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1 Have a heated discussion 6 Competitor of Dell and HP 10 Blue-green shade 14 Butter maker’s device

15 Be on the short end 16 Job level, metaphorically 17 Good eater’s attribute 20 Orange vegetable 21 Corrosion on chrome 22 Telescope support 23 Traffic report topics 24 Beknighted men 25 It’s donned in a Christmas song 29 Catches some rays

33 Acts the flunky 34 Cooler filler

35 Put salsa on, say 36 Cousins of berets 37 Playful taunts 39 Strauss of denim 40 Play for a sap 41 Delivery to a smelter 42 Cathedral city on the Seine 43 Teller’s talkative partner 45 Sweet treat on a stick 48 Symbols of durability 50 Count at the gym 51 Cigar store cheapie 54 Sargasso and Ross 55 Third word of many limericks 58 High-priced rental 61 “That’s highly doubtful!” 62 Clinic procedure 63 Venue with skyboxes 64 Rotten reviews 65 Declare to be “fake news”

66 Reach peak flavor DOWN

1 Like overworked muscles 2 Perlman of “Cheers” 3 “Where America’s Day Begins” island 4 Bookmarked site, briefly

5 Lures into crime 6 Milano of “Insatiable” 7 Mackinaw or mackintosh 8 Paranormal power, for short 9 Dinosaurs, e.g. 10 Gallery exhibitor 11 Comment from Colbert

12 Bible preposition 13 Like a centenarian 18 Dromedary’s singular feature 19 Make a wild throw, say

23 Birds with raucous calls 24 Dissenting religious group 25 Responded to reveille

26 Bring shame to 27 Trump travel ban land

28 Like a wellprepared souffle 30 Enjoyed thoroughly 31 Many a Kindle download 32 Chiropractor’s focus 37 Jostled, as for position 38 History book chapters 39 Removes, as branches

42 Ice Cube or Ice-T 44 Coward’s attribute

46 Lost in thought 47 Diary duration, perhaps 49 Scuba diver’s supply

51 Long undergarment 52 Oompah band need 53 Bovine draft animals 54 Bridge’s length 55 Show sorrow, perhaps

56 Rice of gothic fiction 57 Laurel of old-time comedies 59 Drop from the staff 60 Radiologist’s test, briefly

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