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1 Set unambitious goalsView answer 7 One playing beerball, perhapsView answer 14 Tolkien ring bearerView answer 16 Precious personView answer 17 Phrase you might say while pointing at a photographView answer 18 Goes against the rule?View answer 19 Musical set in Alphabet CityView answer 20 Term of endearment appropriated from 9-DownView answer 22 Part of a Blues Brothers outfitView answer 23 Animated friend of Sebastian the crabView answer 25 Some arm muscles, informallyView answer 27 Cassiterite is a source of itView answer 28 Robert Frost's middle nameView answer 29 ___ Allen Express, Amtrak train from New York City to Burlington, Vt.View answer 31 Innermost moon of NeptuneView answer 33 Pressure gauge?View answer 35 Past, colloquiallyView answer 36 Symbols used to group blocks of computer codeView answer 37 Was on the sidelinesView answer 38 BreathlessnessView answer 39 Polynesian stapleView answer 42 Not mainstream, as some music genresView answer 43 FussView answer 44 Weakens, as an overly strong character, in video game lingoView answer 46 Angora fabricView answer 49 UtmostView answer 51 ___ Tung, star of cable TV's "The Summer I Turned Pretty"View answer 52 Did a bedtime taskView answer 54 Modern banking convenienceView answer 56 Musical sample added for excitementView answer 57 Animals in an early-2000s virtual fadView answer 58 Entered againView answer 59 One might play at homeView answerDown
1 Kind of projectionView answer 2 Call at a roll callView answer 3 Big jerkView answer 4 Drink often sippedView answer 5 Rap pioneers, slangilyView answer 6 Space to develop as a person?View answer 7 In brief, to whom Grover Cleveland once said "I am making a strange wish for you ... that you may never be president of the United States"View answer 8 School houses?View answer 9 Dialect that is responsible for a large majority of Gen Z slangView answer 10 Put one's foot downView answer 11 Decorative items worn at Western galasView answer 12 Like defendants at courtView answer 13 Principle of improv comedyView answer 15 Gay nightlife spot with a dress requirementView answer 21 Error correction toolView answer 24 Uncork, so to speakView answer 26 Body bronzerView answer 30 ___ Story (punny nickname for the "Iliad")View answer 31 Like the lion killed by HerculesView answer 32 Scientific classification for birdsView answer 33 Tesla, for oneView answer 34 Affliction treated with a nit combView answer 35 Acting like a sore loser, informallyView answer 36 ___ counterView answer 37 South Indian lentil stewView answer 39 Following etiquetteView answer 40 RecentlyView answer 41 Declaration after "because"View answer 43 French relativeView answer 45 Skip the ceremony, sayView answer 47 Like some unmoisturized skinView answer 48 Blue-roofed restaurantView answer 50 Coral and sand, for twoView answer 53 Popular role-playing game since 1974, informallyView answer 55 One whose eyes are "all aglow" in "The Christmas Song"View answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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