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“IMITATES MUTTS”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. One of the three Schuyler sisters 6. Frankenfood ingredients 10. Did a parody of 14. Unmatched 15. Trickster of myth 16. Garnish fruit 17. Do some research on a dog? 20. Cookie holders 21. Sportsball player: Abbr. 22. F soundalike 23. Pioneering computer programmer Lovelace 24. “All ___ Wants To Do Is Dance” (Don Henley song) 25. Strasbourg sweetie 26. Stump a dog? 32. Become grounded? 34. Rude dude 35. Son of, to a 33-Down 36. They’re tapped for coffee 37. Guy who’s a little too into cartoon horses 39. Super Bowl highlight, often 40. Retch 41. Per ___ 42. Everybody online now 43. Disrupt the dog industry with an app? 47. Celebrity 48. Claudius’s dozen 49. “If we’re being frank,” initially 52. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” alien 55. “Nifty!” 56. Capital in France’s Manche department 57. “Finally, a dog”? 60. Bright bear 61. “Will you allow me?” 62. She might be fatale 63. Staffs 64. Small measurements of work 65. Suit material DOWN 1. Butterflies in the kitchen 2. Medieval Moor fighter 3. Drink and drink and drink 4. Bearded beasts 5. “We’re not done ___” 6. Squatting muscles 7. Flame seeker 8. Approvals for action 9. “Attack, Fido!” 10. Lady in a Grateful Dead song 11. Falafel wrap 12. Middle Eastern dignitary 13. Incredibly profound 18. Island that constitutes the bulk of Honolulu County 19. Wicker-producing tree 24. One who’s maybe on the case: Abbr. 25. It’s made up of many eras 27. Jr. naval rank 28. It gets dropped when things get serious in a relationship 29. “Patience!” 30. Skier’s transport 31. Wraps things up 32. Poisonous Japanese puffer fish 33. See 35-Across 37. Leave, but in a more flamboyant, almost hip-hop way 38. React to a hit 39. General of take-out 41. Inflicted upon 42. Lethal weapon 44. Gaucho’s neck ties? 45. Weed also known as wood sorrel 46. BBQ finger food 50. Accuse 51. Made keen 52. Poser Heidi 53. Croft in a tomb 54. NAACP mem.? 55. Snake tooth 56. Hearty bowlful 58. Drum’s site 59. Back on a plane

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