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ACROSS 1 Moment at hand 4 Out for the night? 10 Extravagant affair 14 Pub fare 15 It’s a sound choice 16 No-cholesterol spread 17 Lock, stock and barrel 18 Bachelorette 20 Being born 22 With one’s mouth open 23 Party giver 24 Become rotten 27 Does something 28 Hotel room option 32 Short life stories? 33 Beginner 34 Angry feeling 35 Hit the nail on the thumb, e.g. 36 Flagged vehicle 37 An ’80s Ford 38 Was acquainted with an antelope? 39 A joker might pull yours 40 Giraffelike animals 42 Cousin of a stork 43 Orange-flavored liqueur 45 “. . . to form a ___ perfect union . . .” 46 More peculiar 47 Be present at 48 Verbal outpouring 51 After the fact 54 Big-time slugger’s gait 58 Color property 59 Make the initial bet 60 Ceremonial procession 61 Palindromic “before” 62 Confined (with “up”) 63 Tom who hosted “The Late Late Show” 64 Staff DOWN 1 Indian bread 2 ___ podrida (miscellany) 3 Short-legged barker 4 Appraise 5 Period of time served 6 Period after Mardi Gras 7 Work unit 8 Snakelike fish 9 Author of “The Tell-Tale Heart” 10 Much-used search engine 11 ___ mater 12 Ballerina’s jete, e.g. 13 Steak sauce brand 19 Acted the banshee 21 Folding beds 24 Boar’s mate 25 Type of library 26 “In memoriam” news items 27 Broadcast network 28 Lower in rank 29 “Relative” who may be watching you 30 Cookie Monster colleague 31 ___ ex machina 32 Martial arts award 33 In the buff 36 Further away, in a way 41 In accordance with 42 Scintilla 44 Like a stiff drink 45 Rattlesnake, periodically 47 Crystal-bearing rock 48 Do some bargain-hunting 49 Roman Catholic leader 50 The last word in worship 51 Pitt in films 52 Overseas Union unit 53 Real estate document 55 FedEx rival 56 A Bobbsey twin 57 Taste