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1 Main characters for an early readerView answer 5 They get rings for hoopsView answer 14 Skin-care brand known for its pore stripsView answer 15 Large restaurant vessel shaped like another vesselView answer 16 Conference handoutView answer 17 Dubious sighting in the night skyView answer 18 Started to boilView answer 20 Work, as a jokeView answer 21 Romance author HuangView answer 22 They might be rehabbed with knee flexionView answer 23 His #33 was retired by the Knicks in 2003View answer 25 Winner of the 2025 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, with "The"View answer 26 Personne canonisée: Abbr.View answer 27 ___ Capital, investment firm co-founded by Mitt RomneyView answer 28 Hits the mark, in a wayView answer 29 Many people climb itView answer 33 Naturally concludedView answer 35 Ones giving a toast at an outdoor party?View answer 37 Court session, perhapsView answer 39 Like much of LibyaView answer 41 Depicting the world bleakly and cynicallyView answer 42 Put your back into itView answer 43 "Sweet dreams are made of cheese / Who am I to dis a ___?" (parody lyrics)View answer 44 Is immersedView answer 46 Fair trade, sayView answer 47 "It is not easy for a ___ to balance himself on a ladder": "Animal Farm"View answer 48 A word in closingView answer 49 Relative of house musicView answer 51 Inverse of an exponential functionView answer 54 Vikings' offense?View answer 55 What a supposed bug is often revealed to beView answer 56 GrantView answer 57 Deftly evadesView answer 58 Come off asView answerDown
1 Nonhuman provider of medical adviceView answer 2 Neck topperView answer 3 Shoves (in)View answer 4 Sonic systemView answer 5 Org. featured in 1998's "Enemy of the State"View answer 6 Breaking character?View answer 7 Like parts of IstanbulView answer 8 Common Chinese surnameView answer 9 ___ legsView answer 10 Stability aids, informallyView answer 11 Soft, silky materialView answer 12 Depicts stylishlyView answer 13 Green day star, for shortView answer 14 Humongous, slangilyView answer 19 Stocked and sold, as goodsView answer 24 August ___, "Fences" playwrightView answer 25 Makes sense ofView answer 27 Deliberately exasperatedView answer 28 More sassyView answer 30 Indecisive way to endView answer 31 Gets byView answer 32 Binary, in a wayView answer 34 FormerView answer 36 "Wow ... what are the chances?!"View answer 38 Publisher of the front-page headline "This sport is stupid anyway" after a U.S. loss at the World Cup, in briefView answer 39 Half-spoken, half-sung passages of an operaView answer 40 Not fairView answer 43 Nearly 90View answer 44 It goes on topView answer 45 Shockingly unconventionalView answer 46 Stepped-on instrumentView answer 48 "___ chic!"View answer 50 Time divisionsView answer 52 "___ You That Somebody?" (1998 Aaliyah hit)View answer 53 Half of a coupleView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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