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1 True artisan 16 “Them!” or “The

Fly” 17 Personal stakes 18 Something a server can give you 19 Where many saw action in the ’ 40s 20 Nickelodeon’s “___ Declassified School Survival Guide” 21 Swiss chocolate

brand 22 Currency replaced by the euro 23 Message that might be spelled with rocks 24 Foreign

agreement 26 Start 29 Start up, in a

way 31 Some library

offerings 32 Old- fashioned 33 Suffix with

transit 34 Get the picture 35 Perfectly, after

“to” 36 Distinctive part

of a bison 37 “Naturals” 38 ___ Sremmurd, hip- hop duo with the 2016 # 1 hit “Black Beatles” 39 Squeal 40 Bit of

blogorrhea 42 Spooks 44 Giverny backdrop for Monet 45 You may give it when you are running late for a meeting, informally 48 Juneteenth 51 Shouted 52 Crashed and

burned 53 Some STEM jobs

Down

1 John or Christine of Fleetwood Mac 2 “___ you

coming?” 3 Sixth: It. 4 London tourist destination, with “the” 5 What you’ve been waiting for, you might think 6 Comic Rita 7 Bemoaned 8 Gets things on

time? 9 SkinBracer

alternative 10 Place to take

stock? 11 Time machine

on “DoctorWho” 12 Back 13 Pondered 14 Oil production

site 15 Noted Volstead

Act enforcer 22 Start of a news story, in journalism lingo 23 Refined nutritional ingredient in many cereals and meat products 25 Followers: Suffix 26 ___ Little, stickup man on “TheWire” 27 Fewer 28 They can be helpful after retiring 30 Agatha Christie’s

“N ___?” 31 Skillful 34 Pablo ___, 2012World Series M. V. P. nicknamed “The 44- Down” 36 Orthodox group 39 Fall back 41 Child actress Jones of “Family Affair” 43 Many a map of

Hawaii 44 See 34- Down 45 Drops a line,

maybe 46 “It is silent,”

musically 47 Bill of the 1960s-’ 70s Weather Underground 48 Part of the conjugation of the Spanish “to be” 49 Lily of the opera 50 Asking too

many questions