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1 SmartView answer 5 SensationView answer 10 Acquisition on the big dayView answer 15 "That's a good one!"View answer 16 Galápagos island that was home to Lonesome George, the last tortoise of his subspeciesView answer 17 Who knows what preceded the Big BangView answer 18 *Yes — three arduous onesView answer 21 February 14, informallyView answer 22 Scratch that!View answer 23 El ___View answer 24 Like novicesView answer 26 SpoilView answer 28 Preceder of how, way or whereView answer 29 *Yes — sometimes more than 1,000View answer 31 PatootiesView answer 33 Little dipper?View answer 34 "Tout à fait!"View answer 35 TireView answer 37 *Yes — exactly one, in common usageView answer 42 First line on many a formView answer 43 Common garnish in a chirashi bowlView answer 44 Had at present?View answer 47 Article of lab wearView answer 50 *No — but it does have three feetView answer 53 Elizabethan curseView answer 54 Country that las islas Canarias are part ofView answer 57 Important blood lineView answer 58 "___ is the proper task of life": NietzscheView answer 59 Business whose rewards program gives "Stackholder Perks"View answer 60 RavingView answer 61 Question during a brainstorming session ... or of the answers to the starred cluesView answer 67 Popular Japanese brewView answer 68 Alcohol, slangilyView answer 69 Literary heroine who says "I would always rather be happy than dignified"View answer 70 Its capital is SanaaView answer 71 HeavensView answer 72 Debugging component?View answerDown
1 Letter after upsilonView answer 2 Trireme toolView answer 3 Cleared, as snowView answer 4 "Messiah" composerView answer 5 NeuterView answer 6 What a big hand indicates: Abbr.View answer 7 Its colony can be considered one superorganismView answer 8 StruggleView answer 9 World's most populous Creole-speaking countryView answer 10 Pretty much assuredView answer 11 Japanese dramaView answer 12 Feline in a 2000s memeView answer 13 Dub ... or rubView answer 14 Fast-food restaurant that sells FrostysView answer 19 ___-pediView answer 20 Oft-injured part of the knee, for shortView answer 24 Clock-setting std.View answer 25 ___ Bravo (México/Tejas border)View answer 26 Certain tie scoreView answer 27 Mince words?View answer 30 Frost pieceView answer 32 Sound of dissatisfactionView answer 35 Botanist's studyView answer 36 Told storiesView answer 38 Business endingView answer 39 Roll in doughView answer 40 Actress/union leader DrescherView answer 41 Symbol of spiritual insight, in HinduismView answer 45 Class ___View answer 46 Music genre with "walking" bass linesView answer 47 Steamy occasion?View answer 48 LugubriousView answer 49 Pioneers' prairie pullersView answer 50 HaranguesView answer 51 StoreView answer 52 Worked sufferinglyView answer 55 "Pipe down!"View answer 56 ComposureView answer 60 AttestView answer 62 ___-goatView answer 63 "Wait ... really?"View answer 64 One of a kindView answer 65 Test for future Ph.D.sView answer 66 Not needing anything elseView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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