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Today’s crossword

- By Dan Schoenholz

ACROSS

1 Get ready, as for surgery

5 Dada lover?

9 Breathe like a hot dog

13 Trevi Fountain city

14 “Yeah, right!”

15 Stomach woe

16 “In memoriam” bio

17 Shout

18 Caulking need

19 Dome-shaped frozen areas at the two ends of the Earth

22 Distinctiv­e manner of writing, say

23 Sit-__: protests

24 Bro’s sibling

27 One in charge of a depot

32 Throw in

35 Zip, in soccer

36 Slow musical movement

37 Cognac, crème de cacao and cream cocktail

42 Swahili’s language group

43 1950s prez

44 On the __: sneakily

45 Over an extended period

50 Scratch (out), as a living

51 Smidgen

52 Harbor cities

56 Junior high ... and what each set of circles is?

60 “__ Secretary”: Téa Leoni title role

63 Ultra-modest skirt

64 Microsoft browser

65 Banishment

66 Enthusiast­ic

67 Big jump

68 Came’s opposite

69 Basketball Hall of Famer Archibald or Thurmond

70 Share on Facebook, say

DOWN

1 Yorick’s skull in “Hamlet” and the dagger in “Macbeth,” e.g.

2 Automaton

3 Poet Dickinson

4 Rose features

5 Polite request

6 “Just __ ... ”

7 1,760 yards

8 Merged union: Abbr.

9 In addition to

10 Assume a role

11 Bottom line

12 Give it a go

15 Swedish university city

20 Like a prof. emeritus

21 Columnist Landers

24 Transmits

25 Major chip maker

26 Kid’s bedtime request

28 “... have you __ wool?”

29 Andalusian aunt

30 Messin’ around, in rap slang

31 With

41-Down, boomer’s kid

32 “Steal This Book” author Hoffman

33 Had a beer, say

34 “Divine Comedy” poet

38 Utmost degree

39 Eventually and aptly, after “in”

40 Heart test: Abbr.

41 See 31-Down

46 Young fellow

47 Extra guy who’s “out”

48 Scanned bars: Abbr.

49 Of little value

53 Wyoming’s state sport

54 Roman wraps

55 Took a nap

56 Brewer’s need

57 Etna output

58 Leave the room

59 One of a cube’s six

60 Kitty’s sound

61 Lumberjack tool

62 Terrible racket

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