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“RELAY RACE”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. Groom’s words 5. Inflatable mattress flaw 9. Movies with many extras 14. ___ man (Joe Six Pack) 15. Stew pot 16. Symbol of the Netherlands 17. Who do you think you are 18. Strange temper? 20. Part of France where nobody speaks? 22. They might have celebrity endorsements 23. Uber ___ 24. Academy newbs 28. Run the Jewels members 30. They’ll marry you 31. “The natives ___ restless” 32. Sports equipment with a prominent shaft 33. Sob story theme 34. “Documentary Now!” bit 35. Odd custard desert? 39. Unit of power named after the steam engine inventor 40. “You got it, cap’n” 41. Consumed 42. Color 43. Bitcoin ___ 44. Fruit used in tarts and jams 48. Fairy tale crone, e.g. 50. Equal 51. Sheep’s hangout 52. Large coffee order? 55. “Don’t call me Ms. Moon Frye, my first name’s enough”? 58. Ain’t proper? 59. South American cornbread treat 60. It may be air brushed from a school day picture 61. Husqvarna rival 62. Two-time Oscar-winning actress Dianne 63. Market symbol 64. Stained glass window section DOWN 1. Lisa Kudrow’s alma mater 2. Alexia rival 3. “Good eyes!” 4. Risk-free 5. Cigarette’s claim 6. Puts someone into a seat 7. Internet persona, often 8. “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show” author Jonathan 9. Sells on Amazon, e.g. 10. Throb 11. Sick as a dog 12. Agcy. that employs a 13-Down 13. See 12-Down 19. Dressed to the nines 21. Biden advisor ___ Tanden 25. Desert made with ice cream 26. Great Lake in many a scary-sounding puns 27. Locked in 29. Split in two 30. Graduate’s dream 33. Teeny tiny 34. Rubber on a mound 35. Criminal lawyer Goodman 36. Magazine with a golden rectangle border, for short 37. Spinning room 38. Swahili for “freedom” 39. It’s a personal question 43. Responds positively, as to a masseuse 44. Saskatchewan’s capital 45. Reiki practitioner 46. Get under control 47. Fighting chance 49. Address part that is almost never typed out 50. Jigsaw component 53. Babble on and on 54. Mike Tyson impediment 55. TMJ spot 56. Providence sch. 57. Check out

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