Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols

ACROSS 1 Throws the first

pitch 7 Find fault 11 Bygone Ford 14 They may be hard 15 Tavern 17 Hunt’s TV co-star 18 “Next subject” 19 Made dinner at

home 20 “Sold!” 21 CIA predecessor 22 Historic Potomac

estate 25 Son-gun

connection 26 __ land: disputed

territory 31 Rueful word 35 Quick snack 37 Simple home 38 With 40-Across, NPR broadcast since 1979 40 See 38-Across 42 Word with box or

light 43 Levelheaded 45 Timer drizzler 46 Mussel habitat 48 Uno plus due 49 “Life of Brian”

comedy group 56 Plant studied by

Mendel 59 With 41-Down,

tries for a long pass, in football lingo 60 Odor 61 First or last quarter ... and, literally, what can be found on either end of 18-, 22-, 38-/40- and 49-Across 63 Action scenes 64 Get-out-of-jail

card? 65 Museum guide 66 32-Down

contents 67 Fruity coolers 68 “Nothing to it!” DOWN 1 Make a run for it 2 Connect with 3 Parting mot 4 Lacquer ingredient 5 Former Senator

Lott 6 Lat. or Lith., once 7 Traffic enforcement

devices 8 Take out __ 9 Love Is On makeup

maker 10 Upsilon follower 11 Hauls 12 Menu possessive linked to the Qing dynasty 16 Tokyo-born artist 20 Gets the mist off 23 World Cup skiing

champ Lindsey 24 “Moi?!” 27 Citi Field squad 28 Polynesian

capital 29 Bright sign 30 Text command 31 “Time’s Arrow”

author 32 66-Across source 33 Covent Garden

solo 34 Pretentious sort 36 Eight British kings 39 Agenda listing 41 See 59-Across 44 Shows up 50 Peter of Herman’s

Hermits 51 Webmail option 52 Copy exactly 53 Old Testament

prophet 54 Future

foretellers 55 Really bad 56 Carson

forerunner 57 Nobelist Wiesel 58 Duck mascot company, on the NYSE 61 Starz rival 62 Kellogg School

deg. 63 Some retirement

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