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7. Stun
1. Some medicinal plants
47. “How am I going to measure anything with this empty suit you installed?”
8. Run things 9. Bettor’s guides
51. Wish one hadn’t
10. Type of deal for superstar athletes
15. On vacation 16. Pueblo Revolt of 1680 tribe 17. “Thanks for getting my school supplies, but how do I write with these?” 19. Sultan’s country 20. “What are you trying to ___?” 21. No longer worrying (about) 23. Song that Dolly Parton wrote on the same day as “I Will Always Love You”
52. Obie-winning playwright Will 53. “Only Connect” channel, with “the” 54. Santander rival 58. Get smart?
18. Wisconsin governor Tony
59. Legal proceedings
22. Saturation point, in a business cycle 24. Chapultepec Zoo animals
65. First subheading
25. Punch in, as a guitar solo or backing vocals
26. Bit of tea
67. Bay Area force letters
27. Uruguayan pronoun
68. Some Sunday supplements, in short
33. Rude boy’s music 34. Setting for the final chess matches in “The Queen’s Gambit” 35. Bit of work 37. Baking meas. 41. Baking measurements: Abbr. 44. “Seriously? You think this will
23. “___, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
64. Kings of ___ 66. Sporting tats
31. “You think this will glue things together?”
12. Military helicopter 13. Feature of someone who always loses keys?
25. Arch
28. “I seriously doubt this will highlight anything”
11. “Across 110th Street” singer Bobby
56. Knock off balance
60. “And this will remove mistakes? I’m not old enough to even drink!”
69. Dark crime films DOWN 1. Side in the Super Bowl 2. Mike Trout’s team, on scoreboards
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30. Hair metal band named for a rodent
49. Recovery room, briefly
32. Yorick, in “Hamlet,” e.g.
50. ___ display (Mac screen feature)
36. Strengthener of locks
55. Gambling game
38. Christine of “The Good Fight”
57. Senator Paul who was an ophthalmologist
42. Indian ox
48. Humanitarian org. focused on kids
39. Did a DJ set
29. Threw back some sliders
40. Take an unwanted look
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14. Animals in your neighborhood
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6. Noodles with the band
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10. Hit one to the bleachers
58. Droids and the like: Abbr. 61. “-”: Abbr.
3. Beats on the field
43. Dad’s second wife
4. ___ nous
45. 39.37 inches, in England
62. Suffix for rocket or musket
5. Broadway star Lea
46. Get Door Dash, say
63. Fork settings?: Abbr.
6. Tease
47. Parts of a piano
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