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1 Sound check item 4 Barista offering 9 Colon pair 13 Alicia Keys record label 14 Silver and gold 15 “Now I get it” 16 Large server 17 Lacking energy 18 Lean and strong 19 VIPs 21 Famous 23 Take in 24 Gibbs of “The Jeffersons” 26 Pooh pal 27 They catch a lot of waves 31 Ailing 34 Canasta play 36 Deleted 37 Do nothing 38 Modeling material 40 Match.com goal 41 “Live” sign 43 “__: Legacy”: sci-fi sequel 44 Blue-roofed restaurant chain 45 Cosmic payback 47 “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!”

airer 49 Long-plumed fisher 50 One of the two 54 Photobucket alternative 57 Ice cream brand introduced in

1866 58 Slugger with the most career

grand slam HRs 59 “Let’s hear the story!” 62 Big D pro 63 Helpless? 64 1805 Beethoven premiere 65 Egyptian snake 66 Glitch 67 Hang 68 Early video game letters

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1 Caribbean vacation spot 2 Fast-food pork sandwich 3 Twinges 4 *Dramatic gridiron pass 5 Bass output 6 Hiddleston who plays Loki in

“Thor” 7 Cycle starter 8 Motorcycle cop, perhaps 9 Unvarnished ... or like the ends of the answers to starred clues? 10 Largest Mississippi River feeder

by volume 11 Civil wrong 12 __ terrier 14 Giza neighbor 20 *Put in long hours 22 Show off, in a way 24 *Shopping area loiterer 25 “As a result ...” 28 Flood survivor 29 Pilot, or a prefix with pilot 30 Escalator part 31 One who is often disorderly 32 New Rochelle college 33 Dressed 35 Words on Alice’s cake 39 *“The Vampire Chronicles”

novelist 42 Joplin pieces 46 Not for kids 48 Mary-in-mourning sculpture 51 Stud 52 Prepare to start over, perhaps 53 Answers briefly? 54 Free ticket 55 Liver nutrient 56 Pop 57 Screen signal 60 Make a misstep 61 Mauna __