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Across

1."No more for me!"5 letters 6.Play group?4 letters 10.Drive-___4 letters 14."Neon" fish5 letters 15.Seized auto4 letters 16.Spoil4 letters 17.Desserts with streusel toppings (Caribbean Sea, starts hopping to the right at square 1)10 letters 19.Preschool lesson4 letters 20.Brooding animal3 letters 21.Online gamer's annoyance3 letters 22.Eggy breakfast dish6 letters 24.Attraction with a statue of the god Oceanus (Atlantic Ocean, square 5)13 letters 28.Center of power5 letters 30.Body with a tail it can't wag5 letters 31.Furry friend3 letters 32.Bahraini, e.g.4 letters 33.Desert haven5 letters 35.Font flourish5 letters 37.Four-term pres.3 letters 38.Doesn't get gold5 letters 42."Bam!"5 letters 44.Bowling reservation4 letters 45.Anti-smoking ad, maybe3 letters 48.Maguire who portrayed Peter Parker5 letters 50.Olivia of "The Invite"5 letters 51.Quasi-judicial reviewers of governmental decisions (Tyrrhenian Sea, square 4)13 letters 54.Like many Sherpas6 letters 55.Luau instrument, for short3 letters 56.Programming pioneer Lovelace3 letters 59.Farm females4 letters 60.Cause of a bad gut feeling? (Pacific Ocean, square 3)10 letters 64.Russo of "Nightcrawler"4 letters 65.Musical closing4 letters 66."The Family Circus" cartoonist Bil5 letters 67.Puts two and two together?4 letters 68.___ 500 (car race)4 letters 69.Perform an amazing guitar solo, or rip up5 letters

Down

1.Something to scratch4 letters 2."A ___ coincidence!"4 letters 3.Vehicle used in some chase scenes8 letters 4."Uhh ..."3 letters 5.Postpones discussing6 letters 6.Like some heroes in Greek mythology6 letters 7.Apt rhyme for "shriek"3 letters 8.Copy3 letters 9.Muslim places of worship7 letters 10.Genetic characteristic5 letters 11.Wheel cover6 letters 12.Singer Lionel6 letters 13.Like emails in your Drafts folder6 letters 18.Ohio NBAer3 letters 23.Up to5 letters 25.Puzzle cube creator5 letters 26.What-eats-what network7 letters 27.Michael's role on "The Wire"4 letters 28.___ Vegas3 letters 29.Metallic rock3 letters 34.Favor, in slang5 letters 36.Like a major flaw5 letters 37.Modern car openers4 letters 39.Mexican restaurant array8 letters 40.Wrap up3 letters 41."Make sense?"3 letters 43.Prelaw major, for short7 letters 45."You Pick Two" bakery-cafe chain6 letters 46.Gushed6 letters 47.Tack on6 letters 49."I'll allow it"6 letters 50.Severely damages6 letters 52.Makes simpler5 letters 53.Letters between names3 letters 57.Sci-fi series named for a desert mound4 letters 58.Like firm cheeses4 letters 61.Trucker's weight unit3 letters 62.Peculiar3 letters 63.Chuckle sound3 letters

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