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- RUTH ANN DAILEY Puzzle solution published here next Sunday. Direct comments to ruthanndai­ley@hotmail.com

Combine 37-Across imaginativ­ely with the word in the circled letters (left to right) for lyrics from a 19-Across song.

ACROSS

1 Wrangler’s rope

6 Barnyard mama

9 Bailed-out insurance giant

12 Good name for a phys-ed teacher? 15 One of 11 for “Titanic”

16 Rap genre

18 Ocean State sch.

19 Hollywood premiere of August 15, 1939

21 Hosp. VIPs

22 Former Yankee Martinez

23 Poem of homage

24 What a welcome sight relieves 26 Decide on

28 Golfer’s goal

29 Long-limbed

30 Electromag­netism pioneer Michael 33 Defendant’s entry

34 Unusual

37 Unspecifie­d location**

(See note below)

39 Messenger molecule

42 Rockies roamer

44 Pacific weather phenomenon 45 Oodles

46 How some insects have been preserved

48 Cavs-vs.-Mavs event

50 Old draft category

51 Vacation choice

55 Concerto closer, often

56 Matched collection

57 Author (with first initial “L”) of the book (with “Wonderful”) the movie is based on

59 Lion’s lair

60 Sacred

62 Iditarod front-runner

64 In a dull style

66 “__ for apple”

67 They point the way 71 Old-fashioned toys 73 “You’ve got mail” co. 75 Locale

76 Turkish dignitary

77 Director of 19-Across

80 Gibson or Brooks 81 Coastline concern

82 Fine English china brand 83 Citrus drink suffix 84 Stephen of “V for Vendetta” 85 London lav

86 Khakis, e.g.

DOWN

1 Game almost no one wins

2 What’s seen “a-sailing” in nursery rhyme 3 Whiff

4 Remove, in a way

5 “…__ quit!”

6 “My stars!”

7 Soft or hard finish?

8 Wrap up

9 With regard to

10 “Believe __ not…”

11 Graceful antelope

12 Star of 19-Across

13 Discount rack abbr.

14 Young girl

17 Parental urging for a shy child, perhaps 20 Swordsman of book and film

25 Wide shoe size

27 Desert refuges

28 Manipulate­d one

31 Supreme Egyptian god

32 Penna. neighbor

33 “No __” (reassuring words)

34 Leaves out

35 “__ now our gay apparel…”

36 Role of 12-Down

38 Group of nine

40 Words before plume or guerre 41 Used as a dining surface

43 Salty expanse

45 In days of yore

47 Flo Rida hit that includes the lyric “When I think of letting go”

49 Medieval suit

52 Removes from a directory, e.g. 53 Eisenhower and Turner

54 Org. that helps mom-and-pop stores 57 Pre-Superbowl jet maneuver 58 Longtime Arizona politico Mo 61 Hackneyed

63 Mom’s pop

64 Serious stage piece

65 Blazed furiously

66 Big name in foil

68 Hunter in the heavens

69 George of “Cheers”

70 Wise ones

72 Old Italian bills

73 Suffix for buck or stink 74 Point-return connectors

78 Fryer contents

79 Psychic gift

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