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1 Modern lead-in to quit or baitView answer 5 Heat source for many hydrothermal ventsView answer 10 Act all teenagerly, sayView answer 14 [I have something to say ...]View answer 15 He has the weight of the world on his shouldersView answer 16 River by the Royal Shakespeare TheatreView answer 17 Enhancing "blemish" (3x)View answer 19 Rip apartView answer 20 Something to belly up toView answer 21 Tennis's "King of Clay," familiarlyView answer 22 CautiousView answer 23 "My guess is ..."View answer 25 Teach, playfully (3x)View answer 29 Pinocchio's tellView answer 31 South American capital where Simón Bolívar was bornView answer 32 ___ Wowie (cocktail with a rhyming name)View answer 33 PC keyView answer 34 Wait for it!View answer 35 Sweet popcorn coating (4x)View answer 39 Sci-fi pilot ___ SoloView answer 40 Call, as a poker betView answer 41 Roman author of "Metamorphoses"View answer 42 Fred Flintstone's boss at the rock quarryView answer 45 Tech review siteView answer 46 Nut in Sausalito cookies (3x)View answer 48 Bundles in a stationery shopView answer 52 Pointed remarksView answer 53 "Famous" cookie entrepreneurView answer 55 Church fixtureView answer 56 Black mark on a credit report, in briefView answer 57 "Unbelievable!" ... or what 17-, 25-, 35- and 46-Across are made from, letter-wise?View answer 60 Never Have I ___ (party game)View answer 61 April's ___ DayView answer 62 Bug on a pugView answer 63 Alien incubators in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"View answer 64 Acrimonious, as a breakupView answer 65 Units of verseView answerDown
1 Torah scholarView answer 2 Bridge Out ___ (sign)View answer 3 They have teeth but don't biteView answer 4 Ground-dwelling bird in a eucalyptus forestView answer 5 Chichén Itzá buildersView answer 6 Taking charge?View answer 7 Happy-sounding advocacy grp.View answer 8 Scuff up, sayView answer 9 Set, as a priceView answer 10 Instrument associated with beans and salsa?View answer 11 Was a hamView answer 12 Scrunchied hairstyleView answer 13 "The ___" (final track listed on the original "Abbey Road")View answer 18 AuditionView answer 22 Word that can precede cry or babyView answer 24 Picky, picky, pickyView answer 26 Sch. attended by Steve Martin, James Dean and Jack Black (none of whom stayed to graduate)View answer 27 HousemotherView answer 28 What cards with circles, stars, pluses, squares and wavy lines test for, in briefView answer 30 Day break?View answer 32 Got it all off his chest?View answer 33 Disc golf "hole"-in-oneView answer 35 Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"View answer 36 ConsiderView answer 37 DisinclinedView answer 38 Small bug with a strong-sounding nameView answer 39 "Well, let me think"View answer 43 Herculean tasksView answer 44 Almost a quarter of the Super Bowl's run timeView answer 45 Sometimes-uncredited appearancesView answer 47 da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, da-DUM, for exampleView answer 49 Gift from a teacher's petView answer 50 Free-for-allView answer 51 Result of a hot pursuit?View answer 54 Grand Ole ___View answer 56 One leg press, sayView answer 57 Uncle ___View answer 58 Minecraft resourceView answer 59 Command to a jumpy dogView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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