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Palindromic pop group

“Got any more bright ___?” Chandigarh’s continent

“Stop, drop and ___!”

Forehead decoration placed on the ajna

Move laboriously Sulaimani ___

(type of black tea)

18 Pelted with a

cartonful of ammo

19 Hang in the

balance

20 Creature such as

Frodo Baggins

22 Intrinsically

24 “There’s no way

that’s possible!”

27 Dot on a domino

30 Part of TGIF (Abbr.)

33 Branch of Islam

34 Virtual representation of a gamer

36 Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi Communicate in a game of charades

40 Give your take

41 Soap brand with a lavish-sounding name

Scorpio and Sagittarius, e.g. Mulligan

Picture taken by a drone

“___ if you do, ___ if you don’t”

Dog food brand Dos, in English Hog’s place

“Don’t be silly!” Mandible, clavicle, etc.

Trophy winners, for short

___ out (barely got) 16 17 43 44 48 49 50 51 54 62 65 66 67 69 70 71 4 5 6 7

8 9 ___ Wiggum (“The Simpsons” kid who says “I’m in danger!”)

Ritzy celebration ___ to the occasion Upper-crust person

Pompous people have big ones Picnic raiders Disorganized state Crunch counts

DOWN

1 Foot part

2 ___-chic (fashion

style)

3 Let the cat out of the bag

Suspect’s excuse “Seems to me . . .” Use a spade

One of Kenya’s official languages (Abbr.)

Proficient Separate conversation

Lyft and Uber 11

12 13 21

23 25 28

29 30

31 32

35 37 38 42

44 45

Lead-in to “Don’t let the bedbugs bite!” Rb+ or Br

Sum up

Unhelpful reply to “Who’s there?” Accelerate sharply “Window or ___?” (airplane seat question)

Like unprocessed food Peeved response to “Are you awake?” Magician’s cry

Inlets formed by glaciers

Echo

“That was a top-notch effort for me!” French friends Privy to Banishment Splash through a puddle

Stick like tape Southwestern people 47 52 53 55 57 58

Billion-year span Sacred hymn More than ready Dedicated poems D&D spellcaster Stone-into-a-lake sound

59 Lip

60 Big band ___

61 Family

63 Untrue statement

64 WNBA stat

Friday’s Answer