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Across

1. Point toward 6. Switch things up 10. Big smile 14. Battle hard

15. Wicklow’s nation 16. Muppet who uses illeism 17. No longer has drinks in a demitasse 20. His pizzeria is destroyed at the end of “Do the Right Thing” 21. Hindu in a turban 22. Not on the team 23. Author who coined the phrase

“Abandon all hope ye who enter here” 25. Riding lawn mower brand 27. Lizard man of the cloth who wears a red biretta? 33. TV actress Christine 35. WWIII weapon 36. “Watermark” new ager 37. Sick as a dog 38. Affix, as to a collage 41. “A ___ in the House of Love” (Anaïs

Nin novel) 42. Contracts that protect ideas: Abbr. 44. Religious teacher 45. British authors Bagnold and Blyton 47. Really cheap British fetish? 50. Give a little push 51. Say “hi” to 53. Transport with Quiet Cars 56. It’s nothing, really 58. Best man’s rental 60. Absorb the funk of a black-andwhite mammal?

64. As to, contractually 65. Bit of chemistry 66. Creepy and peculiar 67. Stave (off) 68. ___-free shopping 69. Gets it together in the editing room

Down

1. Gagging disgruntled sounds 2. Homer’s magnum opus 3. “Twin Peaks” actor Kyle 4. Answer on “Jeopardy!” 5. Las Vegas site 6. Go searching 7. Jinn’s offering 8. Onetime rival of Moog and Oberheim

9. Word in pricing 10. Custom-made

11. Animated character that sings “Into the Unknown”

12. Love of the Classics?

13. Nearly everything 18. Stopped working 19. Feel one’s ___ burning 24. NL East player, for short 25. Start doing, as a hobby 26. Spread applied with a butter knife 28. Guarantee

29. ___ Complete (premium dog food brand) 30. Salsa step where the lady rotates toward her partner 31. Queens force: Abbr.

32. Letters added twice to each of this puzzle’s theme answers 33. Serving of sausage 34. Grocery store chain with a blue triangle in its logo 39. Wide-eyed 40. Couch material?

43. Crept (away) 46. Hamilton-to-Toronto dir.

48. Stuttgart spouse 49. Little green man of stories 52. Blouse style 53. “Like that’s gonna happen” 54. Treat that’s licked

55. Bring home 56. Saxophone-playing Muppet 57. Actress Rossum

59. Speedy Jaguars 61. Inflate the time sheet, say 62. “Father ___” (2022 Mark Wahlberg drama) 63. Cryptogram maker’s need

LAST PUZZLE’S ANSWERS:

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