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1 Cold War allianceView answer 11 Quick shotsView answer 15 "It's just me here"View answer 16 Sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024View answer 17 Booked itView answer 18 Certain diagnostic techniqueView answer 19 SkinnyView answer 20 MindView answer 21 Inits. in eight-bit gamingView answer 22 Ready for useView answer 24 R&B singer Ella ___View answer 26 Lean sirloin cutView answer 29 Positive thinker's wordView answer 30 Lead-in to -verseView answer 31 Certain swimming eventView answer 34 Passage in a mystery novel?View answer 38 Like nine U.S. presidents while in officeView answer 39 Daytime ___View answer 40 ___ Toretto, female protagonist of the "Fast and the Furious" filmsView answer 41 [Oy!]View answer 44 Number that stands for letters, in briefView answer 45 You may find it hard to swallowView answer 46 Language in which the first five counting numbers are nung, song, sam, si, haView answer 48 Some makeshift percussion instrumentsView answer 49 Prepares for a marathon, in a wayView answer 55 Wyndham alternativeView answer 56 Award-winning actress for "The Bear"View answer 57 Urban irritantView answer 58 Entered with heavy, awkward stepsView answer 59 Doth possessView answer 60 Things feared in the 80s and 90s?View answer

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1 She "learned" Arabic in December 2015View answer 2 Home to the Bahla Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage SiteView answer 3 They often have sliding doorsView answer 4 "Fighting" Big Ten teamView answer 5 Skip overView answer 6 Stops briefly to restView answer 7 Ran through some laundry, sayView answer 8 ___ saltado (traditional Peruvian dish)View answer 9 Commensurate (with)View answer 10 Formally giveView answer 11 "Hang on!"View answer 12 Light touch from a decorator?View answer 13 Like foods recommended for an upset stomachView answer 14 Measurer of passing timeView answer 23 Styles of musicView answer 24 PrimaryView answer 25 "... plus all the rest"View answer 27 "Baby ___ You" (Shirelles hit)View answer 28 Actor Dev of "Lion"View answer 29 Jon M. ___, director of 2024's "Wicked"View answer 30 An Olympian might pretend to take a bite out of itView answer 32 Turkey's Cape Baba is its westernmost pointView answer 33 ___ bigView answer 35 [What is it this time?!]View answer 36 Tell-all Reddit seshView answer 37 Fell apart in spectacular fashionView answer 42 "My child is on the honor roll" and othersView answer 43 Not go to bedView answer 44 Foolish sortView answer 45 Common component of a dateView answer 47 Certain phone pop-upView answer 48 SwankyView answer 50 Setting for "Gladiator"View answer 51 Leche drinkerView answer 52 Work that debuted at the Cairo opera house in 1871View answer 53 Annoying plumbing problemView answer 54 Producers of stainsView answer
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