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1 Whack to the head, in slangView answer 9 Noted doomsday prepperView answer 13 Prognosticator's shoutView answer 15 Game played on a grass or dirt courtView answer 16 Occasion to brush up together?View answer 17 Weird Al Yankovic's "Straight ___ Lynwood"View answer 18 Attention magnet, sayView answer 19 Like Queen Elizabeth, but not Queen CamillaView answer 21 Deal with The Devil?View answer 23 TV program with its time of day in its nameView answer 24 Brit's "bog"View answer 25 Global auction houseView answer 26 Gain competitorView answer 27 How one lives in the face of an inscrutable futureView answer 30 Org. that may allow religious headwear in picturesView answer 31 Planted oneselfView answer 32 Harmless growthView answer 35 Issa of "Insecure"View answer 36 Spanish diminutive suffixView answer 37 Reduced demand for refrigerated trucking, in a wayView answer 39 Illicit decampmentView answer 40 1968 live folk albumView answer 42 When repeated, something often said to be "deep"View answer 43 Sheer quantity of awesomeView answer 45 Slacks offView answer 48 "Your request is denied"View answer 49 Shrub with a "staghorn" varietyView answer 51 Word derived from the Greek for "headdress of Persian kings"View answer 52 Flash point?View answer 56 Heavenly figure, in GermanView answer 57 One that can put a meal on iceView answer 58 BroodView answer 59 Abstain ... as suggested by the black squares in this puzzleView answerDown
1 Region of a plane bounded by a circle, in geometryView answer 2 Scorpion's legs, e.g.View answer 3 Abdul with the #1 albums "Forever Your Girl" and "Spellbound"View answer 4 Getting onView answer 5 Shifty typeView answer 6 Was upView answer 7 Pioneering mathematician LovelaceView answer 8 Center of a drupeView answer 9 Meat and potatoes, e.g.View answer 10 D8 pieces in Dungeons & Dragons, e.g.View answer 11 "Don't attract attention to yourself"View answer 12 When squirrels may thermoregulate by splootingView answer 14 Extra-large storage unitView answer 15 Solving Wordle in five guesses, colloquiallyView answer 20 H, to the HellenesView answer 22 StoleView answer 23 Rough digsView answer 27 One of many in a trend lineView answer 28 Period satirized in "Dr. Strangelove"View answer 29 Antibacterial product introduced in 1948View answer 31 "Sometimes" has two of themView answer 33 German-based supermarket with about 2,500 stores in the U.S.View answer 34 Friendly, respectful personView answer 38 1970s "howcatchem" TV seriesView answer 40 LogView answer 41 First color that babies can see, after black and whiteView answer 44 Eponym of the A.L. batting title awardView answer 46 Become acquainted virtuallyView answer 47 World capital next to the Sarawat MountainsView answer 50 One of three keys to a PC rebootView answer 53 SizzlingView answer 54 It's off limits if you 59-AcrossView answer 55 West who said "I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it"View answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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