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TIMES

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across
1 Caroline du Nord, e.g.
5 Seasonal roller
8 Veronica's pursuer, in comics
0 14 _ Tzu
15 "Who, me?"
16 For one
17 Overnight millionaire, probably
20 Loud speaker
21 Pond youngsters
22 "Right back , dude!"
24 "A likely story!"
25 One-time East Asian barrier
31 River of Devon
32 Training site?: Abbr.
33 Historical records
36 Burka wearer's deity
39 Smite, and hint to this puzzle's theme
41 Boorish type
42 Sting Rays, briefly
44 Calendar col.
46 "Disgusting!"
47 Pacific swimmer
51 Farm youngster
52 Peak between Pelion and Olympus
53 Complimentary review
58 One sitting in your lap, perhaps
62 Unintended upshot
64 "Get Shorty" novelist Leonard
65 Struggle
66 Dos cubed
67 Filled pastry of Asia
68 Fashion monogram
69 "The Joy of Painting" host Bob
Down
1 Former Bruin all-star, familiarly
2 Red-bearded god
3 Sony subsidiary
4 It's generous to pick it up
5 Early life forms
6 ® long way: last
7 Like some fine art frames
8 Numbers to crunch
9 January 6th Christian celebration
10 Pop singer Vannelli

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11 Grant, for one: Abbr.
12 Frozen treat brand
13 Plural suffix with mountain
18 Tiller opening
19 Costar with Bolger and Haley
23 Pituitary hormone
25 Theodore, to Wally
26 Bike feature
27 Thaws
28 Togetherness
29 Pig-poke link
30 Book after Micah
34 Target's target, say
35 Herr's heir, maybe
37 From _ B: first step
38 Comic's banes

40 Prefix with logical
43 Resort with moguls
45 Company
co-founded by IP Morgan
48 Scandinavian epic
49 Dating from
50 Wait to attack s
53 Lincoln and others
54 Soft drink choice
55 CC part: Abbr.
56 Melville's sequel to "Typee"
57 A deadly sin
59 Art _
60 Big name in publishing
61 Classic Pontiacs
63 Soldiers