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ACROSS 1 “Stompin’ at the ___” (big band classic) 6 The Rock of Gibraltar, to 61-Across 10 English majors’ degs. 13 Put up with 14 Sword handle 15 Revolver innovator Samuel 16 Movie critic with a trademark mustache 18 Capital on a fjord 19 Plods through mud 20 ID checker at a bar 22 Where Farsi is spoken 24 Showing no emotion 25 Ace’s hiding place 29 Tree with catkins 32 “O Pioneers!” novelist Cather 33 Collar stif fener 34 Jason’s ship 38 ___ mater 39 Much the same 40 Laundromat quantity 41 Animated character, for short 42 Surfer’s ride 43 Repel, with “off ” 44 Trumpet button 46 “Itsy-bitsy” critter of song 47 Prim and proper 50 Use a swizzle stick 52 Suggests subtly 55 Sets straight 60 Alan of “The West Wing” 61 Fortune 500 financial organization 63 Boat’s backbone 64 South-of-the-border money 65 Ernest and Julio’s winery 66 Takes too much (Abbr.) 67 Red and Dead 68 Icy downpour DOWN 1 Yields to pressure 2 Shepherd in Genesis 3 “In ___ veritas” 4 Keatsian works 5 School for Torah study 6 Tibet’s Forbidden City 7 Olive or peanut extract 8 Slick-talking 9 “Beetle Bailey” pooch 10 Classic chocolate syrup brand 11 Ethan of the Green Mountain Boys 12 Bedtime recital 15 Low female voices 17 Where the buck stops 21 Find work for 23 Local residents 25 Babe Ruth, the Sultan of ___ 26 Stitch’s animated pal 27 Bratty kid in “Blondie” 28 Life force, in philosophy 30 Any HOMES member 31 Go brunette, say 33 Slovak or Slovene 35 The Beatles’ “Abbey ___” 36 Made a donation 37 Polish border river 39 Saddler’s tool 43 Mattress innards 45 Spots on TV 46 Monarch’s address 47 Drum major’s topper 48 Like many bathroom floors 49 Lake Titicaca’s range 51 Big commotions 53 “Killer” software items 54 ___-hugger (environmentalist) 56 List-ending abbr. 57 Lake Nasser’s river 58 Fish story 59 One-armed bandit feature 62 Dream Team letters