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1 Constellation word before Major or MinorView answer 5 Something to blow off or let offView answer 10 "So-o-o cute!"View answer 13 Western defense grp.View answer 14 "I ___ been a contender ..."View answer 15 Lead-in to natal or nuptialView answer 16 *Outdoor sport with sticks (1979, 1984)View answer 18 Gentle touchView answer 19 Letters for a mind readerView answer 20 Grunt from a pigpenView answer 21 Athlete's representativeView answer 23 Take weapons away fromView answer 25 *Period for Fred, Wilma and Pebbles (2016, 2023)View answer 28 More in-your-businessView answer 30 Encourages to buy a more expensive model, sayView answer 31 Ernest Hemingway's "To Have and Have ___"View answer 32 Monster of folk talesView answer 34 Goal for collectorsView answer 35 *Temporary guest from a canine shelter (1988, 1991)View answer 39 Oscars airerView answer 42 "Pencils down!"View answer 43 Double-decker, e.g.View answer 45 Strings alongView answer 48 Some steaksView answer 51 *Popular fruit dessert (2001)View answer 53 Rebel as a groupView answer 55 Zimbalist Jr. of "77 Sunset Strip"View answer 56 Plastic Ono Band's "Happy ___ (War Is Over)"View answer 58 Network for "The Wire" and "Euphoria"View answer 59 Birthplace of the bossa nova, informallyView answer 60 Academy Award category ... or a hint to the starts of the answers to the starred cluesView answer 64 Vietnamese holiday with a palindromic nameView answer 65 Baltimore baseball proView answer 66 Colorful body part ... or a colorful flowerView answer 67 "___ gratia artis" (classic MGM motto)View answer 68 Chicken noodle scoopView answer 69 Heredity unitView answerDown
1 Like expired parking metersView answer 2 ___ BranView answer 3 Bobby, Peter or Greg, to Carol BradyView answer 4 Internet pioneerView answer 5 "Coming ___ to a theater near you"View answer 6 Partner of nipsView answer 7 Relative of a reindeerView answer 8 Suffix with lemon or orangeView answer 9 Ancient Central American pyramid buildersView answer 10 They go to a higher courtView answer 11 Round up, as cattleView answer 12 Receiving the most rainView answer 14 Grandfather clock soundView answer 17 Piquant triangular chipView answer 22 "Gosh!"View answer 24 Starting onView answer 26 Small castle towerView answer 27 Guest opinion columnView answer 29 Corkscrew-shaped pastaView answer 33 Opal or rubyView answer 36 "Enough already!"View answer 37 Double-reed woodwind playerView answer 38 Biceps, boastfullyView answer 39 Canadian province north of MontanaView answer 40 More brawnyView answer 41 Bugs Bunny's supplyView answer 44 "Now, you listen to me ..."View answer 46 Beats by ___ (headphone brand)View answer 47 Word with sex or statusView answer 49 Support for a knee or a neckView answer 50 Enters a game at the half, sayView answer 52 Praise enthusiasticallyView answer 54 Group assisting a sheriffView answer 57 Like a bull or buckView answer 61 Memorable periodView answer 62 Caesar of old comedyView answer 63 18-wheelerView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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