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1 Pension alternatives, for shortView answer 5 HustleView answer 9 "Odds are …"View answer 14 Drive around the office?View answer 16 Actress Watts of "Mulholland Drive"View answer 17 Bahamians and BahrainisView answer 18 Speedboat's speedView answer 19 Fake accountView answer 20 Dead ends?View answer 21 James in the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of FameView answer 22 Piano études, essentiallyView answer 24 Not aboveView answer 27 TrustyView answer 29 Alternative to a fingerprint, maybeView answer 30 Golfer McIlroy, the first European male to achieve a career Grand SlamView answer 31 Actress ___ Marsay of Disney+'s "Andor"View answer 32 The Jazz, on sports tickersView answer 33 Coming ___View answer 34 Small bandView answer 35 Jazz pianist with a memorable recording of "Tea for Two"View answer 37 Plant eater?View answer 39 What the British call people who make crosswordsView answer 40 Prepared statement?View answer 44 One-named rock idol who was born Paul David HewsonView answer 45 Locking hornsView answer 46 Guess alternativeView answer 47 Vegges outView answer 49 Restaurant sommelier's offeringView answer 51 Foundational skateboard trickView answer 52 Doesn't exactly ham it upView answer 53 Sings (out)View answer 54 Stereotypical eye-rollerView answer 55 Informal get-togetherView answerDown
1 Words of affirmationView answer 2 Sam's wife in "The Lord of the Rings"View answer 3 Setting of the 1888 painting "Café Terrace at Night"View answer 4 Genre for Toots and the MaytalsView answer 5 Bishop for whom a neighborhood in Paris is namedView answer 6 Junk food that, ironically, has an exercise in its nameView answer 7 RunsView answer 8 Rap figures, for shortView answer 9 SimilarlyView answer 10 Flash mob group, perhapsView answer 11 Decide where to stayView answer 12 One wearing the Star of Life emblem, for shortView answer 13 "Quite so"View answer 15 Back in the race?View answer 21 French name meaning "born again"View answer 23 "Mind your own beeswax!"View answer 24 It's not constructiveView answer 25 Game divisionView answer 26 "I saw that!"View answer 28 EccentricView answer 29 Colorful capsule that splattersView answer 31 Like samplesView answer 33 AppetizerView answer 34 Anchors might be seen on themView answer 35 ___-LatinoView answer 36 Funny FredView answer 38 Picks upView answer 41 Literary protagonist who "generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it)"View answer 42 Some hailstone "souvenirs"View answer 43 "Oof, sounds terrible!"View answer 45 Top-tierView answer 47 Softball questionView answer 48 José ___ (Mexican food brand)View answer 49 Humble dwellingView answer 50 Served asView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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