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ACROSS

1 Moistens 5 Errand- runner 10 Between white and black 14 Have a yearning 15 Dwelling 16 Dublin’s isle 17 Where to find clowns and elephants 20 Does gigs 21 Genteel drinkery 22 Heroin, slangily 25 Bridge measuremen­t 26 Groceries carrier 29 Eon segments 31 Whine tearfully 35 “According to me,” in shorthand 36 Backyard part 38 Less than stereo 39 Sign of coming danger, to some 43 Bart’s school- bus driver 44 ___ firma 45 Prompter’s offering 46 Crowns fit for princesses 49 Serve as an usher 50 Common pronoun 51 Tater 53 Cut with small strokes 55 Person with a baton 58 Disturber of the peace 62 What diverse menus are for 65 Like a spoken exam 66 Certain singers in a choir 67 Flow slowly 68 Like many horror flicks 69 Single- masted vessel 70 Small- screen award

DOWN

1 Lightbulb measure 2 Sound bounce- back 3 “No ___ traffic” 4 Fortunetel­lers 5 Long, toothy swimmer 6 It’s fit to be tied 7 Helvetica, e. g. 8 Boundary lines 9 Summaries of games 10 Paratroope­r’s cry 11 Puerto ___ 12 Calla lily family 13 “May I help you?” 18 One way to get out of prison 19 Mashhad locale 23 Food gelling agent 24 “Understand?” 26 Intolerant one 27 Fine fiddle 28 Must, slangily 30 Trig functions 32 ___ for ( substantia­te) 33 Provide, as with a quality 34 One finishing second? 37 Grimm characters 40 Equine pest? 41 Ocean Spray berry 42 Mexican miss, e. g. 47 Basilica area 48 Buddha’s sermons 52 Marching practice 54 Bandit chasers of the Wild West 55 “Blue II” painter Joan 56 Way, way off 57 “___ bigger and better things!” 59 Agendum, e. g. 60 Appear ( to be) 61 Award from a certain cable channel 62 It’s found in a pound 63 Baby talk 64 Dosage amt.

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