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ACROSS
1 Hindu mystic
6 Open-handed hit
10 Eagle’s claw
11 Highway sections
13 Duo quadrupled
14 Insurance seller
15 Mamie’s mate
16 Deli meat
18 Ruin
19 Building block
22 Annoy
23 Formerly
24 Wise saying
27 Sugary
28 Snack
29 West of Hollywood
30 David Bowie genre
35 Chaney of horror
36 List-shortening abbr.
37 Bit of wordplay
38 Writer Jong
40 In the know
42 Jeans material
43 Act the waiter
44 Aegean and lonian
45 Doles (out)
DOWN
1 Impassive
2 Eccentric
3 Change
4 “The Simpsons” bartender
5 Pitched right over the plate
6 Closes with a bang
7 Fall behind
8 Showy flower
9 Act of contrition
12 Parade site
17 Noah’s boat
20 Dark time
21 Castle part
24 Not straight
25 Stephen King’s “— Claiborne
26 Foolish
27 Cutting humor
29 Ran into
31 League makeup
32 Dizzying designs
33 Road bend
34 Leg joints
39 Spying org.
41 Petite
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