Groundhog Day

ACROSS

1. Theodore Cleaver, to Wally

5. Fed. support benefit

8. Badgers

12. 1950s candidate Stevenson

14. “___ not to reason why”: Tennyson

16. “La ___ Bonita” (Madonna song)

17. “Groundhog Day” star

19. Groundhog star of historic celebration

20. “Respect for Acting” author Hagen

21. Lean toward

22. Adds turf to

23. Assists

24. Summer cooler

26. Town with historic Groundhog Day celebration

31. FBI director Louis

32. “Minimum” amount

33. ___ deferens

36. 2.0 grades

37. Director Sergio

39. 26-Across state (abbr.)

40. Director Pollack, for short

41. ___ pickle

42. Ancient Aegean land

43. Aristocrat

46. Strut

49. Military helicopter, informally

50. Agassi's org.

51. Jai alai ball

54. Approvals

57. Checked out

58. Any Tom, Dick, or Harry

60. “The biggest little city in the world”

61. “Red Roses for a Blue Lady” singer

62. Growing out

63. Load, as cargo

64. Possible number of more weeks of winter, according to Groundhog Day

65. “Vaya con ___”

DOWN

1. Hindu gentleman

2. Abridge, perhaps

3. “…and to ___ good night!”

4. Kilmer of “At First Sight”

5. Most achy

6. Emulate Duke Kahanamoku

7. “Dies ___” (Latin hymn)

8. Comedian Russell

9. “___ in the Dark”

10. Dance movement

11. Burrito covering

13. Full of mischief

15. Shot putter?

18. An official language of Pakistan

23. X and Y, on a graph

25. Average grade

26. Promoted GIs

27. Chemistry Nobelist Harold

28. “___ I say more?”

29. Mil. truants

30. Ashen

33. “___, vidi, vici” (Caesar's boast)

34. Has ___ with

35. Catch

37. Frog's perch

38. “Benevolent” order member

39. Dawdling

41. Domingo, for one

42. Cold era

43. Groundhog Day sign of more winter

44. Middle of an insect

45. “I'm ___ here!”

46. Court figures

47. Hitherto

48. Apt anagram of “notes”

52. Spacewalks, to NASA

53. “Triumph of the Will” director Riefenstahl

54. California hometown of “The Bionic Woman”

55. Japanese zither

56. Catches a glimpse of

59. 30, in the newsroom

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