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ACROSS 1 Dull as dishwater 6 Prepared for a shot 11 Result of a sac fly 14 What Garbo wanted to be 15 Stylish woman’s shoe 17 Tennis player’s least favorite geological feature? 19 Blaster’s need 20 Orders to attack, with “on” 21 Lamarr of “Boom Town” 22 Castle of the ballroom 24 Italian wine cit y 27 Ali, originally 29 Pool player’s least favorite name for the Devil? 34 Potato-processing utensil 36 Org. combating music piracy 37 Weeder’s tool 38 “Zounds!” to a texter 39 Import duties, e.g. 42 Onetime “big four” record label 43 Oscar Wilde’s forte 44 Flying jib, e.g. 45 Macho guys 47 Bowler’s least favorite Wall Street event? 51 Nabisco cracker 52 Is inquisitive 53 Creeps up on 55 Go sprawling 58 Editor’s “leave it ” 59 Little white lie 62 Golfer’s least favorite picnic treat? 67 Grapefruit League time 68 Moth-___ (ratty) 69 Texas hero Houston 70 Conical abode 71 Item in black
DOWN 1 Far-flung 2 Pioneering DJ Freed 3 1960s-’70s muscle car 4 “___ pig’s eye!” 5 Like a pea-soup fog 6 FedEx deliver y 7 Bartenders’ tips, often 8 Calypso offshoot 9 Ernie of the PGA 10 Rock band ___ Leppard 11 Philandering sort 12 Emphasized, like some type 13 ___-bitty 16 Brazilian state, or a type of grass 18 The Flintstones’ pet 23 Reuben bread 24 Yard sale caveat 25 Sing like Ella 26 Dumpster filler 27 Cornfield raiders 28 Maximum speed 30 Dryly humorous 31 Clark Gable’s last movie 32 Hale-Bopp, e.g. 33 Name in ketchup 35 Stuntmen take them 40 Superhero’s wear 41 Spots on dominoes 46 Drop a pop-up, say 48 Superheroes’ wear 49 Recite, as a mantra 50 Many a new driver 54 On the briny 55 County divisions (Abbr.) 56 ___ avis (unusual sort) 57 Agenda listing 58 Gin flavoring 60 Slushy beverage brand 61 Out of alignment 63 On Soc. Sec., perhaps 64 West of “I’m No Angel” 65 Paranormal skill, briefly 66 ___ Palmas, Canary Islands