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1 Sarah __, fIrst woman

governor of Alaska 6 Academic acronym 10 Chem class rooms 14 Therapy prefix 15 Cardamom-infused tea 16 Tierra en el mar 17 Blue Ribbon beer 18 Heavenly bear 19 Small bottle 20 2002 Hugh Grant film based on a Nick Hornby novel 22 Ogre, for one 23 Post-injury regimen 24 Delicate 25 Strong, as a storm 28 Reunion attendee 29 Signal from the wings 30 Gobbledygook 36 Symbol on several PC

keys 39 Long-handled tool 40 Puccini specialty 41 Three-time All-Star outfielder whose son was a seven-time N.L. MVP 44 Title for Richard

Starkey 45 RPM indicator 46 Drum kit cymbals 49 Put under 52 Shrek’s love 54 Blond hair, e.g. 55 Birds with short finchlike bills ... or, what the sets of circled letters literally are? 59 Come by honestly 60 First name in desserts 61 Bull-riding venue 62 “__ sow ... ” 63 A bit open 64 Wastes time 65 Canasta combination 66 Foots the bill 67 Parcels (out)

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1 Fairy tale bear 2 Part of UAE 3 ESPN basketball

analyst Rebecca 4 “There’s no doubt!” 5 Talk aimlessly 6 Diving acronym 7 Pulsate 8 “Settle down!” 9 Soccer great Hamm 10 Have a ball 11 Lao or Thai 12 __ from the past:

nostalgic event 13 Like pretzels 21 “May I speak?” 22 Bluegrass band staple 24 Hall & Oates, e.g. 25 Nature’s bandage 26 Costa del Sol coin 27 Trick or treat 28 Under the covers 31 “This isn’t good” 32 Part of “MNF,” an in-season wkly. sports broadcast 33 Spanish for “table” 34 One with a tyre in his

boot, perhaps 35 Scull crew 37 Managed to get 38 Tombstone first name 42 Letters in early dates 43 Chase away 47 Like mosaic tiles 48 Salon creation 49 Teakettle output 50 Backspace over 51 Hannah of “Splash” 52 New venture 53 Structural beams 55 Gulf of California

peninsula 56 1994 Jodie Foster title

role 57 “Trick” joint 58 Disrespectful talk 60 Botanical fluid