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1 Some plays have five 5 Alliance since 1949 9 BTS or Black Panther 13 Castle-shaped chess piece 14 Being broadcast 16 Slender woodwind 17 Who Grey says “thank you” to 18 Good thing to support 20 Christ the Redeemer is one 22 Supported 23 Central beliefs 25 Doc who treats sinusitis 26 Bay Area airport code 28 What teachers do 30 The minimum one for Medicare is 65 33 Currency in Spain and Lithuania 35 Gait for a pony 36 “General Hospital” actress West 38 “Still a go for tomorrow?” 40 Appliance with glowing coils 42 “Sweetheart . . .” 43 Most-liked, for short 44 Werewolf’s wail 45 Soft boot leather 47 Happily ___ after 49 Chinese surname meaning “forest” 52 Key lime dessert 53 Take offense at 56 Dogs, hogs and frogs 59 Away from the office 60 ___ capita 61 Acrobat catchers 63 Remove the rind from 64 The “I” in IUD 65 City between Cleveland and Buffalo 66 Superstar soprano 67 All ___ up (nervously excited) 68 A century has 100 (Abbr.) 69 Guitar neck part
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1 Most starfish have five 2 Lacquer layer 3 Color similar to scarlet 4 Hit the rink 5 “This email doesn’t require a response” 6 Pitch ___-hitter 7 Hot sauce brand 8 Liquids used for tempura 9 Talk a big game 10 Border on 11 Septum’s place 12 Landowner’s document 15 Stopwatch button 19 Film as an art form 21 French for “a” 24 Hang a left or a right 26 Stitched line 27 Intense anger 29 Roti flour 30 Mechanic’s field 31 Ballooned 32 The James ___ Jones Theatre 34 Needs to repay 37 “In order to rise from its own ___ a phoenix first must burn” (Butler) 39 ___ de toilette 41 Reason for muscle aches 43 Entry cost 46 “Cruella” studio 48 Doc for dogs 49 Vision correction surgery 50 Utterly ridiculous 51 Pretty cool 54 “You’ve got a lot of ___!” 55 Pay for everyone 57 More than a ___ coincidence 58 Slightly 59 Soul legend Redding 62 ___ on the side of caution 63 File type for a scanned document