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“DINER T/F TEST”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. It contained some face-melting shit in an Indiana Jones movie 4. Relative key to D minor 10. Big game catcher? 14. Outrageous neckpiece 15. Senior ___ 16. Singer Paul with the autobiography “My Way” 17. French peer 18. Seafood you’ll almost epically get wrong? 20. Disgusted sounds 22. Insignifi cant problem 23. Word with a facepalm 24. With 26-Across, ordering beef and broccoli but getting egg foo yong instead? 26. See 24-Across 29. Bluefi n et al. 30. Amphibians used in witches’ brews 32. Tease mercilessly 33. Navy lead by Lysander 35. Comic routine 36. Brings home 37. Drink in Aesop’s “The Crow and the Pitcher”? 40. Some pens 43. Blade in the river 44. Coffee server 48. Hosp. section for heart patients 49. One might have an RSVP button 51. “Top Gear” topics 52. With 54-Across, guitars played in a coop? 54. See 52-Across 56. Instrument that an orchestra tunes to 57. Sister from another mother, briefl y 58. Sign of hard work? 59. Dessert served while fl irting? 63. Letters after Senator Todd Young’s name 64. Sch. that holds an annual Commissioning Week 65. Fashionista Lauren 66. Hail Mary’s trajectory 67. Brightly colored 68. ___ Berry Farm (California theme park) 69. Clap back? DOWN 1. Snatches 2. Throw a couple of punches, say 3. Spirit of the Hopi culture 4. “Can this day get any worse?,” initially 5. Offers some buns? 6. Insomnia medicine 7. Frivolity 8. Its license plate reads “Yours to Discover”: Abbr. 9. Way to go: Abbr. 10. “At Eternity’s Gate” actor Willem 11. Pig’s spot 12. Bunny’s coat? 13. Computer that can play chess and read lips 19. GIs : US :: ___ : South Korea 21. Gobbles (down) 25. “¿___ encendido este micrófono?” (Spanish mic check) 26. Text qualifi er 27. Insulated room 28. Chief points?: Abbr. 31. “Your Movie Sucks” critic Roger 34. Ranking higher than 36. “Alturas de Macchu Picchu” poet Pablo 38. Past participle that pretty much everybody gets wrong 39. Bread baked in a tandoor 40. Include discreetly in Outlook 41. Decider’s phrase 42. “Who stands to gain?,” in legalese 45. Accepted poor treatment 46. Rentable 47. Petal extract 49. Scrimps, with “by” 50. Elbow grease 53. Trig function that is cos/sin 55. Black key on the right of a pair on a piano 57. City on the Svitava and Svratka rivers 59. “Well, that was ___!” 60. “Dees-gusting” 61. Eternity, seemingly 62. Book of Mormon rel.

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