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1 Is victorious over 6 Bouncy tunes 11 Seance sound 14 Make amends 15 Its pages aren’t turned 16 Fr yer filler 17 Thurber’s daydreamer 19 Lofty lines 20 Tyler of “The Leftovers” 21 Simon & Garfunkel et al. 22 Scoped out before a robbery 24 Snooze later than usual 26 The boards, to an actor 28 “Godzilla,” notably 32 Weather map symbol 35 Carries a balance of 36 Period named for a music genre 37 Egg farm denizens 38 Unable to relax 40 “Gil ___” (Lesage novel) 41 Touchdown guess, briefly 42 Brainiac’s opposite 43 Showing no fear 44 Kala the ape, to Tarzan 48 Archie and his friends, e.g. 49 Hosing down 53 Junkyard wares 55 Blue areas in atlases 56 Stag’s mate 57 Sob story’s theme 58 Honeydew or casaba 62 In the style of 63 Wrote “it’s” instead of “its,” say 64 Deal go-between 65 Make like a motormouth 66 Spotlights’ output 67 Prescripti­on units

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1 Cries one’s eyes out 2 Cyber Monday sales, e.g. 3 What you’re tr ying to do now 4 Demolition stick 5 Edible portion of carob 6 Defect-ridden cars 7 Wader with a curved bill 8 Car salesman’s milieu 9 Typical Disney Junior watcher 10 Aerial sources of traffic videos 11 Mount Rushmore surname 12 Capitol Hill runner 13 Responded to a court claim 18 Irreparabl­e state 23 In bygone days 25 Birds on Australian stamps 26 Crafts a quilt 27 Chart showing one’s roots 29 Sidekick of early TV 30 S&L offerings 31 “Don’t be so rough!” 32 Cooking Channel figure 33 Jared of “Suicide Squad” 34 Having terrific luck 38 In need of darning 39 Stately shaders 40 Reynolds who portrayed Bandit 42 Realm unseen by standard search engines 43 Displays 59-Down 45 Japanese ceremonial brew 46 Coarse woolen clothing 47 Take testimony from 50 Waits for a green light, say 51 Not a single soul 52 Civil blokes 53 Move in the breeze 54 Soda aisle option 55 Part of a quarter note 59 Hothead’s emotion 60 Org. that sticks to its guns 61 Braggart’s trait

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