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1 T. A.’ s boss 5 Messes up 9 Pistachio or pecan 12 The ___ Chablis, aka the Grand Empress of Savannah 13 ___ through the motions 15 Bit of trickery 16 Dark purple berry 17 Basketball player Marc or Pau 18 “Right on!” 19 Both N’s in NY, NY 20 Have an amazingly positive effect 22 Call during a curtain call 24 Reassurance after a promise 25 Wooden box 28 Bits of rain 31 Support for some athletes 36 Web address 37 Actress Tyler 38 “Killing Me Softly With ___ Song” 39 Counterparts of downs 41 “Little Woods” director DaCosta 42 Consumed 43 Powerful attack in “Dragon Ball” 46 Coat for freezing weather 49 Name akin to Matthew 50 Share on social media 53 Tennis champ and activist Osaka 57 Instrument that uses rolls 61 Go bad 62 Flatbread variety 63 Around, datewise 64 Pulldown muscles, for short 65 Like some odds, oxymoronically 66 Concert site 67 Hughes poem associated with the Harlem Renaissance 68 “Men in Black” chief 69 “Paradise Lost” garden 70 Bonus

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1 Fallback option 2 Formula One participant 3 Eastern Woodlands people 4 Letters before a heads- up 5 Frozen waffle brand 6 Sound from a loud crowd 7 More dangerous 8 Comes down in flakes 9 Important person 10 Wi- Fi patron 11 Starting scores in gymnastics 14 Radiate 15 Fly under the ___ 20 Value 21 Friend of Nancy Drew 23 Old tape player 26 Yard sale caveat 27 One- sixteenth cup ( Abbr.) 29 ___ and proper 30 Generous slice 31 ___ bass ( music technique) 32 Flatbread variety 33 Not worth the hype 34 Distinctive vibe 35 “C’mon, ___ it out!” 40 Person taking dictation, for short 44 “Can we go home now?” 45 Constricting snake 47 Enter on a computer 48 Gibbon or gorilla 51 Largest dolphin species 52 Tip of a steeple 54 Deliver a keynote, e. g. 55 Prefix for “boat” 56 “There, there” 57 Veep’s boss 58 ___ at first sight 59 PMS symptom 60 Flatbread variety 64 Place for ChapStick

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