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1 Title typically abbreviated to its first and last lettersView answer 6 Storied stargazersView answer 10 Another name for ESPN8, with "the"View answer 14 ___ Perry, award-winning author of 2022's "South to America"View answer 15 ___ the Holy, canonized Norwegian kingView answer 16 Way out, sayView answer 17 Little dippers?View answer 19 Targets for bark beetlesView answer 20 A&W or L&MView answer 21 Botanical jointView answer 22 JerkView answer 23 Cell service inits.View answer 24 Neighbor of Baja CaliforniaView answer 26 "Funny how that works"View answer 27 Heat setting, perhapsView answer 29 "The Santa Clause" or "Legally Blonde"View answer 30 Wind up in ruinView answer 33 Classic warning to a knightView answer 34 Kick-starter program?View answer 35 "To All the Boys ___ Loved Before" (best-selling young adult novel)View answer 36 Campus buildingView answer 37 "Big" digitView answer 38 Not say something in jestView answer 40 "Toy Story" bullyView answer 41 ___ tov (Jewish holiday)View answer 44 "I'm afraid ..."View answer 45 Noted resident of "Little Lhasa" in the Indian state of Himachal PradeshView answer 48 Library catalog IDView answer 49 What dilapidated buildings and rampant graffiti may be a sign ofView answer 50 Director JohnsonView answer 51 Veteran of the seasView answer 52 Prefix with musicology or linguisticsView answer 53 Moving well over 60, perhaps?View answer 54 Leaves speechlessView answer 55 MovingView answerDown
1 Swahili for "lion"View answer 2 Heads of state in Qatar and KuwaitView answer 3 GramsView answer 4 "Come ___!"View answer 5 Lead-in to a puzzling questionView answer 6 Janelle of "Hidden Figures"View answer 7 '22 or '23View answer 8 Stadium salesView answer 9 They may or may not happenView answer 10 Classical theaterView answer 11 Sketches that end with "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"View answer 12 Major successes, so to speakView answer 13 Spots for scrubs, for shortView answer 18 Patrolling a neighborhoodView answer 21 "I'd avoid that"View answer 24 Viola's twin brother in "Twelfth Night"View answer 25 "Soooo …?"View answer 26 Wedding reception highlight, maybeView answer 27 Fashion plate, maybeView answer 28 Old-fashioned TV antenna, jocularlyView answer 30 On-the-go breakfast optionView answer 31 GiveawayView answer 32 ___ dealView answer 33 Tasteful invitation?View answer 34 Family name of three BTS membersView answer 39 One tending kidsView answer 40 Bits of wood panelingView answer 41 Vessel with two silent lettersView answer 42 Like the Mideast's Bahla FortView answer 43 Head to town?View answer 45 Capture the attention ofView answer 46 Free (to)View answer 47 "Count me in!"View answer 48 Org. concerned with reportingView answer 49 Host nation of the 2028 OlympicsView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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