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1 Inexact recipe quantity 5 ___ salts (foot bath additive) 10 In need of comforting 13 Greek vowel containing three vowels 14 Local plant life 15 Spiritual mentor 16 Texas senator Ted 17 “Funny Girl” leading role 19 Europe’s most active volcano 20 Irish-speaking singer 21 Witness stand statements 22 Worker’s daily grind 24 Drew Carey’s sitcom nemesis 26 EPA-banned pesticide 27 Inky hue 31 Wanders aimlessly 34 Taboo activities 35 ATM charge 36 Like the Mojave 37 Johnny Mathis classic 38 Signal from an empty stomach 39 “Didn’t I tell you?” 40 Prepares for takeoff 41 Cities with wharves 42 Executive’s neckwear 44 Word after glass or square 45 Prescription unit 46 Tense post-WWII period 50 Cyber Monday transactions 53 Irene on the “Flashdance” soundtrack 55 Trouble-free state 56 Jack London seafarer 58 Seacrest’s TV partner 59 Adverb in sale flyers 60 Pitchfork-toting tempter 61 In one’s lifetime 62 Item on a jailer’s ring 63 Add firewood to 64 Hyenas’ hangouts

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1 Kitchen chopper 2 Heart outlet 3 Wing walking, e.g. 4 Put forth, as a guess 5 Bring about, as change 6 Vehicle that 40-Across 7 “Spider-Man” studio 8 Trinkets on trees 9 Start of a polite request 10 Men’s Wearhouse buy 11 Scared cat’s back shape 12 Club income 15 Last Supper table item 18 Box office duds 23 Online pop-ups 25 ___-bitty 27 Leader of moviedom’s Pussycats 28 At a remote point 29 Coin bearing a shield 30 Brewery barrels 31 Speak scratchily 32 Cookie in dirt cake 33 Editorial standpoint 34 Dissident politician of 1948 37 Yoga class pads 38 Like instant eggs 40 Chat room annoyance 41 One to hang out with 43 Enlighten morally 44 Woodward of “Philadelphia” 46 Floorboards sound 47 Forfeit, as rights 48 Colorado ski mecca 49 Rises like a startled horse 50 Cuddly creature of Endor 51 Muscular quality 52 Defense treaty partner 54 Concerning, on a memo 57 Braying equine

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