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1 Approach boldlyView answer 7 Word with fixed or netView answer 13 Purple-hatted Nintendo characterView answer 15 Mildew, e.g.View answer 16 Little Italian toastsView answer 18 One choice at a dry cleanerView answer 19 Say but not really meanView answer 20 English town known for its mineral waterView answer 22 Historical event that acquired its name almost two decades after it ended, in briefView answer 23 Car once promoted with the slogan "It's Your Money … Demand Better," informallyView answer 24 Joy of televisionView answer 25 Windjammer, e.g.View answer 26 33-Down platform, for shortView answer 27 Deceived, maybeView answer 28 RetreatsView answer 29 Move around from here to thereView answer 31 Unhelpful response to "Why?"View answer 32 Rabbit food?View answer 33 Pats (down)View answer 34 Progresses slowlyView answer 35 Something chewed overView answer 38 Sections of historyView answer 39 Has legsView answer 40 Something to climb in a WWE matchView answer 41 "Stop! We get it!"View answer 42 RubeView answer 43 Literature Nobelist who wrote "Siddhartha"View answer 44 People whose flag depicts the Lion of JudahView answer 46 Animal that sleeps while floating on its backView answer 48 University of California campus localeView answer 49 "The Ultimate Trivia Destination," per its websiteView answer 50 Moves in the shadowsView answer 51 Parts of cassette playersView answerDown
1 "Really, now!"View answer 2 Actress Lombard of classic HollywoodView answer 3 "Above the ___, as high as heaven itself?": Shak.View answer 4 EjectsView answer 5 Villainous group of science fictionView answer 6 ___ FridaysView answer 7 Can't standView answer 8 DisView answer 9 "The only ___ is mediocrity": Martha GrahamView answer 10 Ingredient in meringue cookiesView answer 11 #1 on BBC's list of greatest 21st-century TV seriesView answer 12 ComicsView answer 14 "This work is getting to be too much"View answer 17 Apple skins?View answer 21 Buildings that aren't water-resistantView answer 24 "La Cousine ___" (Balzac novel)View answer 25 Overly wise, sayView answer 27 Feels thirstyView answer 28 Gives accoladesView answer 29 EdgesView answer 30 You can see right through themView answer 31 Phenomenon of experiencing something as strangely new even though one has experienced it beforeView answer 32 Designate, as fundsView answer 33 Series of mental blocks?View answer 35 Retail giant that opened its first store in Seattle in 1983View answer 36 Persuade to pay more than originally intendedView answer 37 Popular farm vehiclesView answer 39 Falls short, sayView answer 40 Lead-in to activeView answer 42 American in Paris?View answer 43 Certain earringView answer 45 Poetic contractionView answer 47 Some courses for honor students, for shortView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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