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1 Cause a mess, as with frying oilView answer 9 Create an intricate series of lies, sayView answer 17 Offerings to prospective bicycle buyersView answer 19 "Ben-Hur" or "Lawrence of Arabia"View answer 20 Or moreView answer 22 Like many public housing projectsView answer 23 ComprehendsView answer 24 Way to manipulate public opinion through fearView answer 26 "The ___ is done"View answer 27 Some ambulance destinations, for shortView answer 28 Ceramicists' devicesView answer 30 Hog heaven?View answer 31 Wrong ideaView answer 33 Word with bean or lemonView answer 34 ___ Jones, author of "How We Fight for Our Lives"View answer 35 Tick offView answer 37 Pieces of art?View answer 40 Allude (to)View answer 41 Winter Olympics eventView answer 44 Agreements where one party takes some heat?View answer 46 Old-time theater itemView answer 48 They point toward Mecca while salah is performedView answer 50 Evergreen pointerView answer 51 SharpenView answer 52 Natural process of maturingView answer 54 Airplane wing featureView answer 55 Girder whose name assumes a serif fontView answer 57 Paleolithic-era toolsView answer 58 Have spiritual unity (with)View answer 59 FalsifyView answer 61 ___ syndrome (allergic reaction to some bug bites)View answer 62 Actress and model Ali ___View answer 63 Like some pricing strategiesView answer 65 Annual awards whose name is an acronymView answer 66 Affectedly cleverView answer 67 Allude (to)View answer 69 Southwest landformView answer 70 Smokey Bear spot, e.g., for shortView answer 73 Area with the highest percentage of homes valued at $1 million or moreView answer 79 [ha ha!]View answer 82 Reddish-brown colorView answer 84 Ones skilled in governanceView answer 85 GramView answer 86 Return analogueView answer 88 "You're one to talk!"View answer 89 Mumbo jumboView answer 90 Instrument for which Beethoven and Mozart composedView answer 92 Drink order at a sushi restaurantView answer 94 What might have green rooms?View answer 95 Unlikely sportsmanship award winnerView answer 96 ___ Lupton, author of the 2010 best seller "Sister"View answer 97 Quarter-barrel containers of beerView answerDown
1 Talking ___ (early dating period, in modern lingo)View answer 2 Fizzle (out)View answer 3 Exams whose analytical reasoning sections were removed in 2024View answer 4 PINpoints?View answer 5 Lead-in to state or StarView answer 6 Typically red-coated toy figurinesView answer 7 Official proclamationsView answer 8 Try to produce better offspring fromView answer 9 BurstsView answer 10 Feels forView answer 11 Sport with crampons and carabinersView answer 12 Document that promises secrecy, for shortView answer 13 Like the climate in AntarcticaView answer 14 Does the Narrows hike at Zion National Park, sayView answer 15 Become acquainted over Zoom, e.g.View answer 16 VillainView answer 18 "No doubt about it!"View answer 19 InscribedView answer 21 Mythical creature with scalesView answer 22 Lost one's temperView answer 25 Like some donations that anyone can acceptView answer 28 Pride celebrationView answer 29 "That much is obvious"View answer 31 Child who refuses to put things away?View answer 32 Flag throwerView answer 33 Olympic gymnast Nadia who was the first to receive a perfect 10 scoreView answer 36 Livestock facilities regulated by the E.P.A.View answer 37 TV series starring Rami Malek as a hacktivistView answer 38 Absurdist philosopher born in AlgeriaView answer 39 PerspectivesView answer 41 More difficult to eat, as fishView answer 42 Tandoors, e.g.View answer 43 Lucy ___, African American slave narratorView answer 44 Garden pestView answer 45 Butterfly, e.g.View answer 46 Cheeky flirtsView answer 47 Sufferer healed by JesusView answer 49 Unit circle ratiosView answer 50 Like some soils high in organic matterView answer 53 Small protestationView answer 56 Sociologist's concernView answer 58 EccentricView answer 60 Update the equipment inView answer 62 Musical instruments that become other musical instruments when an F is added to the frontView answer 64 ErasureView answer 66 Person idolized by a niche audienceView answer 68 Physics Nobelist FeynmanView answer 69 Covert mission, familiarlyView answer 70 Be partial toView answer 71 Shell competitorView answer 72 Daikin Park teamView answer 74 Gregorian ___View answer 75 Aware ofView answer 76 We, in PortugueseView answer 77 Bygone devices whose tapes had to be rewoundView answer 78 Teatro alla Scala solosView answer 79 Ancient philosopher whose name means "old master"View answer 80 Support for the tree pose in yogaView answer 81 Strategy against fickle weatherView answer 83 One more than 5-DownView answer 85 UnacceptableView answer 87 ___ Kassis, author of "The Arabesque Table"View answer 89 HallowedView answer 91 Nittany Lions' sch.View answer 93 Big ___View answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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