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ACROSS

1 Combat sport on pay-per-view, in brief

4 On the ___ of the

moment

8 Like oversize

clothes

13 ___ milk (nondairy

choice)

14 On the up-and-up 16 Match in opinion 17 *Asian American who became only the second woman to win the Oscar for Best Director 19 Shrek’s love 20 Listened to

21 Penthouse or attic 23 Rear end, to Brits 24 *Runway model famous for her work as a Victoria’s Secret Angel 26 Agcy. dealing with workplace accidents 28 Animals around the

house

29 Elvis’s wife 34 Jewish community

center, for short 37 D.C. “Squad”

member 38 Fashionable … or where you might find the starts of the answers to the starred clues 41 Command between

“ready” and “fire” 42 Like a basso’s

voice 44 Vegetables in traditional moussaka

46 Did a sketch 49 Disturb, as

sediment 50 *Longest resident performer at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace 54 Have ___ in one’s

belfry

58 Response to a

stimulus

59 Baked pudding of potatoes or noodles in Jewish cooking 60 Loosen, as laces 61 *Atlanta rapper featured on Lizzo’s Grammynominated “Exactly How I Feel” 64 Bishop’s hat

65 Stop and Yield 66 AOL, for one 67 Budweiser and

Beck’s

68 Altoids containers

69 Tennis court divider

DOWN

1 Chocolate-flavored coffee

2 HBO’S “Real Time With Bill ___”

3 Book of maps 4 Transport down a winter hill 5 Dispenser candy 6 “That tastes bad!” 7 Cowboy’s rope 8 Perplex 9 Nimbleness 10 Bachelor party attendee

11 Italian city where Columbus was born 12 Ache (for) 15 Saturday morning TV character 18 Dunkable cookies 22 Vitality

24 Place for a goatee 25 Split in two

27 Biol. or chem. 29 Increase unnecessarily, as an expense report 30 ___ v. Wade

31 Cold drink with caffeine 32 Something to throw on a fire 33 Belligerent, in London

35 Runaway success 36 Mornings, informally

39 “Once ___ a time” 40 Inventor Whitney 43 More costly 45 Collection of songs 47 Goes in

48 One of ancient China’s Three Kingdoms

50 Bit of bread

51 Start of a playground rhyme 52 Kennel occupants 53 Arctic dweller 55 Once more

56 All wound up

57 Got some shut-eye 59 Candy item in foil 62 Some movie f/x 63 MSNBC competitor