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ACROSS

1 The Allman brother who married Cher 6 What Jupiter and Saturn are made of

9 Ain’t, in other words

14 Fix, as shoelaces 15 On fire 16 Group that may stand on risers 17 Up overhead 18 “___ to a Nightingale” (Keats poem) 19 Humble, as a manger

20 “Just chill!” 23 French suffix with jardin 24 Loose-fitting Hawaiian dress 27 Convene to strategize on the football field 30 Places of paradise 31 Game fish whose face resembles that of a herd animal 35 “Hmm, where ___ I?” 37 Rum-soaked cake 38 1980s sitcom E.T, 39 What an adjective modifies 40 Chicago ballplayer 41 Capital of the Yukon

44 Feminine name that’s also a tropical jungle vine 47 Hip-hop dance move popular in the 2010s 48 Married woman in Madrid

50 ___ Scout cookies 51 Children’s song featuring the animals and sounds in this puzzle 56 Refrain in 51-Across that accompanies the sounds at 24-, 37and 47-Across 59 Hole-punching tool 60 Rank between sarge and cap’n 61 Healthful husks in cereal or muffins 62 Actress Saldana of “Avatar”

63 Slow on the uptake 64 “The Rose” singer Midler 65 Pointy-eared magical creature 66 Got some shut-eye

DOWN

1 Alum 2 Realtor-speak for “move”

3 Alma mater for Aldous Huxley and George Orwell

4 Marketer’s suggestion for the holidays

5 Turn to others for assistance 6 Something good to have on hand for cold weather? 7 Assistant 8 Power source for old locomotives 9 Apple storage service beginning in 2011 10 “Please demonstrate” 11 Sooner than soon 12 Word with change or spill 13 Audition, with “out”

21 Greek war god

22 Prompted, in a play

25 Like brand-new tires 26 Patriotic World Cup chant 27 U.K.-based financial giant 28 Some moving rentals 29 Singer Gibson or Harry 32 “Pshaw!”

33 “The Book of ___” (2010 Denzel Washington film) 34 Toward the back of a ship

36 Old dagger 39 Carol words before “Born is the King of Israel” 41 Maternity ___

42 City NNW of Oklahoma City 43 ___ Chicken (Chicago-based restaurant chain) 45 Consecrate, in a way 46 Win-win 49 Astonish 50 Treble symbol 52 Nowhere to be found, colloquially 53 The best of the best 54 Concern for a speech therapist 55 Off! ingredient 56 Recede 57 Anger 58 Dog-___-dog (vicious)

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