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1 NASA program for aspiring

explorers 10 Subject of a 1964 Time article subtitled “Pictures That Attack the Eye” 15 Crowded locale 16 Nikon competitor 17 Empty entirely 18 Western formation 19 Furniture wood 20 Clergyman’s deg. 22 Building __ 23 “Peer Gynt” widow 24 Runnerup before RMN 26 Shorttailed weasel 28 Singer with the 2002 debut hit

“Complicated” 31 Dow 30 company 34 Focus of many a botanical

festival 35 Ottoman bigwig 36 Farm newborn 37 When many retire 38 Great 39 Hogwarts redhead 40 1979 scifi classic 41 Gibson’s “Lethal Weapon” role 42 Constitution nickname 45 Sign of anxiety 46 Allowance holder, perhaps 47 Place to see sea monsters,

once 50 “¿Quién __?” 51 Announcer Hall 53 Dead Sea stronghold 55 Pay 57 Cepheus neighbor 59 Floor in the Louvre 60 Quiet break 61 Corning creation 62 Hog support?

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1 1978 Toyota debut 2 Looks closely 3 Tot’s song starter 4 Decorator’s target 5 Lesotho, for instance 6 Comparatively still 7 Exist 8 Essence 9 Like the ancient Olympic

Games 10 Blake’s eye 11 15thcentury pope 12 Drive on the way to Holly

wood? 13 Stinker, in more ways than

one 14 Old Testament pronoun 21 Backup site 25 One who’s easy to take 27 NBA honor 28 Tide alternative 29 Tambur relatives 30 Most spiders have eight 31 High style 32 Place to make a splash 33 Sichuan native 37 Separate 38 __ Honor 40 Name from the Hebrew for

“lion” 41 Alters on a desktop, maybe 43 2002 film with a mammoth

costar 44 Table linen fabric 47 Fanaticism 48 Dress 49 Cut off 50 Short distance 52 Square root of neun 54 Recipe direction 56 ‘60s’ 70s soul singer Joe 58 Ink __