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“RETURNED EQUIPMENT”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. Talk and talk and talk 5. Infi eld protection 9. Info on a vaccine passport 14. Prepares, as spuds 16. West Elm rival 17. Nation that is 78% Buddhist 18. Rockabilly singer Chris 19. Bill after playing a test match? 21. Decuplet playing with a shuttlecock? 23. Employ 24. ___ Sainte-Croix 25. Sound of discomfort 26. Stirred (up) 28. Cartoon eating sound 29. Eephus pitch trajectory 30. Adultery, e.g. 32. Nebraska governor Ricketts 33. J. ___ Band 35. Covered with foliage 37. Dribbling Milne character? 42. Under cover, maybe? 43. Frugivore’s diet 45. Cookie box abbr. 48. Supervillain Luthor 49. Gondolier’s paddle 51. General known for chicken 52. “That makes sense” 54. Article in Augsburg 55. National Poetry Mo. 56. Brief moment 57. Flat cap worn while pinning? 61. Coffee enjoyed on a rink? 63. “Outer Banks” actress Madelyn 64. Broadcasting 65. Final notes 66. Put in a pen 67. Proceeds, poetically 68. Country singer Jake ___ 69. Tidy DOWN 1. Greasing the wheels, so to speak 2. Singer who had the fi rst #1 hit without having a record contract 3. Colleges and universities 4. Smile broadly 5. Mentos rival 6. “Rubber City” 7. Bridle part 8. Treaty 9. Pad in a court 10. Smack 11. Slow-witted 12. China in a hutch 13. “Venerated” medieval scholar 15. Robbers’ coverups 20. Essential piece 22. Neither’s partner 27. Down with 30. Five-fi nger exercise 31. Feeling like shit 34. Exams taken before civ pro 35. Wild goat of the Alps 36. High school class that might read “Les Misérables” 38. Queen of mysteries 39. Kicker’s prop 40. License plate of Doc Brown’s DeLorean 41. Iberian peninsula, historically 44. Anguish 45. Absentee, as at a festival 46. Mr. Right 47. Samhain celebrant 49. Garage collector 50. Jeweller Alex and ___ 53. Water holders 54. Keyboard exercise 58. Kitchen utensil brand 59. Garbage transporter 60. Forest spot 62. Tease

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