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By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. Religious truths, for short 5. Statement no. 9. 2017 Basketball Hall of Fame nickname 13. Leave off 14. Fart, quaintly 15. 31-Across, for one 16. Wings leftovers 17. Helen’s abduction by Paris? 19. Enter a Volkswagen carpool? 21. Bajillion trillion 22. War zone that ran campaigns in Africa and Italy 23. Largest producer of natural gas, for short 24. Do the do 26. Miracle worker 28. Towels at the gym, e.g. 30. Ready for kickoff 31. Variants of it were dropped 569 times in “The Wolf of Wall Street,” for short 32. Celebrate béarnaise? 37. Guitarist Laine of Wings 38. Acts like DaBaby 40. Brings charges against 43. Rosebud Motel clerk on “Schitt’s Creek” 45. Sur’s opposite 46. Agua : Spanish :: ___ : French 47. Palindromic Dutch city 48. The “A” in “IIPA” and “DIPA” 49. Inventory entry for a lace mat? 53. Places where the “Ulysses” writer drank? 55. Energy ___ (Devo headgear) 56. Sailing 57. Big heads 58. Middle Eastern ruler 59. Kelley Blue Book no. 60. Toy that goes around the world 61. Kindergarten lesson DOWN 1. “This will not stand!” 2. Less rough 3. Small Nabisco treat 4. British machine gun 5. Exam that counts towards college 6. Pianist who won two posthumous Grammys in 2021 7. Grumpy old man 8. “GTG” 9. Rugged peak 10. Curaçao and rum drink 11. Maximally 12. Vice President who was once CEO of Halliburton 18. Chicago singer Peter 20. Band coach 25. Last a long time 27. Phrase said while raising both hands 28. Slightly off 29. Perp’s behavior: Abbr. 31. Smelly bogs 33. Form a new state 34. Razer’s tool 35. Dead zone in the wild? 36. Sick time? 39. Farm equipment 40. Stuck 41. “I can live without it” 42. Name on “Slow Churned” ice cream 43. Makes an authoritative proclamation 44. Large wine container 46. Mariana’s personal assistant on Netflix’s “Who Killed Sara?” 50. Follow to the letter 51. Shakespearean villain with a handkerchief 52. Ancient concert halls 54. Swimming ___

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