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ACROSS

1 Exact double

6 No-goodniks

10 Nightclub in a Manilow tune 14 Bird that said “Nevermore” 15 Buffalo’s waters 16 Bush 43’s “___ of evil”

17 Fields of expertise 18 Friend of Androcles 19 Hectic places at stock exchanges

20 Two-thirds of MMA

23 Forest female

24 “Shine,” in brand names

25 Porcupine or woodchuck

27 Many a bodega patron

31 Out to lunch, so to speak

33 Gisele Bundchen or Heidi Klum, to fashionist­as

34 Get wind of

36 Namesake of an online list

40 Bikini Atoll’s place

43 Masterwork in St. Peter’s Basilica

44 Word before duck or excuse

45 Brewer’s purchase

46 Earned a scorecard “E”

48 Made furrows in

50 Alternativ­e to a hair weave

53 AFL merger partner

54 Matterhorn, e.g.

55 World leader born Josip Broz

62 Fat-removal procedure, for short

64 Libation of fermented rice

65 Did high-tech surgery on

66 “As ___” (letter closing)

67 Redding who wrote “Respect”

68 Make improvemen­ts to

69 Novi Sad native

70 Incubation site

71 Monopoly stack

DOWN

1 Study in a hurry

2 “Doctor Zhivago” heroine 3 No longer happening

4 Unlike Oscar Madison

5 Many a Naval Academy graduate

6 String quartet member

7 Coloratura’s delivery 8 Paris-based fashion label 9 Nissan offering since 1982 10 Salary ceiling 11 Rust or lime 12 Rock climber’s spike

13 Cash or real estate

21 Lei Day greeting

22 San Diego’s locale, for short

26 Energetic sort

27 Like wilted celery

28 Much-hyped berry

29 Gave way, like a seam

30 Marching together

31 Some all-youcan-eat fare

32 Like a goody two-shoes

35 Fanning of “Maleficent”

37 Chew like a

25-Across

38 Not lif ting a finger

39 Tavern sign abbr.

41 Bull seal’s cows

42 Brownish photo tint

47 Logician’s forte

49 Hung in the hammock

50 Fish stories

51 Antipasto morsel

52 Bunk bed half

53 Place for toys or treasure

56 Assign stars to, say

57 Does a Super G

58 Unlikely to bite

59 “Gotcha”

60 Have an inclinatio­n

61 Trifecta figures

63 Scepter’s partner

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1/30 © Andrews McMeel

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