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1 Behave like an assView answer 5 18th-century British P.M. William Pitt, e.g.View answer 9 Come backView answer 14 Recipient of a key to the city, sayView answer 16 Shocked ... shocked!View answer 17 Like Thunderdell, the monster slain by Jack the Giant KillerView answer 18 Des'ree's "You ___ Be"View answer 19 MottledView answer 20 Sch. whose symbol is the Native American war leader OsceolaView answer 22 Title role for Paul Newman, 1963View answer 23 41-Across makerView answer 24 Top optionView answer 25 Sporting bladesView answer 26 FluttersView answer 27 Jewelry that may double as a fastenerView answer 30 "Aliens ___ My Homework," children's comedy/sci-fi book by Bruce CovilleView answer 31 007 feature of 1979View answer 32 Writer of the 1969 hit "The Boxer"View answer 33 Hip places?View answer 34 Bosom buddyView answer 37 They croak as soon as they grow upView answer 38 Go badView answer 39 Easy gaitView answer 40 "Some rise by ___, and some by virtue fall": Shak.View answer 41 23-Across debut of 1999View answer 43 Deep-frying vesselView answer 44 Many an "SVU" extraView answer 45 Displays with varietyView answer 46 Following closely behindView answer 48 Where travelers might take the plunge on vacationView answer 51 KeepView answer 52 Inner tube?View answer 53 Takes a hitView answer 54 Baby bottle componentView answer 55 U Beauty competitorView answerDown
1 Counter orderView answer 2 Subject of outdoor paintings by Renoir, Monet and HomerView answer 3 FollowerView answer 4 VulgariansView answer 5 Some deflections for argument's sakeView answer 6 "Bombshell: The ___ Lamarr Story" (2017 documentary)View answer 7 HotnessView answer 8 Really, really believingView answer 9 Classic meat sauceView answer 10 Freudian origin of defense mechanismsView answer 11 Strands from the litter?View answer 12 Rise on the marketView answer 13 AuditionsView answer 15 Latvian, old-styleView answer 21 Noted series with over 200 Emmys … and an OscarView answer 23 Letters for those awaiting specificsView answer 24 Something cut or defusedView answer 25 Ready for businessView answer 28 Just go alongView answer 29 Ring statsView answer 31 PromenadeView answer 32 Tanning targetView answer 33 Social media community for avid readersView answer 34 Shimmering substance in the skin-care aisleView answer 35 Animal identity in role playView answer 36 Title for a holy personView answer 37 Lickety-splitView answer 38 Become suddenly awake and focusedView answer 39 DistortView answer 42 Address stringsView answer 44 Farm femalesView answer 45 Flour used to make parathaView answer 47 Raw materialView answer 49 All togetherView answer 50 Law of La ManchaView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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