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ACROSS
1 Seize
6 Alternative to “swipe” for a credit card
9 Pizazz
14 Word with life or screen
15 One of the Manning brothers
16 Measurement on an electric meter
17 Fly the coop
19 Spanish restaurant fare
20 Prepared to fight Goliath?
22 Scheming
23 Like the numerals 1,2and3
27 Dutch beer named for a river
31 ___-chic
33 “I’m ___ Boat” (Lonely Island song)
34 Practiced changing one’s costume by the clock?
36 The Cowboys and Cowgirls of the N.C.A.A.
37 Private university of North Carolina
38 Leader who was the author of “On Protracted War”
39 First murder victim
40 Common wine barrel material
41 Invested on Broadway, say?
45 Article in Le Monde
46 Taking off
47 Earmarks
48 Matchbox, e.g.
50 NBC staple since 1975, in brief
51 Betrayed Paddington? ... or what 20-, 34- and 41-Across did in this puzzle
58 Arm bones
61 Something you shouldn’t take lying down?
62 Philly school
63 In which the pinky and thumb pointing out represents Y, in brief
64 Like a cemetery at night, maybe
65 ___ Popovich, longtime coach for the Spurs
66 Turndowns
67 Latin dance
DOWN
1 It’s written as “C.C.C.P.” in Cyrillic
2 Japanese rice wine
3 Pupil’s place
4 Chris formerly of 50-Across
5 Gave positive reinforcement
6 Old presidential nickname
7 Penne ___ vodka 8
Spot from which to say “bon voyage”
9 Protruding feature on a cliff
10 Tennis star Naomi
11 Hiker’s aid
12 Sports org. with an annual championship on the weekend before Memorial Day
13 “___ So Shy” (1980 Pointer Sisters hit)
18 Actress Reese of “Touched by an Angel”
21 Waikiki locale
24 Owie
25 Ad section in a newspaper, maybe
26 Seals, in a way
27 Dined at a restaurant
28 City in which to see “Il Cenacolo” (“The Last Supper”)
29 Motown legend Robinson
30 Perfect score, often
31 Prominent parts of toucans
32 Plains tribe
35 Sonoma and Yukon
39 Leatherworker’s tool
41 Extra-loud, as a loudspeaker
42 Prefix with nautical
43 Fine partner?
44 Audience for which a G-rated film is appropriate
49 Keeping in the loop, in a way
50 Unloads, so to speak
52 Bridge
53 Meh
54 La ___ Tar Pits
55 Rank associated with tea and sandwiches?
56 Honeybees’ genus
57 Large flightless bird
58 Toupee, slangily
59 Borrower’s concern, for short
60 Poor grade
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