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“SPORTCENTER”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. Bigger than big 5. Nob Hill squad 9. Biting snakes 13. Sports center 15. Cookie that comes in a gingerbread flavor for the holidays 16. Light carriage 17. Leftovers in a Jamba Juice compost bin 18. Ingredient in some muffins 20. Classic dog name 21. Here, in Amiens 23. 1954 Bogart role 24. Where you might roast peppers 28. Crowned? 30. Thing to be sold 31. Group going back to Temple 33. ___ doble 34. Intention 36. Paycheck deduction that goes towards Medicare 38. Mayhem exemplified 39. Grunge outfit 43. “ZOMG! BEQ just made a grunge reference!” 44. Russian city on the Oka 45. Caustic cleaner 46. Rock group with slash as a member? 48. Gothenburg guy, e.g. 50. “Great British Baking Show” contestant, at times 54. Succeed 56. Healthy morsel in breakfast cereal 58. Bêtes noires 60. Prefix used with many schools of thought 61. [We’re not sure, check back later] 62. It features busy people 65. See 42-Down 67. Voice in the choir 68. “The Grapes of Wrath” drifter 69. Burning 70. 99%, say 71. Still-life fruit 72. Swingers grp. for women DOWN 1. Meat of the bone 2. City that’s a 90-minute drive from Buffalo, NY 3. One who grew up making mixtapes 4. “Before I forget ...” 5. Willing to mingle 6. To and ___ 7. Comparative word 8. Rum brand named after a Cervantes character 9. Completely out of it 10. My Bloody Valentine’s genre 11. First foreign-born player to the NBA Rookie of hte Year 12. Homs home: Abbr. 14. “Like that’s going to happen” 19. It puts PETA in a pet 22. Raises a fuss 25. Well organized 26. Winter warmer 27. Early immunologist ___ von Behring 29. Head in the Tube 32. Having three unequal sides 35. Midori in skates 37. Even a little bit 39. Tropical hardwood of Central America 40. Doddering fools 41. Beginner, in slang 42. With 65-Across, musical collaborator with Eric Idle on “The Rutles” and Monty Python 43. Internet problem 47. Is unable to 49. More like some memes and basements 51. Burmese intoxicant 52. Anita of “La Dolce Vita” 53. Body of water bordered by six countries 55. Clipping caller 57. Law that allows access to govt. documents 59. Liquid spill 62. Tillis in the Grand Ole Opry 63. Paul’s “The Shrink Next Door” character 64. Org. that helped popularize abstract art during the cold war 66. Sports league that’s in the center of this puzzle’s theme answers

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