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What cats clean themselves with 5 Had on

9 Feeling of anxiety 14 ___ vera gel 15 Highest point 16 “Congrats!”

17 Junk pile

19 Firm hand? 20 Bones of the foot 21 University sports

org.

23 Destiny

24 Darth Vader’s name as a boy

Triple Crown winner of 1977 Drummer Ringo “Have a ___” (request in a waiting room) 31 Winnie-the-___ 33 Little rascal 35 Singer ___ Davis Jr. 39 “I’m deeply indebted” … or a hint to the ends of 17-, 25-, 51- and 64-Across British W.W. II weapons “Uh-huh!” Coup d’___

“If I may interject …” Undercoat used in sculpture

51 Power source for an

electric vehicle 55 Dark loaf

58 Very light brown 59 “Heads will ___!” 28 30 44 45 46 49 60 Folklore monsters 62 Reminders of past fights

Easter event in Vatican City 66 Courtroom

proceeding

67 And others, in a list 68 Pimples

69 Actress Field with Oscars

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Macaroni or rigatoni ___ Highway (nearly 1,400-mile route that runs through Whitehorse, Yukon Territory) Disquieting Caribbean and Caspian When repeated, a trombone sound 6 A warm welcome 7 Blink or flinch, say 8 Americans living

abroad, informally 9 Org. with a canine registry Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida

11 Perfect

12 Rich German cake 13 Out of alignment 18 Leaning Tower city 22 Pub pintful

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Ireland, in poetry Toward sunrise Bernard Malamud novel about a baseball phenom Detectives, informally

Mel who played at the Polo Grounds “You’ll ___ for this!” The Indianapolis 500, for one Sport also known as cage fighting, in brief 38 Nonetheless 40 Tennis legend Arthur Notepaper that’s usually yellow Intl. group of oil producers Mess up Nearsighted people Scandinavian drinking cry One-ups Capital of Ghana Appalachian ___ Philosopher who tutored Aristotle Kind of question you have a 50% chance of guessing correctly German industrial city

F.B.I. agent, in old slang

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