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ACROSS 1 Walking speed 5 Certain acid 10 Do a bit of carpentry 13 Rouse to action 14 Maxims 15 “Monster” that’s a lizard 16 Room provider 19 Win at ___ cost 20 Birthday units 21 Sentence subjects, e.g. 22 Shoot-’em-up movie 24 Make malicious remarks 25 Dry run 26 Foul-smelling 28 Lion sound 30 Second or third showing 31 Pirate’s home 34 Yielder of a huge payout at the track 38 “Sayonara!” 39 Hangs around 40 Sharpen on a whetstone 41 Nairobi’s land 42 Garfield utterance 44 People from Poland and Croatia 46 Unauthoriz­ed t ype of strike 49 Configurat­ion 50 “___ all, folks!” 52 ___ Khan 53 Close behind 56 Satie or Estrada 57 Boo-boo 58 Landlocked man? 59 Cozy retreat 60 Continenta­l money 61 “Saving Private Ryan” re-enactment

DOWN 1 “Don’t give me that rot!” 2 Advice to a sinner 3 Carthage or Sparta 4 Previously, in poems 5 Tijuana Brass leader Herb 6 Erin of “Happy Days” 7 Marty’s “Young Frankenste­in” role 8 Barely beats 9 Sculling piece 10 Rise partly 11 Without any help 12 “Star ___: The Force Awakens” 15 Earthlike shape 17 Caustic agents 18 Result of six outs 23 USVI, e.g. 24 Shock 26 Guy or dude 27 Greek equivalent of Cupid 28 Hardly a Yankee fan? 29 Moronic beginning? 30 Have a dependency 31 Exhibited, as one’s talent 32 Forever and a day 33 Consumed 35 Prime-time ender 36 Olympus ___ (Mars volcano) 37 Wearing foot coverings 41 Sleeping bag stuffing 42 Headwear for bishops 43 “What ___ can I say?” 44 Coast 45 “Amo, amas, amat,” e.g. 46 Exultant yell 47 Ancient gathering place 48 Stretchy seaside sweet 49 Tool building 50 Street sign word 51 Frau’s partner 54 Driving zone 55 Acid, in the ’60s

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