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1 Package under a Christmas treeView answer 5 Old-fashioned butter makerView answer 10 Branded cotton swabView answer 14 Minnesota congresswoman IlhanView answer 15 In on, as a trendView answer 16 Big coffee containersView answer 17 1972 song by Elton JohnView answer 19 Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping ringsView answer 20 In progressView answer 21 :), ;), :D and othersView answer 23 Formal "you," in SpanishView answer 25 Comedian WongView answer 26 Projects, as a shadowView answer 29 1985 song by John Cougar MellencampView answer 34 Comes to lightView answer 36 X minus III, in old RomeView answer 37 Cosmonaut GagarinView answer 38 Held the reinsView answer 39 Spot for a massageView answer 41 R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10View answer 43 Element used in bronzeView answer 44 Sporting bladeView answer 46 Draft pick?View answer 48 FirstbornView answer 50 1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray CharlesView answer 53 Midsection measurementView answer 54 Apt rhyme for "shriek"View answer 55 Martial arts studiosView answer 57 DisheveledView answer 61 Caribbean island with a liqueur named for itView answer 65 Gently persuadeView answer 66 Capital of Arkansas … or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across?View answer 68 In ___ land (daydreaming)View answer 69 "I wish I could ___ that!"View answer 70 A second helping, sayView answer 71 "Excuse me …"View answer 72 Things shifted on a bicycle or in a carView answer 73 Winter coasterView answer

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1 ___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board)View answer 2 "Sign me up!"View answer 3 Vampire's toothView answer 4 AuditionsView answer 5 "U-S-A! U-S-A! …," e.g.View answer 6 Movable joints on a doorView answer 7 ___ code (what most product packages have)View answer 8 Google Maps options: Abbr.View answer 9 Bring into the mainstreamView answer 10 Counterpart of quantityView answer 11 FactualView answer 12 Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informallyView answer 13 Letters before omegasView answer 18 InsultsView answer 22 Springfield is its capital: Abbr.View answer 24 Org. with notoriously long linesView answer 26 Biblical spy for MosesView answer 27 South American flatbreadView answer 28 Lesser-played part of a 45View answer 30 ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for twoView answer 31 Word before space or MongoliaView answer 32 Spot to find a pulseView answer 33 Final inning, typicallyView answer 35 Device for starting an engineView answer 40 In the style ofView answer 42 Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace PrizeView answer 45 Test taken at the 24-DownView answer 47 FinaleView answer 49 Wins over with charmView answer 51 JewelView answer 52 Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul"View answer 56 Novelist VerneView answer 57 The N.C.A.A.'s BruinsView answer 58 Biblical ark builderView answer 59 Dark leafy greenView answer 60 Fork prongView answer 62 ChillyView answer 63 Surveyor's measureView answer 64 Gave a thumbs-upView answer 67 Airport screening grp.View answer
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