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SAFE AND SOUND

- By Ruby Deswit Edited by Timothy Parker

ACROSS 1 Long, detailed account 5 Pair of barbershop groups, e.g. 10 Small, slender nail 14 “Beau Geste” author 15 “Graph” or “gram” starter 16 Anger 17 Having good circulatio­n 18 ___ the run (munch in motion) 19 It comes before a patent 20 Childproof 23 Sleuth’s clues 24 “For what it’s ___ . . .” 25 Paintings on walls 28 Longest division of geological time (var.) 30 Tina’s TV boss 31 Division of a long poem 33 Athena’s symbol 36 In custody 40 Southeast Asian language 41 Fifth-largest planet 42 Person-to-person exam 43 Disrespect­ful 44 Girlfriend of Ferris Bueller 46 Santa’s little helpers 49 “Go, Speed ___, go!” 51 Love-letter envelope phrase 57 Yarn from an old pirate 58 Continenta­l divide? 59 Make mention of 60 In a dead heat 61 Nighttime vision 62 Wilson of “Marley & Me” 63 Sheet-music symbol 64 Have a suspicion 65 Sheet of matted cotton DOWN 1 Sacrifice fly? 2 La Scala show-stopper 3 Sanitizer’s target 4 Wherever 5 Met fare 6 Beet with large leaves 7 Bags with handles 8 Bible’s first grandkid 9 “Beloved” novelist Morrison 10 Worcesters­hire woman, e.g. 11 What a trooper may point at you 12 Performer’s promoter 13 This and taxes are certain 21 Bioelectri­c swimmer 22 Faint, as through ecstasy 25 Wedge-driving hammer 26 Forearm bone 27 Make another version 28 Egyptian symbol of life 29 Airport stat. 31 Part of an apple or the earth 32 Appear in a picture 33 Stew vegetable 34 Cause to withdraw gradually 35 Lovett or Waggoner 37 Avoid simply throwing away 38 Little fellow 39 It plays a part in openings and closings 43 Say “Oh, all right” 44 Nefarious plan 45 Farmer’s field 46 “Poly” add-on 47 Exit the premises 48 Low-lying lands 49 No longer asleep 50 Book with insets and legends 52 June celebrants 53 Something an undercover agent might wear 54 Corn country 55 Editor’s “leave it” 56 Transmitte­d

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