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- EDITED Timothy Parker BY Oscar Puma

PIGS-POKE

ACROSS 1 Gasoline dispensers 6 Valuable fiddle 11 Bachelorho­od-ending phrase 14 Satellite’s path 15 Officially authorized 16 Christmas quaff 17 “Once ___” (Talking Heads tune) 19 Feel under par 20 Make accustomed 21 Present a poser to 23 Moves stealthily 26 Where streams flow 27 Thin silk cloth 28 Roll in mud, as a pig 29 Palindromi­c potentate 30 Celebrate boisterous­ly 32 Mournful wails 35 Oil-drilling structures 37 Storage towers 39 Color of a sprinkled coat 40 Scrub 42 Play a banjo 44 Genetic cell material 45 Lincoln Center offerings 47 CanadaUnit­ed States divide 49 Sketches over 51 Dessert choice 52 Warship fleet 53 Quick rides 55 Pigeon noise 56 Briefly 61 Tokyo, formerly 62 Dickens’ Drood 63 Spooky 64 Wine category 65 Fier y speeches 66 Swap DOWN 1 Polynesian dish 2 Fancy vase 3 Postgrad deg. 4 Pier support 5 Bugs Bunny, according to Bugs Bunny 6 Say with assurance 7 Matching sock 8 Boxing legend Muhammad 9 Kettledrum 10 “If everything goes our way . . .” 11 How the terse make deliveries? 12 Dainty embroidere­d mat 13 Eyes with impolite intentions 18 Red flares 22 Astound 23 Practices for a prizefight 24 Mr. Spock’s strong suit 25 Happy 26 Boldness in battle 28 Whip wounds 31 Passport addenda 33 Bowling league’s need 34 Catch in a trap 36 Certain Toyota, once 38 Offer for approval 41 Better prepared 43 Regular lunar event 46 Landlocked African nation 48 Handoff recipient 49 Indy 500 participan­t 50 Cause to deteriorat­e 53 Agitated state 54 Knock-knock jokes, essentiall­y 57 Wheat bristle 58 Stat for a pitcher 59 Cap 60 Grant’s rival

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