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1 Move like a child in
a tutu
5 Distinctive attire
9 Letter after beta
14 Wikipedia’s is a globe made of puzzle pieces
15 Smell
16 Place for an
octopus
17 Many
18 “The Handmaid’s
___”
19 Wasn’t well
20 1968 Steppenwolf
hit
23 “Well, well, well!” 24 Prefix meaning
“half”
25 D& D, for one
28 Childbirth specialist 32 Short- antlered
animal
34 Alter ___
35 Short sleeps
37 Double- reed
instrument
38 Book signed by the
author
43 Word before “mining” or “analyst”
44 Mare’s baby
45 Scandinavian
name found within “Violet”
46 On a single
occasion
50 Converted from
PDF to paper
52 Clump of cash
53 Fibs
55 Intelligence org.
56 Tried to act casual
61 Aspect
64 “I’m an ___ book!” 65 “Very funny!”
66 Unspecified option 67 “Doesn’t ___ a bell” 68 “Try a Little Tenderness” singer Redding
69 Critic VanDerWerff 70 Has pad see ew,
for example
DOWN 4 2 3 1 Chunk Collared in “First Maybe Russia name later” shirt popular style
6 8 7 5 Parts Beer Overstep Not very maker in movies much 9 Alyssa position Naeher’s 10 Drug “dropped” that’s 11 First name of two
Spice Girls 12 “Parenthood”
actress Whitman 13 “Also . . .”
21 Noun, sometimes 22 Letters introducing
a hot take 25 Tech support
suggestion
26 Nouns, sometimes
27 Took on a silvery
colour 28 “Over in the ___”
( children’s song) 29 Lizard that can grow to be six feet long
30 Sign on the ___
line
31 Air Quality Index
org.
33 Nickname for a
med school grad 36 Sunscreen letters 39 Grain in
Cheerios 40 Short jump
41 Wages 42 Designation
for low- level celebrities
47 Unconfident volunteer’s phrase
48 Florida city, on
scoreboards
49 Pooh’s gloomy
pal
51 Snack with
melted cheese
54 Vintage photo
tone
56 Spa treatment
57 Evidence of a
fender bender
58 Promise
59 State with a
swallowtail flag 60 ___ but not least
61 Enemy
62 Convenience at a
convenience store 63 Illinois city, on
scoreboards