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1 "Oscar" of the French film industryView answer 6 Feeling after a long hikeView answer 10 Singer/composer BareillesView answer 14 PrematurelyView answer 16 Many a fund-raising target, informallyView answer 17 "We have a mutual friend?!"View answer 18 Smurf who is more than 500 years oldView answer 19 See 20-AcrossView answer 20 With 19-Across, swing dance originating in HarlemView answer 21 They're cut to defuse an explosiveView answer 22 Cue ... or queueView answer 23 Only player to win three Super Bowl M.V.P. awards before turning 30View answer 25 Reducing to rubbleView answer 28 Apt anagram of NOTESView answer 29 Hockey infractionView answer 30 Breezy things enjoyed at the beachView answer 34 Doesn't go at full speedView answer 35 SackView answer 36 Walk-onView answer 37 They might make you one with everythingView answer 39 "La Tulipe Noire" novelist, 1850View answer 40 Party poppersView answer 41 Makes fun of mercilesslyView answer 42 Fall signView answer 45 AgitateView answer 46 HitsView answer 47 Won't let it goView answer 49 Zendaya's role on "Euphoria"View answer 52 Fictional manufacturer of a Do-It Yourself Tornado KitView answer 53 "Can you catch me up?"View answer 55 Time of day either wayView answer 56 Author of "All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians and Artists"View answer 57 Barriers to entry, in a wayView answer 58 Unravel at the edgesView answer 59 Variety of cold brewView answerDown
1 It is king, in a phraseView answer 2 Redheaded monster on TVView answer 3 ThwackView answer 4 Birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.: Abbr.View answer 5 Road maneuvers featuring lazy brakingView answer 6 Without dissenting voicesView answer 7 It's cut after birthView answer 8 "Yowzers!"View answer 9 What a circle lacksView answer 10 Someone attracted to intellect over looks, sayView answer 11 Dream interrupterView answer 12 Currency in The Legend of ZeldaView answer 13 HoardView answer 15 Outstanding, in a wayView answer 21 Eager buyer's questionView answer 22 Traps in a laundry roomView answer 24 Not a particular oneView answer 25 Snack brand since 1934View answer 26 It might be a lotView answer 27 Last U.S. national park, alphabeticallyView answer 28 Return payments?View answer 30 Adhere to the kashrut dietary rulesView answer 31 They're filled with baconView answer 32 "Curses, foiled again!"View answer 33 GuffView answer 38 Co-star of 2025's "Wicked: For Good," informallyView answer 41 Neither demure nor mindfulView answer 42 Come to attention, in a wayView answer 43 Powder in a pantryView answer 44 Child's agreementView answer 45 Avoid rage-quitting, perhapsView answer 48 Longtime college basketball coach VanDerveerView answer 49 Run amokView answer 50 Hammer-and-sickle land, for shortView answer 51 Gas brand whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabetView answer 53 "R U KIDDING ME?!"View answer 54 Way to look inward, in brief?View answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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