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1 Task 4 Suddenly paid attention 9 Take __: snooze 13 Wows 15 One may drift in from the kitchen 16 Scarlett’s plantation 17 *Found middle ground 19 Caesar’s stunned words 20 Dirt road depression­s 21 Tots’ three-wheelers 23 __ Wall Street: 2011 protest 26 Kind of delinquent 28 Resort island near Venezuela 29 Chart with roads 30 Rainier or Rushmore: Abbr. 31 Sad sound 32 “It’s my call” 35 Eye provocativ­ely 38 Corn serving 39 *Hockey rink divider 41 102, to Caesar 42 69-Across list of games, briefly 44 Garden-tidying gadget 45 Texter’s “Holy cow!” 46 In favor of 48 Suffix with chlor49 __ Waldo Emerson 51 Reach a total of 54 Self-effacing 55 Friendline­ss 56 Temporary calm 57 FBI employees 58 *Shaft from the sun 64 Fictional pirate often addressed as “Mr.” 65 Like basic wall switches 66 Boyfriend 67 “B.C.” cartoonist Johnny 68 Would like 69 Sports org. for the players that begin the answers to starred clues DOWN 1 Rush hour tie-up 2 Have to pay 3 Racetrack risk 4 Like many pretzels 5 Cousins of woofs 6 Stranded motorist’s need 7 Actress Thurman 8 Fee-based home entertainm­ent 9 Eroded, as savings 10 *“Unforgetta­ble” crooner 11 Soviet cooperativ­e 12 Temporary stop 14 Foundation plant 18 Live-in household helper 22 Sleep stage 23 Desert respites 24 Sound from a lily pad 25 *Jimmy Olsen, notably 26 *“The Tonight Show” host after Johnny Carson 27 Opportunit­y for growth 29 Finally arrived 33 Stitch 34 Winner’s number 36 Uneven gaits 37 Quarterfin­al contestant­s count 40 Jazzman Garner 43 Percussion­ist’s kit 47 Toronto’s prov. 50 Actor’s unwritten line 51 Flooded 52 Igneous rock, once 53 Fielder’s assist, e.g. 54 Bobbles 56 Hit high into the air 59 Santa __ winds 60 Partner of hither 61 Precious stone 62 Uncooperat­ive “2001” computer 63 Spot for a bath

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