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1 Shoot the breeze 5 Ladder rung 9 How-to

presentations 14 Lacking color 15 Blue-green hue 16 Poetry muse 17 Dance, music,

sculpture, etc. 18 Tabula __: blank

slate

19 Rolls of fabric 20 Where Clay went to make a ceramic vase?

23 Calligrapher’s tool

24 Selfish shout 25 Where Penny went to deposit money? 30 Verbalize

33 Olympic skater’s

leap

34 Herbal beverage 35 Stock unit

37 Boy, in Spanish 38 Speed

41 “Sign me up!” 42 Talks up 44 Golden yrs. fund 45 Verse writer 46 Mornings, briefly 47 Where Viola went to perform with an orchestra? 51 Lose color

52 Cow’s sound

53 Where Dean went to meet with professors and students? 59 Doctor Who

player Whittaker 60 Declare

61 Say grace, say 63 Sci-fi visitor 64 Gas holder 65 Quiche ingredients 66 Stately home 67 Laryngitis docs 68 Film spool

DOWN

1 Tax prep pro 2 Triangular stringed

instrument

3 Voice above tenor 4 Aerospace employee who assesses new aircraft

5 Force

6 Run like the

dickens 7 “Nothing to it!” 8 Blood component 9 Shows to be

untrue

10 Wear away 11 Landlocked African nation west of Niger 12 Springfield Elementary bus driver

13 “Help!” letters 21 Number of millimeters in a centimeter 22 Altoids container 25 Father Christmas 26 Widely accepted

truth

27 Five-time Wimbledon singles champion Williams

28 Dead __ Scrolls 29 No-frills 30 American __: U.S. territory in the South Pacific 31 Disney mermaid 32 Streisand title role 36 Rap devotee 39 Tuscany three 40 Designates for a specific purpose, as funds

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43 Like triangles with 54 Thor’s father

unequal sides 55 “Dear __

48 “__ to Joy”: Hansen”: 2017 segment of Best Musical

Beethoven’s Tony winner Ninth Symphony 56 Small change 49 Cancel out 57 Strong desire 50 Pitcher Seaver 58 Poultry herb who won three 59 English muffin Cy Young topper Awards 62 Monogram of a

51 Swatter’s targets French fashion 53 Pepsi or Coke house