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1 Tool that can be a musical instrument
4 Not berthed
8 Designated
14 Confidentiality contract: Abbr.
15 Spider-man co-creator Lee
16 Prophecy source
17 Get-together with a sketchy vibe?
19 Beam benders
20 Cookie-based dessert
21 Spanish “those”
22 Salon job
23 Marketer’s blitz campaign?
28 Affirmative replies
30 General on a menu
31 Sign of healing
32 __ Cruces, New Mexico
34 “Yeah, I guess”
36 Pickleball shot
37 Intercom call on Take Your Child to Work Day?
40 Mud bath spot
42 Bash who co-hosts CNN’S “State of the Union”
43 Mo
44 The Buckeye State 46 WNBA official
47 A few bucks, say
51 Shake Weight and The Flex Belt, per their infomercials?
55 Heaps
56 Limo destination
57 Jack up
59 Nut used to make vegan cheese
62 Cold Hawaiian treat ... or a directive followed four times in this puzzle?
63 Understood by few
64 Despise
65 Org. with seven teams in Canada
66 “This Is Spinal Tap” director
67 Lyft competitor
68 Game Boy batteries
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1 Beagle who pilots an imaginary Sopwith Camel
2 Like premium streaming services
3 Communion rounds
4 Urgent letters
5 Narrow piece 6 Foodie website covering
25 metro areas
7 “__ takers?”
8 Arcade achievements 9 Bad move
10 Ups the ante
11 Telethon VIPS
12 Blight-stricken tree
13 __ Moines
18 Grapefruit kin
21 Succeed
24 “You can come out now”
25 Rights advocacy gp.
26 __ Tomé and Príncipe
27 Recede
29 Hourglass stuff
33 Draw for some pictures
35 Contact lens holders
37 Uttered
38 Hr. for an afterlunch nap, maybe
39 Interval of eight notes
40 Cry noisily
41 Soup with rice noodles
45 Anne of Green Gables, for one
48 “Riverdale” actress Huffman
49 “Caught red-handed!”
50 Braces (oneself)
52 Nobel-winning chemist Joliot-curie
53 Process that may involve PT or OT
54 Roofing option 58 Of all time
59 Subway unit
60 “What __ those?”
61 Bio or chem
62 Moo __ pork