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1D
Opera set in Egypt
AIDA
2D
Trail mix
GORP
3D
Parks and Recreation star
AMY POEHLER
4D
And there it is!
VOILA!
5D
And so on and so forth
ETC ETC
6D
Generic name for a herding dog
SHEP
7D
Congers, e.g.
SEA EELS
8D
Sharable PC file
PDF
9D
Invisible emanations
AURAS
10D
Currently
AT PRESENT
11D
___ Organa (“Star Wars” princess)
LEIA
12D
Having an open, delicate pattern
LACY
13D
Chests in synagogues
ARKS
19D
Ultimatum’s end
OR ELSE!
21D
Societal troubles
ILLS
25D
Barfly
SOT
26D
Explanatory Latin phrase
ID EST
27D
Physicist Alessandro, inventor of the electric battery
VOLTA
29D
Grab a bite
EAT
31D
Nuclear reactor
ATOMIC PILE
32D
Went leisurely downriver, perhaps
TUBED
33D
Recasts damaging information in a favorable light, say
SPINS
35D
Plane hijacker
AIR PIRATE
39D
How freelance work is typically done
ON SPEC
40D
Pup wolf :: ___ fox
KIT
42D
Expert
PRO
43D
Source of healthful fatty acids in a StarKist can
TUNA OIL
44D
Exploiter
USER
48D
Absorbs, as gravy
SOPS UP
51D
5-7-5 verse
HAIKU
53D
Wordlessly implied
TACIT
54D
Batty
DAFT
55D
Sicken with sentiment
CLOY
56D
Per person
A POP
58D
Garment draped over the shoulders
TOGA
59D
Draws to a close
ENDS
60D
Be at leisure
REST
62D
Neither here ___ there
NOR
1A
Plants used to make tequila
AGAVES
7A
Health resort amenity
SPA
10A
Penne ___ vodka
ALLA
14A
Flying insect with prominent eyespots
IO MOTH
15A
University address ender
EDU
16A
Painful muscle injury
TEAR
17A
Frozen CO2, familiarly
DRY ICE
18A
Grooming accessory that may be stuck in the hair
AFRO PICK
20A
Classic American dessert
APPLE PIE
22A
Lays out neatly
ARRAYS
23A
Granola morsel
OAT
24A
Tenant
LESSEE
26A
___ already said too much
I’VE
28A
Smaller cousin of the double bass
CELLO
30A
Would-be attorneys’ hurdles, briefly
LSATS
34A
Qatari capital
DOHA
36A
Like some profs.
ASST
37A
Frame job
SETUP
38A
Cass of the Mamas & the Papas
ELLIOT
40A
Obi-Wan ___ (Jedi knight)
KENOBI
41A
Taking no guff
STERN
42A
Spitting sound
PTUI!
45A
Federal tax agts.
T-MEN
46A
Rain delay covers
TARPS
47A
Undergoes oxidation
RUSTS
49A
Driver’s licenses and such, for short
IDS
50A
BlackBerry alternative
IPHONE
52A
Sans prescription, in brief
OTC
54A
Washington and environs, informally
DC AREA
57A
Material to sketch on
ART PAPER
61A
Michael Corleone player in “The Godfather”
AL PACINO
63A
Relating to songbirds
OSCINE
64A
Take care of, as the bill
FOOT
65A
Ornamental pond fish
KOI
66A
Trade associations
GUILDS
67A
Genre
TYPE
68A
www address
URL
69A
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