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1 Archaic 6 Detective Charlie 10 Right- angled annexes 14 Greeks gathered here 15 Well- lubricated 16 Be a gadabout 17 Like some prisons 20 Lacking skill 21 Citer 22 And so forth ( Abbr.) 24 Doesn’t stay 26 Storm- door feature 27 Discombobulated 29 Game with cues 31 Some strands in a cell 32 Indian cornbread 33 “___ Mame” 35 What military heroes deserve 40 Spoofs 41 Told a falsehood 43 Fed. purchasing org. 46 Capture on cassette 47 Catch sight of 49 Troubled 51 Hard to comprehend 53 L. A.- to- Bangor dir. 54 Mountains or stove 55 Love of Paris? 57 Each coach remembers his or hers 63 “Quantum ___” 64 Weapon with a bell- shaped guard 65 Christmas Bombing target 66 “___ quam videri” ( North Carolina state motto) 67 Scandinavian area rugs 68 Cloned Dolly

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1 Aswan, for one 2 Khan’s title 3 Poisonous substance 4 Home to Blarney Castle 5 Vandalize, e. g. 6 French nobleman 7 Belonging to that guy 8 Oktoberfest drink 9 The Big Apple, briefly 10 Computer mistake 11 Linger aimlessly 12 Triangular sail 13 Suburb of Atlanta 18 “Once ___ a time . . .” 19 Detach, as a lapel mike 22 Clairvoyant’s claim, for short 23 “O Brother, Where Art ___?” 25 Rejected as unworthy 26 Stewbums 28 Dole’s 1996 running mate 30 Vending machine inserts 33 On the peak 34 Electrified fish 36 Initial stage 37 Blackjack option 38 Sightseer’s guide 39 Seagull cousin 42 “Does she or doesn’t she?” mystery 43 Make a bubbling sound 44 Captures with a noose 45 Trojan hero 47 Prefix meaning “half” 48 Ages 50 Staring with open mouth 52 Rain gutter adjoiners 56 Salt Lake City’s home 58 Suffix with “musket” or “ballad” 59 Do private eye work 60 Assam, for one 61 Fish eggs 62 Bark sharply

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