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1 Amanuenses 8 Clog 13 Famous gamesaving 1954 World Series play by Willie Mays 15 Many a Zoroastrian 16 Nice place to read or watch TV 18 Mad about

19 It might be dry or biting

20 Raise people’s spirits? 22 Phrase that’s often contracted … or suffix for something contracted 24 Oozed 25 Location of a daith piercing

26 ___ Cherry, singer with the 1988 hit “Buffalo Stance” 28 Long account 29 Humblebrag, of a sort

30 Order against disclosure

32 Bad

34 Romps

36 This clue’s answer might contain more than seven letters

38 Bad

42 Gave a hard time 43 Fusses

ACROSS

45 Met for a few hours in the evening? 46 Makers of Deep Blue, the first computer to beat a world chess champion under tournament conditions 47 Potato chips, in Britain

49 One in a nursery rhyme pocketful 50 Figures in “Knives Out” and “The Maltese Falcon” 53 Peter Pettigrew’s Animagus, in the Harry Potter books

54 ___ space 55 Keeping one’s thoughts to oneself, say 57 One who’s a charmer, maybe 58 Traditional Polynesian beverage that numbs the mouth 59 Brined white cheeses

60 “The White House” vis-à-vis the executive branch of government, e.g.

DOWN

1 In an agitated state 2 Cardamomcontaining coffeehouse creation

3 At ease 4 Unsalted, perhaps

5 “The beginning and end of all music,” per Max Reger 6 Shared values 7 September/ October zodiac symbol 8 Agreed

9 Part of a 45-Across 10 Marvel Comics character played multiple times by Ian McKellen 11 Skip or Reverse 12 Dole Plantation, e.g.

14 Game where It always counts 17 Eminem track with the Guinness World Record for “most words in a hit single” 21 Washington hub that’s a portmanteau of two cities 23 Shot only you can take

27 “Peas” or “golf balls”

29 Apple product 31 Creative works with net proceeds? 33 Food item often accompanied by tzatziki

35 Word before or after “first” 36 Ochlocracy 37 “You know what you did!” 39 Average American, allusively 40 Press secretary’s asset, informally 41 “We did it!” 42 Scam 44 Gadget that might be disguised as something else 47 Alternatives to baskets

48 A bad one is your fault 51 Designer Wang 52 Race winner’s prize 56 Ring call, in brief

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