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ACROSS
1 Not at all good 5 Piece-of-cake shape 10 Tick off 14 Use a surgical beam 15 Toward the back 16 “What I Am” singer Brickell 17 Welcome wind on a hot day 19 First-rate 20 Grab greedily 21 Brought back to mind 23 Migratory flying formations 25 Dance move 26 Carrots’ partners 29 Dangerous tide 31 Airing in the wee hours 35 Dr.’s orders 36 Successful cryptographer 38 Diner 40 Cup handle 41 Not reactive, as gases 42 “Best thing since” invention metaphor 45 Untruth 46 Walked with purpose 47 Typical John Grisham subject 48 Back talk 49 Nervous twitches 51 Retail center 53 Cigarette stimulant 57 Staggered 61 Neutral shade 62 Pet without papers ... or what is literally found in the circled letters 64 Drop of sorrow 65 Oscar-winning “Skyfall” singer 66 Family babysitter 67 Attaches a patch, say 68 Massenet opera about a Spanish legend 69 Absolut rival
DOWN
1 O’Neill’s “Desire Under the __” 2 Fruitless 3 Cuba, por ejemplo 4 Some HD sets 5 Medal recipient 6 Poetic preposition before “now” or “long” 7 Animal on XING signs 8 Long looks 9 __ set: building toy 10 College student’s dining choice 11 Singing competition that returned in 2018, familiarly 12 “Okay by me” 13 Nourish 18 Letters in old dates 22 Virgil epic 24 Flip of a 45 record 26 Defensive basketball tactic 27 Praise highly 28 Up and about 30 Oyster jewel 32 Cub Scout leader 33 Hatcher and Garr 34 Some Deco prints 36 College transcript unit 37 Silvery freshwater fish 39 Nature excursions 43 Dot between dollars and cents 44 Given, as a medal 48 Rudder locales 50 Snarky 52 Yank’s war foe 53 Earns after taxes 54 Slushy drink brand 55 Avian crop 56 Boardroom VIP 58 Security breach 59 Counting rhyme word 60 June 6, 1944 63 Collegian who roots for the Bulldogs