Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Curling surface

  4 Windows forerunner

  9 Large shark bone

 12 Softest mineral

 14 "Centipede" game company

 15 Made a basket

 16 *Lively campaign face-offs

 19 Pot builder?

 20 Nights before

 21 *With 24-Across, barbs

 24 See 21-Across

 28 Groups of troops

 29 "Fine"

 30 Iraqi currency

 31 With 45-Across, popular lecture series ... or a hint to three letters plus the last word of each starred answer?

 34 "___ a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech)

 35 (I've got milk!)

 36 Look at with favor

 39 Just make, with "out"

 40 Viola music clef, often

 42 Sign into law

 43 "Unfortunately ..."

 44 Paranormal sense, briefly

 45 See 31-Across

 46 Urban pest

 47 Sports gambler's hangout, for short

 49 TV channel or theater chain

 50 Yearns for

 54 Like some reasoning

 58 *Not just shots in the dark

 60 Tourist city in Uttar Pradesh

 61 One unwelcome in your DMs

 62 H's, in sorority names

 63 Touch

 64 Ranchemployees

 65 Who can be found among anemones?

DOWN

  1 "___ not the end of the world"

  2 Graduation need

  3 Horror director Roth

  4 Nonglossy lipstick options

  5 Spirited horse

  6 Quincy Jones, to Rashida

  7 Drive-through request

  8 They're used to drain pasta

  9 Write hastily

 10 "___ Maria"

 11 "Moonrise Kingdom" director Anderson

 13 Brain covers

 15 Sushi flavorer

 17 Lays to rest

 18 Lament

 21 "Top Chef" host Lakshmi

 22 Songbird named for its golden color

 23 "Let me think about that"

 25 French tennis legend who cofounded a polo shirt company

 26 "Gimme a Break" candy

 27 Stereotypical dorm rooms

 31 Singer Turner

 32 Israeli carrier

 33 Pack of cards

 37 Convened

 38 Extra NHL periods

 41 Kind of illusion

 43 Actor/comedian Fred

 48 Garment with a band size

 49 "My lips ___ sealed"

 50 Like many sign language speakers

 51 Barely beat (out)

 52 Carve with a stylus

 53 Blood bank fluids

 54 Matured

 55 Young Yorkies

 56 Paper quantity

 57 Child's response to "Uh-uh!"

 59 Man cave, maybe

 

Solution

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