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ACROSS

1 What Do You ___? (popular modern party game)

5 Kind of ray

10 Who says “Play it, Sam” in “Casablanca” 14 Pink-slipped 15 Deafening

16 Beef that’s aged? 17 Form of racing that requires one foot on the ground at all times

19 Satirist Mort 20 Take hold

21 Sort unlikely to stoop, say 23 Motorist’s offense, for short

24 [Shrug] 26 Complicated situation

28 Notable

29 Spot for a stud … or a “bud”

31 Buenos ___ 32 Heading in the right direction? 34 Hockey legend Gordie

37 This might be rigged

38 “Count us in!” 41 Churn

43 Home of the Nobel Peace Center

44 Big to-do

48 Ones who know what’s coming? 49 Blubber

51 Woman’s name that’s a palindrome 52 “Through the Looking-glass” character 56 Intestine’s place 58 Pop singer’s nickname that omits 51-Across 59 Ingenuity org. 60 Italian for “milk” 61 Golfer’s involuntary wrist spasms while putting, with “the” 63 Plant seen rolling through this puzzle? 66 Hexagon bordering two rectangles 67 Great Lakes people 68 John Irving protagonist T. S. ___ 69 Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes and fire

70 Hit the mall, say 71 Possible cause of a cough

DOWN

1 Gargantuan

2 Kayak alternative 3 Get-togethers 4 Singer Mccain with the 1998 hit “I’ll Be” 5 16 cups: Abbr. 6 Holy scroll holder 7 Like towelettes in a fast-food restaurant

8 It’s heaven-sent 9 Neighbor of chlorine on the periodic table 10 Contingencies 11 Chairs, e.g. 12 “Bee-you-tiful!” 13 Wings things 18 Sister of King

Charles III 22 Mediocre effort 25 Home of the U.S.S.

Arizona Memorial 27 Make-up artists? 30 Candy in a gold foil

wrapper

33 Go a few rounds,

say?

35 Essay count:

Abbr.

36 Creatures described

as anguilliform 39 Elizabeth of

“Wandavision” 40 “Va-va-___!” 41 Editorial overhaul 42 Like a certain

Freudian complex 45 Take on together 46 Developing, say 47 Family-friendly, for

the most part 48 Not go to bed 50 Shakespearean

humor

53 Sees

54 Seize

55 First lady between

Bess and Jackie 57 University of Georgia athletes, to fans

62 “___ Said” (critically acclaimed 2022 biographical drama)

64 Hebrew word

meaning “son of” 65 Psychopharmacology inits.