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1 Part of a grounding, perhaps 5 Symbol in religious art 9 Drove in the Indy 14 “Carmen” showstopper 15 Ion, perhaps 16 Visibly stunned 17 Word before captain or curve 18 Feeling yesterday’s workout
19 Imitative sort
20 Impediment to progress
23 Banjoist Scruggs
24 Cheer at a futbol game
25 Apple’s most powerful computer
28 Do a critic’s work
30 Mount Rushmore nickname
33 O. Henry or Mark Twain
34 Like a mechanic’s rag
35 Unkempt sort
36 Batting cage apparatus
39 Shallot relative
40 CSA soldiers
41 Movie with gunslingers
42 Put the kibosh on
43 “Calm down!”
44 “Close, but no cigar!”
45 Social insect
46 Impudent sort
47 Overwhelming amount of money
54 Manager Joe in Cooperstown
55 Colorful Australian gem
56 “All right already!”
58 Spy drone’s collection, for short 59 Handed-down folk tales 60 Literary governess Jane
61 Gets out of the sack
62 Homages in verse
63 Declare false
DOWN
1 Catch red-handed
2 Vein yields
3 Jousters’ contest
4 Discounted fast food combo meal, e.g.
5 Maker of Monopoly 6 Ring-shaped reef 7 Greiner of “Shark Tank”
8 Storm clouds, to some
9 Stray from the topic
10 Like Cirque du Soleil performers 11 Covert ops garb 12 Many a Heston movie
13 Place for a barbecue grill
21 Cattails’ home
22 Words from a prankster 25 Canada’s national tree
26 “The Twilight Zone” visitor
27 Quoted as a source
28 “Eleanor ___” (Beatles song)
29 Donations to the needy
30 Colleague of Sotomayor
31 Doggy bag treats
32 “Two Thumbs Up” critic Roger
34 Common tip jar fillers 35 Did a hair salon job 37 Ready to explode
38 Infant’s woe
43 Collaborator with Marx
44 Protractor measurements
45 See eye to eye
46 Doubleheaded drum
47 Tend to the sauce 48 “Tar Baby” author Morrison
49 Partner of sciences
50 Caramel-filled candy brand 51 Gadget with playlists
52 ___ terrier (Scottish breed)
53 Struggling to decide
57 Item on a ring