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1 Tried-and-true choice, informallyView answer 5 It's perfect for some musiciansView answer 10 Motorcyclist's invitationView answer 15 Asia's shrinking ___ SeaView answer 16 RuckusView answer 17 Where Boise isView answer 18 It's a piece of cakeView answer 20 Computer geeksView answer 21 Source of some South American woolView answer 22 Alaska politico PalinView answer 24 ___-BallView answer 25 Alternative to a Word docView answer 27 It's child's playView answer 29 Glassblower, e.g.View answer 33 One of three statistical averagesView answer 34 M.L.B. stadium demolished in 2009View answer 35 Ones always blowing off steam?View answer 39 Altar promiseView answer 42 It's a no-brainerView answer 45 Starchy tuberView answer 46 2016 Ariana Grande love songView answer 47 Drug busterView answer 48 Heavy, spiked clubView answer 50 Bared one's teeth, sayView answer 52 It's a breezeView answer 57 ___-fiView answer 58 Sudden or impulsive, as a decisionView answer 59 Lipstick blunderView answer 61 Intermittently offered fast-food pork sandwichView answer 65 Oscars host, e.g.View answer 67 It's a walk in the parkView answer 69 Abandon prematurely, as a missionView answer 70 Piano exerciseView answer 71 Fencing bladeView answer 72 "OMG, same!"View answer 73 About 50.7% of all AmericansView answer 74 Like typical communicators in sign languageView answerDown
1 EffronteryView answer 2 Not in writing, as an examView answer 3 Magician's "Look what I did!"View answer 4 International competition in math, science and other disciplinesView answer 5 Greek letter that looks like an "O" superimposed with an "I"View answer 6 Charged particlesView answer 7 Roman robesView answer 8 French sweetheartView answer 9 Prohibited in IslamView answer 10 Chart-topperView answer 11 Texas setting for 2004's "Friday Night Lights"View answer 12 Mule or burroView answer 13 "Fancy seeing you here!"View answer 14 They may be counted when taking attendanceView answer 19 Bell-bottom jeans and pet rocks, in the 1970sView answer 23 Undeniable successesView answer 26 Media misinformationView answer 28 Loch ___ monsterView answer 29 Like a campfire by morning, typicallyView answer 30 Flightless bird from South AmericaView answer 31 Figure in a school pep rallyView answer 32 Empty ___ (home after the kids go off to college)View answer 36 Chinese general on a menuView answer 37 "___ will be done"View answer 38 English facilitiesView answer 40 "Don't you ___!"View answer 41 How much 1990s music was issuedView answer 43 Pet pestsView answer 44 Having added nutrientsView answer 49 Obey, with "to"View answer 51 ApexView answer 52 Pay for at a restaurant, sayView answer 53 Title role for Sylvester StalloneView answer 54 "This is my first day on the job"View answer 55 "Groovy"View answer 56 Unit of informationView answer 60 Like checking a dating app while you're on a dateView answer 62 Fully maturedView answer 63 Swedish furniture supplierView answer 64 Complaint, informallyView answer 66 Arrivals in the 2016 thriller "Arrival," in briefView answer 68 ___ Faire (historical event)View answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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