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1 Showy insect with dark eyespots on its wingsView answer 7 Land bordering the Sea of AzovView answer 13 Tired expressionView answer 14 Start of an old request for adviceView answer 15 Optional button while paying via appView answer 16 Image editor, informally?View answer 17 "The Rise of Skywalker" roleView answer 18 What power tools should be designed forView answer 20 Curved shapeView answer 21 "___ Mía" (2014 Latin pop hit)View answer 23 Suffix akin to -essView answer 24 "There you have it!"View answer 25 Mobster's weaponView answer 26 Source of many an explosive news storyView answer 27 Get one over onView answer 28 "So that's how it's gonna be, I guess"View answer 31 Air traveler's connectionView answer 32 Helpful pointer, say?View answer 33 Indigenous land, informallyView answer 34 Drink from a small cupView answer 35 War of 1812 treaty localeView answer 39 DwindleView answer 40 Feminist writer ___ Mae BrownView answer 42 Apple or orange, e.g.View answer 43 Gambling site, in briefView answer 44 Heart of downtownView answer 47 Oregon senator WydenView answer 48 One of the B vitaminsView answer 50 Sore spots for gardeners, perhapsView answer 52 Spider-Man foe with metal "tentacles," familiarlyView answer 53 Driving necessityView answer 54 Down-low jointsView answer 55 Gently suggests, as an ideaView answerDown
1 "You've got a friend in me"View answer 2 "Kids these days ..." speakersView answer 3 Focus of an employee's first semiannual check-in, perhapsView answer 4 When a "sports equinox" (in which all four major U.S. leagues have games) typically occurs: Abbr.View answer 5 The thing hereView answer 6 Big acronym in purifying filtersView answer 7 QuitView answer 8 "As men in ___ strike those that wish them best": IagoView answer 9 CholerView answer 10 Guy's carryallView answer 11 Make secret, in a wayView answer 12 "Moving on ..."View answer 14 Often-regretted behavior on social media, onceView answer 16 Conclusion of three men's World Cup finalsView answer 19 Be validated for vocalizing one's opinionView answer 22 Give designs toView answer 24 "West Side Story" song that precedes the rumbleView answer 26 Big name in hosieryView answer 27 Cloud upView answer 28 Word on either side of "à"View answer 29 Big accomplishment, so to speakView answer 30 Kept under wrapsView answer 36 Book boo-boosView answer 37 Creature of the internetView answer 38 Columns on a language learner's conjugation chartView answer 39 Actress honored with a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025View answer 41 Consumed, quaintlyView answer 44 Computer store purchasesView answer 45 SignsView answer 46 Give a hoot?View answer 49 Cathcart's rank in "Catch-22": Abbr.View answer 51 Big cheese with bread, for shortView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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