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“LOCALIZED”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

ACROSS 1. Stir up 7. Animal magnetism 11. Chapter introduction? 14. Tending to ride brooms and make brews with newts 15. ___ Moseley Braun (fi rst Black female Senator) 16. Slitherer on Egyptian sand 17. With 26-Across, Bùshì suoyou de chá 19. Org. that seeks funding for fi eld trips 20. “I give ___ year” 21. Contact lens care brand 22. Car boost 24. Unused to 26. See 17-Across 30. Heir apparent 32. No longer drinking 33. Metro bar 34. Comprehend 35. Thurman who surely is due for a new movie or something so us crossworders can have a new clue 36. Program to, as a Nest 37. La lluvia 41. Catch unawares 42. Black History Month, in the UK 43. Spot to get your tires changed 44. “Wynonna ___” 45. Bioinformatics stuff 46. Dolphins group 50. Oki 53. “Skeletons Fighting Over a Hanged Man” painter James 54. Weirdo 55. Makes bird noises 57. It’s worth a point in the World Cup 58. Furry scarf 59. Born 63. Flier of myth 64. Sounded impressed 65. Took out the yacht 66. “___ to the West Wind” (Shelley) 67. Smudgy mark 68. Buy-everything events DOWN 1. Store overhead? 2. Fan of the team that just won the championship, say 3. Capital originally called Bytown 4. Orlando sch. 5. Like most Airbnb rentals 6. “Reader, I married him” speaker 7. It’s bad in Brest 8. Table scrap 9. Rotten singer? 10. With 52-Down, ingredient in soaps and vegetable oils 11. Seles rival 12. Tartu resident 13. Zero emission org. 15. Game played with a rope 18. Stake for a hand 23. Go “grrr” at 25. Lemony meringue dessert 27. Let in 28. Country where polo was likely invented 29. Key sometimes pressed alongside an F-key 31. “When can we expect you?,” briefl y 35. Open a tube of Tom’s of Maine 36. Powder room? 37. It’s often served with satay sauce 38. Title for a duchess 39. Island in the Inner Hebrides 40. Bottle numbers that typically come 15, 30, or 50 41. Sign of inactivity 45. Hip-hopper with the 1996 hit “Let Me Clear My Throat” 46. Any second now 47. Razor-sharp 48. “That much is clear” 49. They’re on the soles of your boots 51. Multimillionaire, say 52. See 10-Down 56. Greyhound racing venues, briefl y 58. “Cool story, ___” 60. Seventeenth letter 61. Batting cage protection 62. Where your buds might hang out

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