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1 Keebler cracker 6 Shoots the breeze 11 E, in Morse code 14 Parts of plots 15 Kama __
16 Bruin great Bobby
*Sports bookie’s figure
Action film gun Caspian Sea feeder
21 Where work may pile up
Criticized unfairly, in slang 27 Stand in a studio 29 Get away from 30 Inoffensive 33 “Tell It Like It Is” crooner __ Neville Suffix with billion Fashionable way to arrive? 36 “What a pity” 37 *R&D setting 40 Meadow 41 Four-stringed instruments, typically 43 Weighty volume 44 Buck the system 46 Passé street corner convenience 48 As __: generally 49 Location 50 Online player, briefly
Taj __
Foundry waste Good Grips gadget brand
End of a close race ... and what the last part of the answers to starred clues can literally be
“Don’t Bring Me Down” rock gp. 64 Singer Cyrus 65 Finnish tech
giant
66 Hanoi holiday 67 Green vehicles,
for short 68 Belgian treaty
city
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Cook quickly Prefix with logical
3 __ Lanka
4 Top songs set 5 Stellar scholar 6 D.C. network 7 Sling
8 Gobbled up 9 Carol syllable 10 Extreme cruelty 11 *Dylan’s “Blonde on Blonde,” e.g. Rice-shaped pasta
Froot Loops shelfmate
B’way sellout sign
Jodie Foster title role
Intensify “Seward’s Folly” purchase *Marksmanship match
Tokyo, long ago “Copperhead Road” singer Steve
Nevada’s __ 51 1 2
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English school since 1440
Big talk
Animal welfare gp. Pitching stat “I need a hand”
50 Tricks
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45 47 Half-__: coffee compromise Bubbly brand Wheel connector Ending for young and old alike? Hyphenated Minute Maid brand
Schnozz extension? Japanese drama
60 ’50s prez 61 Sermon subject 62 Boater or bowler
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