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1 Havanese greetingView answer 4 Tolstoy book whose title asks a questionView answer 13 Reluctantly stoopView answer 16 They rate up to 350,000 on the Scoville scaleView answer 17 H.S. class for tough life lessons?View answer 18 "Just tell me when it's over"View answer 19 Dance move also known as a backslideView answer 21 Skims, as soup stockView answer 22 Fig. that cannot start with 9View answer 23 Org. for The Rock and Brock LesnarView answer 24 Tunnel-making machineView answer 25 Not manyView answer 27 WindfallsView answer 28 Keep coming upView answer 30 One might lead to pay backView answer 34 Make some introductions, sayView answer 35 The Cowboys of the N.C.A.A.View answer 36 Word from the Lakota for "they dwell"View answer 37 Emotional manipulation tacticView answer 39 Meaty mealView answer 40 Attraction on the western side of Carson RangeView answer 41 "Oof!"View answer 42 Seems less impressive, so to speakView answer 43 Spray in the kitchenView answer 44 German stock market indexView answer 47 CumbrousView answer 49 One-to-one relationshipView answer 51 Exchanges blows?View answer 53 Up toView answer 54 Eggless bread spreadView answer 55 "A-a-a-and ___!" (improv show ender)View answer 56 High-carb snackView answer 57 May day celebrantView answerDown
1 President who wrote "Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it"View answer 2 Default outcomes, perhapsView answer 3 Kind of sequence that proceeds 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ...View answer 4 DurationView answer 5 Modern security threatView answer 6 Org. with the Rule of Law InitiativeView answer 7 Cylindrical ovenView answer 8 Extremely well-liked?View answer 9 Personal opinion?View answer 10 Hooting and holleringView answer 11 Part of an underground networkView answer 12 Pithy put-downsView answer 14 Main ingredient in an aviation cocktailView answer 15 "I like the sound of that!"View answer 20 "So adorable!"View answer 24 Prepare to ship, sayView answer 26 Delivery means to a gas stationView answer 27 Count in the Blues Hall of FameView answer 28 On the ___ (frequently, informally)View answer 29 Bird whose eggs are sometimes a canvas for Aboriginal artView answer 30 Capotes are flapped at themView answer 31 "Let's go, sleepyhead!"View answer 32 Booking, for shortView answer 33 Server's obstacleView answer 38 "Word on the street is ..."View answer 41 ___ Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code"View answer 42 Night of lawlessness in a long-running horror franchise, with "the"View answer 43 Try-hardView answer 45 Kind of acidView answer 46 Stem componentView answer 47 CapitulateView answer 48 Lender's securityView answer 49 Table outsideView answer 50 Big purveyor of health supplementsView answer 52 Gender-neutral term in a familyView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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