Across
1 End of a favorite holiday
5 Smack on the backside, e.g.
9 Bara of the silents
14 Make less difficult to bear
15 The sound of music
16 ___ out (put it in the cup)
17 Start of a quote from Velma of “Scooby-Doo” fame
19 Bea Arthur’s TV maid Esther
20 Tammy Baldwin’s realm
21 Dustin’s cross-dressing role
23 Gay-friendly student org.
26 AAA way
27 Not elite
31 More of the quote
36 Cuts “Leaves of Grass”?
38 Alison Bechdel section
39 Winery container
40 Jolly Roger fliers
42 Shakespeare’s “soul of wit”
44 Pt. of SSN
45 It often goes with the Q
47 Showboat’s “Nobody ___ But Me”
48 More of the quote
52 Cassablanca bit, with “the”
53 Top floors
57 Levi Schmitt, M.D., e.g.
59 Entry-level employee
60 Rock Hudson or Robert Reed
61 End of the quote
63 Main idea
64 Hart Crane work
65 Opening amount
66 Got damp
67 Deep desires
68 “Not that I loved Caesar ___… “
Down
1 Precious stones
2 Comedienne Martha
3 The A of ILGA
4 “___ good example”
5 It has a bed where there’s no sex
6 Myrna of “The Thin Man”
7 Singer DiFranco
8 Bug spray victim
9 Fuel regulator for Dykes on Bikes
10 Owl, often
11 Jim Fall’s pair
12 Where to find fine meats
13 Chick’s suffix
18 They could come from Uranus
22 Brian of figure skating
24 Cher’s “___, Tramps, & Thieves”
25 G.P. grp.
27 Cola choice
28 “On the down low,” for example
29 Makes the rounds at a gay bar
30 One ___ time (no threesomes!)
32 Where some may lie
33 Like McKellen’s Magneto
34 Admission exams
35 It may get pussy
37 Talked like Porky Pig
41 Anesthesia of old
43 Straight up
46 Do-over for Mauresmo
49 Oscar Wilde tragedy
50 Ladies’ rooms?
51 Colorado, to Cocteau
54 Totally ridiculous
55 Boston ball handlers, briefly
56 Tennis star that goes either way?
57 King James auxiliary
58 Cave ricochet
59 Student on “Glee,” e.g.
61 Undercover agent
62 Misfortune
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