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ACROSS 1 Fiber-___ cable 6 Fairy-tale figure 11 Tub-safety item 14 Sao ___, Brazil 15 Golden calf crafter 16 ____ Lilly and Company 17 “Captain Blood” star Flynn 18 It brings bad luck?

20 One of the Bobbsey twins 21 Sneaker ties 23 Related to the kidneys 24 Opposite of comedy 26 Get hot under the collar 27 It brings good luck?

31 Hole for an anchor cable 32 Defeat resoundingly 33 Trendy 36 Bone in the arm 37 Attach with a string 39 Undeserving of a padded cell 40 Negative responses 41 Biting comment 42 “___ minute, Mr. Postman...”

43 It brings bad luck?

46 Type of fruit that’s high in vitamin C 49 Like charged particles 50 Hunter with a long belt 51 ___ up (confessed) 53 Make up one’s mind 56 It brings good luck?

58 Home under the midnight sun 60 Small digit 61 Opposite of “’tis” 62 Loop at the end of a rope 63 Tilde’s shape, loosely 64 Like bars in old films 65 Injured in the bullring

ACROSS 1 Bitter to the taste 6 “___ la vista, baby!”

11 Not quite right, as a musical note 14 “Gay” city in a Cole Porter song 15 Not exactly a brainiac 16 Tell it like it isn’t 17 Iran-Contra Affair figure 19 “Rub-a-dub-dub, three men ____ tub” 20 Evil old women 21 Largest human gland 23 Wearing away by friction 27 Mark over a vowel 29 Experience anew 30 Yardsticks 33 Draw ___ in the sand 34 Water slide feature 35 Canonized mlle.

36 Rescue 37 “___ Were the Days” 38 For men only 39 A hot time, in France 40 Adjective for coffee, jig or whiskey 41 A question of possession 42 Mocking 44 “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” pitcher Ralph 45 Figure of speech 46 1853-56 War 47 Nile dam 49 Illegally lend a hand 50 Hit the slopes 51 Stan Laurel’s co-star 58 ‘Twas in the present?

59 Word with “postage” or “parking” 60 Accustom to hardship (Var.) 61 Queen of the hill?

62 Decade components

DOWN 1 Sign on a store’s door 2 Beginning for “legal” 3 Rejections 4 UN body dealing with workers’ rights 5 Assemble for binding 6 Mower owner’s buy 7 What a scarf covers 8 “... ___ it Memorex?”

9 Gretchen of “Finding Graceland” 10 Pray 11 Should have said 12 Deity of Islam 13 Book spine info 19 Oracle 22 “___ making myself clear?”

25 Civil rights pioneer

26 27 28 29 30 33 34 35 37 38 39 41 42 43 44 45

Parks Blow out of the water Steer clear of Angel’s topper Aquatic bird similar to a loon Michigan’s ____ Locks Ash blond, e.g.

Enthralled by Lute-shaped fruit New Mexico artists’ colony Annoy Dress along the Ganges Blonds’ counterparts (Var.) Twisty, as a road Sis’ counterparts A ripe old age Curly’s smacker

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Small Pacific salmon Golf clubs Foursome for a Ford Akron’s home Bookworm, in slang What people often do for pictures 55 Word with “steel” or “pigeon” 57 America’s Uncle 59 Baby’s word

63 Dunkable item DOWN 1 G.I.’s mail drop 2 Ripken, the Baltimore legend 3 “___ tu” (Verdi aria) 4 Prepare to burn rubber 5 Abode that’s all abuzz 6 Door part 7 Commotions of Shakespearean proportions?

8 Walter Raleigh or Walter Scott 9 Nursery moppet 10 Any Olympian 11 Best Director, twice 12 Exquisite 13 Adrenaline trigger

18 Enthusiastic thumbsup review 22 “Now ___ seen everything!”

23 Bleeped out 24 Have a connection 25 Dickens opus 26 ___ qua non 27 Hairdresser’s implement 28 Observance 30 Picked out 31 Source of the Mississippi 32 Sea separating Greece from Turkey 34 Onion cousin 37 Fall start?

38 Pillow cover 40 Equality of political

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rights 41 Squirmed in pain 43 Nest egg component, briefly 44 “Song of the South” title for Rabbit or Fox 46 Radio-active truckers?

47 Dog in “The Thin Man” 48 Tattooist’s surface 49 State point-blank 52 Bruce of kung fu films 53 Make-double connector 54 Enero begins it 55 Jog 56 “Red River” actress Joanne 57 “Is it soup ___?”

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24 Bible distributor 25 The end-all “The Big Sleep” star 31 Elongated fish 32 ___- Croatian (Slavic language) 33 Lollipop portions 37 Fat measure 39 Artillery outburst 41 Lessen, to the Bard 42 Submarine sensing system 44 Zigs or zags 46 It’ll float your boat

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47 The end-all “The Godfather” actor 50 Asserts authoritatively 53 When French fans circulate?

54 Hellos and good-byes on the Island 55 Dante’s love 60 Fifth month 61 The end-all redhead of classic TV 63 Lennon’s wife 64 Counting everything 65 Hindu music pieces 66 Long-eared equine 67 First name in skin care 68 Mountain feature DOWN 1 Appease fully 2 Tramped or trampled 3 Aboriginal Japanese 4 Matchbox racer 5 Angers 6 ___ Reader (alternative magazine) 7 Agrees nonverbally 8 “Now ___ theater near you!”

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CROSSWORD 4 ACROSS 1 Backbreaker, in a proverb 6 Plan detail 10 Slays, in slang 14 Kind of stew 15 Jason’s fictional ship 16 China-North Korea river 17 Billiards option at the auto factory?

19 Sunflower support 20 “What did I tell you?”

21 Goes one better than 22 Shaping tools 24 One-horse carriage 25 Chaotic brawl 26 Professional fool 29 It pairs with “Faith,” in a saying 32 Sadat of Egypt 33 Sacred choral work 34 The Sopranos were here 35 Small river dam 36 Swim meet divisions 37 Before you know it 38 Oceanic eagle 39 “___ in Toyland” 40 Positive electrode 41 Well-intentioned one 43 Game similar to bridge 44 Be in a bee 45 Dogpatch creator Al

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46 Ending with “hemi” or “strato” 48 Isle near Mull 49 Aggressive lawyer’s advice 52 Cafe ___ (black coffee) 53 Guitar at the auto factory?

56 ___ Romeo (Italian car) 57 Annapolis institution, initially 58 Assuages 59 Fathoms 60 Those born in late July 61 Rodeo rope DOWN 1 A boy and his sis, e.g.

2 Common test answer 3 Hoarfrost 4 Slithery slayer 5 If or if not 6 Overly sentimental 7 Those in favor 8 I, to Claudius 9 Some may be junior or technical 10 Delicacy from the sea 11 Bill Cosby book read at the auto factory?

12 Beat it 13 Bottom-line figures 18 Lion’s bellow 23 Boatloads 24 Play the lead 25 Apportions (with

“out”) 26 Shot the breeze 27 A month in Madrid 28 Certain work stint at the auto factory?

29 Embarrassing mistake 30 Domicile 31 Gives an edge to 33 Normand of silent movies

36 Gravy helping, perhaps 37 Break sharply 39 Dutch South African 40 Wearable wares 42 “Carmen” and “Norma” 43 Playing with a full deck 45 Musical finales 46 Stocking problem

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