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1 Coaster, usuallyView answer 5 Start of some temple namesView answer 9 Bug spray ingredientView answer 13 Kind of roverView answer 14 Figure with two tailsView answer 16 HabitationView answer 17 Queen's guard?View answer 18 Language whose name consists of four consecutive U.S. state postal abbreviationsView answer 20 Genre for 5-DownView answer 21 Certain graph shapeView answer 22 Word with Man or canView answer 23 Per ___View answer 24 Places where it's OK to push someone at schoolView answer 27 Evidence of a fireView answer 30 Christmas story villainView answer 31 Plot device in many a rom-comView answer 33 Samurai with no masterView answer 34 Big bustView answer 35 Little piecesView answer 36 Welcome sight for a businessView answer 38 What fan fiction is notView answer 39 "Odds" followerView answer 40 Loaded with excitementView answer 42 Blow off steam, sayView answer 43 Start to do?View answer 44 Some Slack convosView answer 47 Happiness and excitement, for twoView answer 49 Four-star review, sayView answer 51 Spitting contest?View answer 53 Manage to loseView answer 54 Some workplace perksView answer 55 "Seriously!," in slangView answer 56 Fighters on the beach in 2023's "Barbie"View answer 57 Old car concernView answer 58 Preschoolers, e.g.View answerDown
1 Home to the torus-shaped Museum of the FutureView answer 2 By some measureView answer 3 Safety org. for young peopleView answer 4 Painting on the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, with "The"View answer 5 "The Thrill Is Gone" musician, 1970View answer 6 Kant's "no"View answer 7 Even more than mostView answer 8 "OK, now you've got me intrigued ..."View answer 9 Macaroni wheatView answer 10 Kathryn of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"View answer 11 Anticipatory timesView answer 12 Anger, with "off"View answer 13 Lantern, e.g.View answer 15 Eclipse, for oneView answer 19 PeelView answer 23 Proof of a plotView answer 25 Order in the courtView answer 26 1980s cartoon foe of GargamelView answer 27 Library regular, perhapsView answer 28 Eminem song that samples DidoView answer 29 "___ a real nowhere man ..."View answer 30 Billing unitView answer 32 Dog's post-op wearView answer 33 Label that sold the first 33 1/3 r.p.m. recordsView answer 34 Make an impression onView answer 37 Member of a 1960s TV familyView answer 38 Geppetto's pet goldfish in Disney's "Pinocchio"View answer 41 Least activeView answer 42 They might hang out in a hotel roomView answer 45 Big name in mufflersView answer 46 Bit of a how-toView answer 47 Stable mateView answer 48 Move the first pawn, sayView answer 49 TroublesView answer 50 High-quality flavoring for salad dressings, in briefView answer 51 Inits. of the statesman who said "Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly"View answer 52 Time constant symbol in physicsView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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