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IN THE FRAME

ACROSS

1 Rolaids competitor 5 Feudal drudges 10 Redding who originally recorded “Respect” 14 Battalion or brigade 15 Place on a pedestal 16 Chorister’s attire 17 Fair-to-middling 18 More Solomonic 19 Watson of “Harry Potter” movies 20 Engages in nuclear fission 23 Parasitic sort 24 Place for a chemical peel 25 Kennel sound 28 Offensive or defensive gridder 29 LAX approximat­ions 33 Army brass? 35 Crunchy bowlful 38 Bird feeder treat 39 Goes all out 43 Ogden Nash’s priest 44 Some parlor pieces 45 Most Jordanians 47 Home to a parasite 48 Sault ___ Marie, Mich. 51 “___, Virginia . . .” 52 Home to all but one MLB team 55 Mountain climber’s tool 57 Hits pay dirt 62 Abu Dhabi dignitary 64 Like some shower walls 65 “My Way” lyricist Paul 66 Burgundy or Bordeaux 67 Seek forgivenes­s 68 Did a face-plant, say 69 A bundle of nerves 70 Bombastic blogs 71 Its bark is silent

DOWN

1 Free-for-all 2 Still sealed 3 Gave false hope to 4 Showing no emotion 5 Does zigzags, perhaps 6 Cloverleaf feature 7 Poison oak consequenc­e 8 Makes a run for it 9 Guitar accessory 10 Nabisco’s answer to the Hydrox 11 Prohibitio­n-era weapon 12 Name in network servers 13 Aegean or Ross 21 “Done!” 22 Indent key 26 Brewpub offerings 27 Townshend of the Who 30 Russian news agency 31 Green Gables girl 32 Truth, to the Bard 34 Doesn’t waste 35 Glom onto 36 Jared of “Alexander” 37 xandy,ona graph 39 Cause to roll in the aisles 40 Cut, as expenses 41 Piling up 42 ___ point (kind of embroidery) 46 Kerouac’s “Big ___” 48 Fisherman with a net 49 28-Across’ neighbor 50 Sigh with relief, say 53 Raga instrument 54 Japanese dog or city 56 Make by hand 58 Deuce topper 59 Musk of SpaceX 60 Email folder heading 61 Fateful day in old Rome 62 Flock female 63 Prefix with air or field

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© Andrews McMeel 1/17

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