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Crossword No. 731:

Missing Movie Memorabili­a

- by Matt Gaffney

ACROSS

1 Abbr. in job titles

5 Across the pool and back

8 Give props to, sometimes

13 Mint ___ (Kentucky Derby drink)

15 Columbus sch.

16 Vietnam’s capital

17 Home ___

18 Offering opinions on a radio show

20 Terry Jon Martin, who stole this famed Wizard of Oz pair from a museum in 2005, was finally caught in 2018 and sentenced last week

22 Feasted on

23 “Relax, soldier”

27 Store boss, briefly

29 James Bond’s famed Aston Martin, which he drove in this 1964 film, was stolen from a Florida airport hangar in 1997 and is now rumored to be somewhere in the Middle East

33 Like people from Riyadh or Mecca

35 “What ___ has seen”: Corinthian­s

36 Farm female

37 Spectrum creator

38 Weekend getaway, often

39 Gin’s partner

41 “___ be an honor!”

42 Sun-blocking weather phenomena

44 “I ___ noticed”

45 Actor Sean Astin took the treasure map from this 1985 hit film (with permission), but no longer has it; he thinks his mother, Patty Duke, accidental­ly threw it out years ago during a move

48 Cleaning cloth

49 Cruel type 50 Sidekick

52 The Chevy Malibu driven by this actor in Pulp Fiction was stolen from director Quentin Tarantino’s driveway in 1994 and only recovered in 2013

59 On the market

62 Freeze over 63 Sword with a curved blade

64 NHL games usually have three (abbr.)

65 Avoid discussing, as an issue

66 Like some bad neighbors

67 Gallery offerings

68 Opposite of “avec”

DOWN

1 Not quite shut

2 Star Trek navigator

3 Poor choice for a roommate

4 Standard first down distance

5 Points, in geometry

6 Without delay

7 “No ___” (orange juice specificat­ion)

8 Wedding anniversar­y for which pearls are traditiona­lly given

9 Surname of the mononymous singer Beck

10 Lee who directed Gemini Man

11 “___ didn’t!” (phrase of denial)

12 Related by blood

14 Irritant

19 Like suburban neighborho­ods, often

21 Part of a relay race

24 Planned series of actions

25 Putting on a patch, say

26 Put up

27 Washington or Jefferson

28 Like many tours

30 Food with many layers

31 Either of two letters in “highlight”

32 Like bundt cake

33 Emulates baseball players, often

34 “Hope you can forgive me”

40 Rowboat features

43 They fly near a porch light

46 Classic action figures

47 Soothing establishm­ent

51 Rental car company founder Warren ___

53 Valley with vino

54 “Just summarize it for me,” for short

55 Part of R&R

56 Carrie’s most famous role

57 Hang a left, say

58 Complex units (abbr.)

59 Its academy is in Annapolis, Md.

60 Kung ___ chicken

61 Christophe­r Wray is its dir.

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