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1 What suggests that relief is at hand?View answer 11 SomeView answer 15 "News to me"View answer 16 Shankar who co-composed the score for 1982's "Gandhi"View answer 17 "Well, now everyone will know"View answer 19 Family nicknameView answer 20 Spot for a light punishmentView answer 21 Eponym of U.S. track and field's Male Athlete of the Year AwardView answer 22 Member of the World Cup's "Tartan Army" fan baseView answer 23 Acronymic weaponView answer 25 Tree whose name has multiple pronunciationsView answer 27 Laugh, laugh, laughView answer 30 Geneticist's findingView answer 31 Wasteful government spending, informallyView answer 32 Big name in sandalsView answer 33 "It's ___ or nothin'!" (classic kids' commercial slogan)View answer 34 Many of the characters in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"View answer 35 Word with block or platformView answer 36 Tangy hybridView answer 37 GobsmacksView answer 38 Elephant mascot of the Alabama Crimson TideView answer 39 Elf, sayView answer 41 They may be coveredView answer 42 Opportunity on Mars, sayView answer 43 Piece of ice in the drink?View answer 44 Name of "the other reindeer" in a common Christmas mondegreenView answer 46 Waffle patternsView answer 48 Where baked Alaska is believed to have been invented, oddly enough: Abbr.View answer 51 Field you make tracks inView answer 54 Blue rasp-"brr!"-y treat?View answer 55 Flying nuisanceView answer 56 BesmirchesView answer 57 What someone might get quickly around lunchtimeView answerDown
1 Sets (on)View answer 2 Cuisine with the #1 dish in a CNN "World's 50 Best Foods" pollView answer 3 Intruders in urban trash cansView answer 4 Ones who might cut the line, in brief?View answer 5 Ski slope vehicleView answer 6 Lose affection forView answer 7 Wiped out, in slangView answer 8 FussesView answer 9 No-nos at some highway intersectionsView answer 10 Trap neighborView answer 11 Relationship-defining questionView answer 12 Bejeweled target of a heist in "Ocean's Twelve"View answer 13 McMullin of Utah politicsView answer 14 Features of some early presidential portraitsView answer 18 Whole lotView answer 22 Films in which many stars might appearView answer 24 Grills, sayView answer 25 Competitor of Rao'sView answer 26 One likely to be "healthy, wealthy and wise," per Benjamin FranklinView answer 27 Vocal criticView answer 28 Iris settingsView answer 29 LoftyView answer 30 Bit of threaded hardwareView answer 31 Attempt to seize controlView answer 34 PerspectiveView answer 38 One dish commonly in the 12-dish Sviata Vecheria, a traditional Ukrainian Christmas dinnerView answer 40 Faire ___ (get by with, in French)View answer 41 CharmView answer 43 European fixtureView answer 44 Skip overView answer 45 Title boy in a 2021 Pixar filmView answer 47 Word that comes from Sanskrit for "bread"View answer 48 Score somewhat akin to an A-View answer 49 Flexible practice?View answer 50 Website associated with the domain www.news.comView answer 52 Tour org.View answer 53 Fields Medal winner TerenceView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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