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“FOOL ME ONCE”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. ___ de gallo (burrito filling) 5. Effect felt by astronauts 10. “That’s the best you can do?” 13. Goes up and down in the pool 14. [Mic drop, flashes devil horns] 15. The ___ (2020 plague) 16. Throwing art 17. Red head? 18. Guesses on some driving apps: Abbr. 19. Lesbos poet probably gonna fail at open mic? 22. “This puzzle sucks!” 25. Park place? 26. More open 27. Theme in many a Philip Roth story 29. Baylor University city 32. Mahmoud Abbas’s grp. 33. Good physical condition needed to swim in a shallow bay? 37. “Hear me out,” initially 38. Pain relief brand 39. Pound the keyboard 42. One who makes counterfeit lift tickets? 45. Turn bad 47. “I’m through with this one” 48. It’s not that one 49. Standing upright 51. Fold cry 53. Approves 54. “Hey Ronstadt, you want this sheepskin?” 59. Deal (with) 60. Sharp flatscreen brand 61. Steelers wide receiver ___ Smith-Schuster 65. Hebrew A 66. Script instruction for a transition 67. Minor prophet of the Old Testament 68. Pricing word 69. Actress Zoe of “The Plot Against America” 70. Storm team? DOWN 1. Two-ingredient sammy 2. Deferred payment agreement, briefly 3. Medicinal oil derived from marijuana 4. Los ___ de peluches (Spanish teddy bears) 5. Lighter brand 6. Blow up 7. Handler who invented the Barbie doll 8. Bit of this, bit of that 9. Dapper dude 10. 1965 Russ Meyer movie about a biker gang 11. Crown coverer 12. Twister maker 15. 1988 eponymous country album 20. Choir singer 21. Instrument with a flared bell 22. Wrinkled fruit with an apt name 23. Westernmost point of the United States 24. One with spirited lifts in their gait 28. “Over there” 29. “Life in Pieces” actress Dianne 30. Off-roaders’ rides, briefly 31. Popular tech news website 34. A redneck has a red one 35. Source of oil 36. WARP or ERA+, e.g. 40. Hide-and-seek violation 41. Goes wrong 43. Involved with 44. Touring band’s milieu 45. He’s got a lot of baggage at work 46. AL East player 50. Treble symbol 51. Regional plant and animal life 52. Jay who wrote “The Amityville Horror” 55. Truck name 56. Light blue 57. Skating jump with a backwards takeoff 58. Cleaning brand in a blue can 62. “Wow! Lemme think...” 63. “True Blood” actor Manganiello 64. Seal’s org.

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