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1 Pit-of-the-stomach feeling 5 Fastidious to a fault
9 Wedding walkways 14 Literary heroine Jane 15 Entertainment district in London’s West End
16 Watts of “Mulholland Drive”
17 Seat on a ship 19 Robust brew 20 Get through to 21 Pool of money 23 Start to scream or shout?
26 Sing like Tom Waits 28 Phrased
32 “The missing link” 34 Word with raising or splitting 36 Commercial lead-in to Clean 37 Domesticated
38 Fit of wild emotion 40 Natalie Wood’s role in 1961’s “West Side Story” 41 Foundation 42 Capitol Hill staffers
43 Bet the family farm, so to speak 45 Instrument found in a post office or grocery 46 Reddit Q&A
47 Major provider of scholarships, in brief
48 Look through a window, say 49 Like bananas and banana slugs 51 Orangish-brown gem 53 Otolaryngologist, familiarly 54 Make fun of 56 Error’s counterpart 58 Components of a rosary
61 More often than not
66 More than enough 67 We: Fr.
68 Big Ten school 69 Holiday dependent on the lunisolar calendar 70 [Ignore that edit] 71 Train tracks
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1 With 2-Down, money-saving flight option, often 2 See 1-Down 3 Certain line segment 4 Hockey feint 5 Receptacle near a firepit
6 ___ Ark 7 Offering on a sushi menu
8 Mayor Lightfoot of Chicago
9 Yet to come 10 Mythological being with a horse’s tail 11 Facilities in England
12 Prey for a dingo 13 Command that might precede “Shake!”
18 One might have the disclaimer “Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.” 22 Dipsticks 23 Erode
24 “Stop! I’ve heard quite enough!” 25 Formative 27 Science that deals with the phenomenon
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29 “Is it worth the risk?”
30 Do great at 31 ___ collar (iconic Ruth Bader Ginsburg neckwear at the Smithsonian) 33 Part of a coconut that can be shredded 35 Clarification words for a speller 38 “Freeze!” 39 Along with lentils, one of the two main ingredients in idli 41 Exposed, as a cover
44 One giving a wake-up call 45 Hyundai Sonata, for one 48 Certain ecclesiastic 50 Punch bowl go-with 52 Quibble
55 Some antique collectibles 57 Princess whose brother is not a prince 58 Meadow call 59 Ambulance letters 60 Well-suited 62 “Kidding!” 63 Father of une princesse 64 Saddler’s tool 65 ___ Américas