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Author: John-Clark Levin & Jeff Chen
Across
| Arles article | LES |
| Jardin des Champs-Élysées, par exemple | PARC |
| Soundly defeat, slangily | OWN |
| “When All Is Said and Done” group | ABBA |
| Campaign-backing org. | PAC |
| Many a Putin crony | OLIGARCH |
| Duesenberg contemporary | REO |
| Important element in the formation of a star? | LEADROLE |
| Ninth grade math, often | ALGEBRAI |
| Hall of Famer Mel | OTT |
| Exploit the base instincts of | PANDERTO |
| Shoe designer Blahnik | MANOLO |
| It’s shared virally | FLU |
| Many an Ernst & Young employee | CPA |
| Some small trucks | TONKAS |
| *Use a hose at a nobleman’s bidding? | DOWNFORTHECOUNT |
| 1965 novel featuring Paul Atreides | DUNE |
| Gift from Mrs. Fields | COOKIETIN |
| Org. that patrols the Tenderloin | SFPD |
| Musician who conceived Iceland’s Imagine Peace Tower | ONO |
| *Party pooper’s refusal to accept reality? | BLANKETDENIAL |
| Stellar cat | LEO |
| Said “Not for me, thanks” | TOOKAPASS |
| How juicy gossip might be shared | SOTTOVOCE |
| Cub Scout groups | DENS |
| Laptop brand created by Sony | VAIO |
| Some Canons, for short | SLRS |
| Spheres | ORBS |
| Platelet aggregation | CLOT |
| Professor Frink on “The Simpsons,” e.g. | NERD |
| Transvaal colonist | BOER |
| Not minor | ADULT |
| Make ready for new use | REFIT |
| Inbox clogger | SPAM |
| Like Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 2 | INB |
| Dog at a picnic | WEENIE |
| Concludes | INFERS |
| Course position | LIE |
| Pontiac in a 1964 song | GTO |
| Free throw for being fouled while scoring, in basketball lingo | ANDONE |
| Revels in | EATSUP |
| Balaam’s ride | ASS |
| Dillydally | DAWDLE |
| POTUS 32 | FDR |
| Moviegoer’s reprimand | SHH |
| Place to get a Lumberjack Slam | DENNYS |
| Crazy Horse, e.g. | OGLALA |
| Mao ___-tung | TSE |
| Piggy, in a children’s rhyme | TOE |
| Like a fashion magazine | GLOSSY |
| Air rifle ammo | BBS |
| Holed up | HID |
| Boston Garden Hall of Famer | ORR |
| Long ago, long ago | ELD |
| Anime genre featuring giant robots | MECHA |
| Abbey’s hubby on “The West Wing” | JED |
| Not pos. | NEG |
| Hardly tasteful | CRASS |
| Detective Pinkerton | ALLAN |
| Eclipse, to the superstitious | OMEN |
| Singer Winans with 12 Grammys | CECE |
| Custom | HABIT |
| Evil manipulator | SVENGALI |
| Follower of “brown.” or “rice.” | EDU |
| “Encore!” | ONCEMORE |
| Manta | SEADEVIL |
| “The elimination of the unnecessary,” per Picasso | ART |
| Seven-time AL batting champion | RODCAREW |
| NYC enters it by falling back | EST |
| React to stunning news, say | REEL |
| Reuben base | RYE |
| Disquietingly bleak | DARK |
| NFL scores | TDS |
Down
| Fertile soil | LOAM |
| Jazz legend Fitzgerald | ELLA |
| Speak silently | SIGN |
| Drug kingpin Escobar | PABLO |
| Elevator button symbol | ARROW |
| Color TV pioneer | RCA |
| “He’s So Fine” group, with “The” | CHIFFONS |
| 2020 candidate Beto | OROURKE |
| Like somebody without an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers | WET |
| Like a gunslinger’s gun, perhaps | NOTCHED |
| He’s played Roy Cohn, Phil Spector and Joe Paterno | ALPACINO |
| Arthur of “The Golden Girls” | BEA |
| Original source of “gumbo” and “goober” | BANTU |
| Annex | ADDON |
| It may be tacked onto a bill | PORK |
| Ski resort close to Salt Lake City | ALTA |
| Co. chiefs | CEOS |
| Crystal-lined rock | GEODE |
| Mom and Dad, slangily | RENTS |
| Physical attractiveness | LOOKS |
| “Oh, for ___ sake!” | PETES |
| Elite Eight org. | NCAA |
| Payment for tat? | TIT |
| “I’ll handle that right away!” | ONIT |
| Ellipsis unit | DOT |
| Game with Wild Draw 4 cards | UNO |
| *College football game for milquetoasts? | NOODLEBOWL |
| *Procedures for dealing with spills? | FLOORPLANS |
| Delt neighbor | PEC |
| Female fawn | DOE |
| Interdictions | BANS |
| DJs used to spin them | LPS |
| 4×4, e.g. | ATV |
| It generates interest | LOAN |
| Golden State Warriors coach Steve | KERR |
| Is a contender | VIES |
| “Against Interpretation” writer Susan | SONTAG |
| Needed a visit by EMTs, maybe | ODED |
| *Quality test for a pepper grinder? | RUNOFTHEMILL |
| Catch unprepared | BLINDSIDE |
| Guided | STEERED |
| Pours out one’s troubles on | CRIESTO |
| “Stormy Weather” singer | LENAHORNE |
| *Remove moistness from vinyl? | OFFTHERECORD |
| Common Father’s Day gifts | TIES |
| Some air rifles | DAISYS |
| Bash | BIGDO |
| Virgil hero | AENEAS |
| Walk through deep mud, say | TRUDGE |
| Like many dorm rooms | MESSY |
| *Hammer made for plasterboard? | WALLBANGER |
| *Unemployment benefit? | SPELLCHECK |
| Expert, in England | DABHAND |
| Rhyming nickname for Obama | NODRAMA |
| En ___ (in a large group) | MASSE |
| Sindarin speakers, in Tolkien’s works | ELVES |
| Sole supporter? | CLEAT |
| Director of 2014’s “Unbroken” | JOLIE |
| Salami variety | GENOA |
| “Scrub the mission!” | ABORT |
| Bred winners? | SIRED |
| Burgoo and cioppino | STEWS |
| Approach | NEAR |
| Eliciting an “aww,” say | CUTE |
| “Hail, Caesar!” | AVE |
| Like somebody under an umbrella, and what’s added to four starred answers | DRY |
| USN rank below capt. | CDR |