CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS

1 __ Lake, village near Lake Placid 8 Skedaddles 15 Somewhat off 16 “Choose!” 17 Come through 18 Poker holding 19 A or O 20 Easy pace 22 Clipper trio 23 “Ninja Scroll” genre 25 Domain introduced in 2001 26 Rod Stewart’s “__ May” 29 31 Shuttle Affirmative site act 34 Outlying community 35 Tesla, e.g. 36 “Not a chance” 37 “Zorba the Greek” Oscar winner Kedrova 38 Bottom of a food chain? 39 Abruzzi bell town 40 Fertile soil 41 Picasso output 42 Mar. honoree 43 “r u kidding?!” 44 Team that pulls for you 45 Like an earworm 46 Peugeot’s 208 or 308, e.g. 47 Tony winner Menzel of “Wicked” 49 Feature of many a Hawaiian restaurant 52 Cast off 53 Olympian queen 57 Lock-picking tool 59 Bar exhortation ... and a hint to how to answer five puzzle clues

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42 __ Salvador 44 White rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water and garnish 45 Pomelo relative 46 Beta follower 48 Playground comeback 49 Amphibious assault transports, 50 for Botanical short balm 51 Bites playfully 52 911 response gp. 54 Kitchen gadget 55 brand One thoughts with second 56 Abbey area 58 British author’s conclusion? 60 Terre dans la mer 61 Highest 62 Consoles 63 Bun seeds 64 Request at a bar 13 Down but not out 14 Rocky hills 21 Bourbon, water, sugar and garnish 24 Bird’s bill 25 Bonehead 26 __ Yello 27 Assumed truth 28 Soviet labor camp 30 Oklahoma tribe 31 Sometimes offensive, briefly 32 Dr. Phil was her frequent guest before getting his own show 33 Eros or Eos 35 Real estate parcel 36 Whiskey, sweet vermouth and bitters 38 Dress style 1 Actress Thompson 2 Doomed shepherd 3 Irk 4 Tequila, triple sec and lime juice 5 Sweet Potato Awareness Mo. 6 Emperor relative 7 Jewel box item 8 Eight bits 9 “Ick!” 10 Champagne and orange juice 11 Utah’s state gem 12 Mmes. across the Pyrenees