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1 Makes goodView answer 7 DownView answer 13 "Psycho" screenwriter Joseph ___View answer 14 UncertainView answer 16 "Well, tough!"View answer 18 Hi-___View answer 19 HumdingersView answer 20 Certain fraternity guy, informallyView answer 21 "Les Misérables" number with a number in its nameView answer 23 Instrument with a deep, rounded backView answer 24 Cutting toolView answer 25 "My Old ___" (2024 coming-of-age film)View answer 26 Staff notesView answer 27 Recent, as a memoryView answer 29 Winter athleteView answer 30 "___ is the most convenient time to tax rich people": David Lloyd GeorgeView answer 31 Verbal flourishesView answer 32 Between then and nowView answer 33 Shepherd's warningView answer 34 Olympian OwensView answer 35 Receiving end?View answer 36 Works one's way upView answer 40 Place to put a pinView answer 41 Explicit subject for her?View answer 43 Figure skater MidoriView answer 44 ConcoctsView answer 45 Farm cryView answer 46 Going overboard with the praiseView answer 49 "We don't need to know all the details"View answer 50 Mixing boardView answer 51 Lifts upView answer 52 Theater class assignmentsView answerDown
1 Deity who helped Hercules through his sixth laborView answer 2 Short previewView answer 3 Poetic adverbView answer 4 The Brickyard 400 or Southern 500, e.g.View answer 5 Find pleasure inView answer 6 Whiskey distiller's mixtureView answer 7 BuriesView answer 8 French possessiveView answer 9 Classic hot rodsView answer 10 That, in MexicoView answer 11 AbsorbsView answer 12 Quisling, e.g.View answer 13 Blade sharpenerView answer 15 They might be rough or perforatedView answer 17 Tiny bitView answer 22 Part of a trialView answer 23 Driver's license, e.g.View answer 26 Fight dirty?View answer 28 Dijon seasonView answer 29 Luang Prabang nativeView answer 30 Like a 12-DownView answer 31 They glisten in a classic Irving Berlin tuneView answer 32 Congressional record?View answer 33 ImplyView answer 34 Where Mandela and Nehru worked on their autobiographiesView answer 35 Rock with bandsView answer 37 Akkadian or PhoenicianView answer 38 PassesView answer 39 Sight in a tomato patchView answer 41 ContestView answer 42 Comedian WyattView answer 44 Tech news siteView answer 47 ___ the Jairite, biblical minister to King DavidView answer 48 Maternal figureView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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