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1 Astronomer Hubble 6 Fly ball trajectories 10 Garment edge 13 Construction site sight 14 Likely to get sunburned 15 Belle’s man 16 Tribute at the Forum 18 Can’t keep up 19 Big- eyed nestlings 20 Warm greeting 21 Run, but not move 22 Evening song 24 Reaches one’s boiling point 26 Quill pen feature 29 Lambastes verbally 31 Lead- in to a point of view, online 32 Rafter’s implement 33 Office supply packet 35 Top- two- percent group 38 Before today 39 “The Bachelor” genre 41 Big name in cable TV 42 Nonfiction book genre 44 Oblong tomato 45 Color wheel gradation 46 Well- worn pencils 48 Place for a choker 50 Unlike a spring chicken 51 Prepare to land 54 Spreadsheet function 56 Albatross, symbolically 57 Non- neutral particle 59 Wool from goats 63 K’Nex competitor 64 Unattached athlete’s status 66 Any of Ness’ agents 67 Law partnership, e. g. 68 Lauder of cosmetics 69 War- torn Mideast land ( Abbr.) 70 St. Andrews native 71 Oboist’s supply

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1 Smart speaker brand 2 Chess result, often 3 Banshee’s cry 4 Sound or cove 5 Bees’ collection 6 Any of Tarzan’s adopters 7 Sign of dermatitis 8 Socialite Von Bulow 9 Composer Rachmaninoff 10 Big cheese 11 Result of a holed fairway shot, perhaps 12 Artists’ inspirations 15 Devil- may- care 17 Set one’s sights on, with “to” 23 Weapon that’s hurled 25 “Game of Thrones” award 26 Joakim of the NBA 27 “Othello” antagonist 28 Teriyaki sauce ingredient 30 Where ’ dos are done 34 Actors sans lines 36 Aretha’s genre 37 Got rid of, in a way 39 Posh hotel amenity 40 City south of Seattle 43 University of Arizona’s home 47 Searches like a bomb squad dog 49 America’s largest supermarket chain 51 Dim bulbs 52 Opponent in Risk 53 Parthenon column style 55 “___ are the times . . .” 58 Pops conductor Peter 60 Pot toss- in 61 Tea option 62 Deli loaves 65 Rescue squad member, briefly

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