Designer monogram

21 To boot

22 Like many students at Gallaudet University

27 Sleep apnea apparatus, initially

28 High seas quaff

29 Other, in Oaxaca

31 Wong of “Birds of Prey”

32 Recipe amt.

34 Equal

35 Relaxed pace

36 Dog park sound

37 Likelihood

38 BEACH Act org.

39 Record

40 Brief visit

44 Islamic leader

45 “Not that much”

49 Place to drive

50 Show up

51 Part of RBI

53 Canapé base, maybe

54 Worker with a monotonous routine

55 Cold feet or hot seat

56 Full of cheer

58 Breathe fire, say

59 Inevitable end

60 Pizza place

61 Bartender’s supply

62 Chocolate __

 ?? By Chris Gross ©2024 Tribune Content Agency ?? 1/31/24
By Chris Gross ©2024 Tribune Content Agency 1/31/24

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