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Today's crossword

- By Jesse Goldberg

1 Chesapeake

shellfish

5 Swings at a fly 10 Perfect tennis

serves

14 Can’t stand 15 Band whose debut album “Dreamboat Annie” was released in the U.S. on Valentine’s Day in 1976

16 Reclined

17 *__ day: on

alternatin­g days 19 Thought 20 Raised, as kids 21 What a vocalist may drop for emphasis 23 “What’s the __?”:

“So what?” 24 Pallid

25 *Aussie’s “Well

done!”

28 Historic period 30 Deluge

31 *One with the motto “Be Prepared”

34 Trait carriers 38 Brazenly obvious 39 Morton condiment 41 Determined to

have

42 *Serves a prison

sentence

43 Daily record, as

on a ship 46 Almost on “E” 47 *Part of the contract where gotchas might be found

50 Mantra syllables 52 United

53 Talk incessantl­y 54 “You’re the One That I Want” musical

57 Bloody, as steak 59 The first words of the answers to starred clues are a mnemonic for this musical symbol’s staff lines

62 Back up, on a PC 63 Philadelph­ia

NFLer

64 Winter wear 65 Extreme disorder 66 Struck down,

biblically 67 Pantry pests

1 “Believe” singer 2 “Must-see” review 3 Eroded 4 Quotable Yogi 5 Not barefoot 6 Drenched, e.g. 7 “That feels good” 8 Seismic event 9 Long step 10 Comedian Wong 11 Escalade, casually 12 Kids’ song refrain 13 Big blunder 18 Hankering 22 Barrel-shaped

drums

25 Joint ailment 26 Uneaten morsel 27 A-bomb tryout 28 Recedes to the

sea

29 Part in a play 30 “An ounce of action is worth a __ of theory”: Emerson (probably) 32 Pilfered 33 Suspended cover

above a bed 35 Place for a

manicure 36 “Tickle Me” Muppet 37 Hearty entrée 39 Chimney

sweep’s target 40 “A mouse!” 42 Cheadle who was Basher in “Ocean’s” films 44 Fireplace inserts 45 Yoga-as-exercise

namesake 47 Roman place of

assembly 48 Foolish 49 Brainiacs, maybe 50 Valuable deposit 51 Muslim holy city 54 Joy

55 Usher’s offering 56 Young newts 58 Dawn goddess 60 Alter __ 61 Three-letter

sandwich

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