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ACROSS1 Stretch fabric 6 Doled out 11 TV band 14 Kind of nut 15 Nintendo forerunner 16 London lav 17 Critical remark 18 Smidgens 19 Slangy refusal 20 Edible lichen 22 Lower in dignity 24 Breakfast goodies 28 Ices up 29 Use the key 30 Famed orca 32 Marshal's badge 33 Inquired 35 The latest 39 Gael republic 40 -- de plume 41 Dear, in Italy 42 Report-card woes 43 Crow over 45 "-- -- Around" (Beach Boys) 46 Shrimper's net 48 Threat ender (2 wds.) 50 Facade 53 Red wines 54 Battery post 55 Seat formally 57 Qt. parts 58 Go biking 60 Javelin or marathon 65 Mineral deposit 66 Kauai dances 67 Farm structures 68 Checkers side 69 Gives a thumbs-up 70 Mohawk, for one
DOWN 1 DJ's platters 2 Longbow wood 3 201, to Ovid 4 Hip-hop music 5 Pale 6 Water conduits 7 Harrow rival 8 Ciao, to the queen (hyph.) 9 Geologic division 10 Entrance 11 Radius companions 12 Tackle 13 Bushy-tailed animals 21 "Diana" composer 23 Sprightlier 24 Ruminated 25 Loosen 26 Roadside warning 27 Woodsy 28 Brief craze 30 Cheers! 31 Dress bottoms 34 Kind of leopard 36 Silent flyer 37 Seize forcibly 38 Cloys 43 Prevent 44 Painted tinware 47 Keep on repeating (hyph.) 49 Least cooked 50 Smoke or mist 51 -- nous 52 Sniffed at 53 Kasparov's game 55 Bruins' sch. 56 Overwhelm with humor 59 Hearty laugh 61 Caesar's man 62 Yale athlete 63 San Francisco hill 64 Mao -- -tung
