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ACROSS

1 Means of supervision? 9 Co-winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize

15 Kisses and hugs 16 “I can ___” 17 What can strike up a tune?

19 Tiny bit of concern 20 Saint associated with the Russian alphabet

21 ___ jure (by the law itself: Lat.) 24 Discover fortuitously 26 Rail construction 29 “Buzz off!” 30 Florida city in the middle of “horse country”

31 Soft shade 32 Pioneer in instant messaging 33 Fire (up) 34 Watch from the shadows, say 35 Industrial support 37 Easy mark

39 As it happens

40 Critical

41 Silent ___ 42 Small grouse 43 Refreshers 44 Unlike filibusters 47 Shelter from a storm, perhaps 48 Negotiation site that led to the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize 49 Appropriate 50 Draft teammates? 51 Mythological lyrist 53 Fictional narrator whose first name is a fruit 55 Epitome 61 Wireless network necessity 62 Toon with a brother named Castor 63 Oxford pad, e.g. 64 Locale in SW France

DOWN

1 Beyond steamy 2 Boy’s name that means “king” 3 Rose by another name?

4 “Anybody there?!” 5 Fair 6 Accompaniment for a bottle of rum 7 Beautiful and rare 8 Chaz, to Cher 9 ___ Game, annual event on the second Saturday of December 10 Raise 11 Everything considered 12 Occasion for Druids to gather at Stonehenge 13 Absorbed 14 Winter festival

18 Grandes ___, part of France’s higher education system 21 Reiterated refusal 22 Admissions to a counselor 23 Network of nerves in the abdomen 25 Rarer than rare 27 Keep on keeping on 28 Stop for a bit 36 Employ for lack of better options 37 Place to pick up litter? 38 Comeback that sounds like a “Star Wars” character

45 Without incident 46 Alchemist’s offering 47 Flimflammers 52 His brother was no keeper

54 One end of the narthex 55 Prefix with -assic 56 Countless lifetimes 57 Keystone figure 58 Who wrote “All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream”

59 Pipe cleaner 60 High rails