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ACROSS 1 Long narrative 5 A challenge 9 Ceramic square 13 Kicker Jason 14 Surfer Andy 16 And others ... 17 Pearlridge town 18 Steel bolt 19 Send 20 Stream fish 22 Strive toward 24 Ajinomoto 25 Sacred place 27 Unity 30 HNL vehicle 34 Public school league 35 Kakimochi 37 US Citizen: abbr. 38 Not well 39 Stronger trades 42 English region 43 A'u 45 Hanafuda suit 46 Negative answers 47 Like Frank McCourt 50 Dawn of an era 52 Advances money 53 __ Culpa 54 For sure 57 Melancholy 61 Not odd 62 Draw to a point 65 Name 66 Mind the bar 67 Moe-moe noise 68 Biblical verb 69 God of war 70 Mail omiyage 71 Morays

DOWN 1 Okole cushion 2 Royalty 3 Scottish Highlander 4 Mullet 5 Kolohe hair part 6 Opera solo 7 Cayetano title, for short 8 Wind direction 9 Okazu-ya dish 10 Sore 11 Den 12 Wahine, in France 15 Step 21 Disapproving sound 23 Fluid blister 25 Becomes solid 26 Old McDonald had a farm ... 27 Newly forming isle 28 One who greases 29 Korean short ribs 31 Himeni ending 32 OCCC resident 33 Meeting 36 Bean-filled pastry 40 Ga-ga over 41 Truck rental company 44 Sandwich __ 48 Term of endearment 49 Yacht poles 51 Suitcase 54 Wooden slipper 55 Assert 56 Mansho 57 Maidenhair, e.g. 58 My treat: 2 wds. 59 Vex 60 Turner and Cole 63 Tsubushi and Koshi 64 "The Raven" author

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