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1 "Planet of the ___"View answer 5 Wood strip found in many Ikea bed supportsView answer 9 Take pleasure inView answer 14 Size opposite of mini-View answer 15 Prepares to throw a dart, sayView answer 16 Crystal-filled rockView answer 17 Newspaper opinion pieceView answer 18 *Title of a 1990s ABC sitcom and a 1990s New Kids on the Block hitView answer 20 Cereal often found with pretzels in a party snack mixView answer 22 Vertical jumping ability, in basketball lingoView answer 23 Sheep's cryView answer 24 "___ to Go!," 2024 Chappell Roan hit sometimes compared to the Village People's "Y.M.C.A."View answer 25 Attracted to people of any gender, for shortView answer 28 *Detailed, real-time description of eventsView answer 33 Shape for a red-and-white striped Christmas candyView answer 34 Rodeo ropeView answer 35 Foggy mental stateView answer 36 Raisins, when on a celery-and-peanut-butter "log"View answer 37 Wrinkly citrus fruitView answer 38 "What a shame"View answer 39 Riverbank depositView answer 40 Prompted, on stageView answer 41 Lyft competitorView answer 42 Zellweger of "Bridget Jones's Diary"View answer 43 Joint sometimes bent in protestView answer 44 *How to tackle big writing projects, per a seminal Anne Lamott bookView answer 46 Go on and on and onView answer 47 LAX postingView answer 48 Frito-___View answer 49 Not just some or mostView answer 50 Got off the ground, as a start-up companyView answer 55 *Many an off-road vehicle … or a literal description of the answer to each asterisked clue (including this one!)View answer 59 Otherworldly glowView answer 60 It means slow (not big!) in musicView answer 61 "Well, ___ that special!"View answer 62 Poetry competitionView answer 63 "See what I'm talkin' ’bout?"View answer 64 Brooklyn basketballers … and what they swishView answer 65 EffortlessnessView answerDown
1 Spanish loveView answer 2 Big ___ (nickname of baseball's David Ortiz)View answer 3 Company bigwigView answer 4 *Next to each other, like many washers and dryersView answer 5 Strut down the "RuPaul's Drag Race" runway, sayView answer 6 Lo-calView answer 7 Visa or Mastercard rival, informallyView answer 8 Small recipe amt.View answer 9 Home of the Great PyramidView answer 10 Loch ___ monsterView answer 11 Scribble (down)View answer 12 Sappho's "___ to Aphrodite"View answer 13 Slangy affirmativeView answer 19 Lifted, as one's spiritsView answer 21 ___ San Lucas, MexicoView answer 24 Venture, as a guessView answer 25 Pressed sandwichView answer 26 Part of a reindeer's rackView answer 27 Prepared one's home for a new arrivalView answer 28 Spirited and determinedView answer 29 "___ Beach: The Real Orange County" (MTV reality show of the mid-aughts)View answer 30 Catching some Z'sView answer 31 Irrational fearView answer 32 Word before printer or pointerView answer 33 *Considered individuallyView answer 38 In a nonobvious wayView answer 42 "Deadpool" actor ReynoldsView answer 45 Says out loud without thinkingView answer 47 Spot for a roller skater's padView answer 49 Best Picture winner found hiding in "and the Oscar goes to …"View answer 50 "Heads, I win. Tails, you ___!" (sneaky coin flip agreement)View answer 51 Parent's sisterView answer 52 Hawaiian storytelling danceView answer 53 Times of one's life, sayView answer 54 Title for Helen Mirren and Emma ThompsonView answer 55 Take to the skyView answer 56 Acorn-bearing treeView answer 57 Caterer's coffee dispenserView answer 58 Above-water sign of a sharkView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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