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1 Beetle alternative beginning in 1961View answer 11 Texting tech, for shortView answer 14 "Lord willing!"View answer 15 Word with square or valueView answer 16 Krypton, to SupermanView answer 17 "... approximately"View answer 18 Forest Service employee responsible for winter rescuesView answer 19 Head of Togo or CongoView answer 20 Beatles song subject who is "filling in a ticket in her little white book"View answer 21 Football blocking group, informallyView answer 23 "The breath of art," per Frank Lloyd WrightView answer 25 Kid-friendly business?View answer 28 Sporty car typeView answer 29 Post-run activityView answer 30 Start of many cathedral namesView answer 31 "12 Angry Men" director, 1957View answer 33 Beginning of many French team nicknamesView answer 34 It features one leg perpendicular to the otherView answer 37 Practices salat, in IslamView answer 39 Twistable kitchen itemView answer 40 AboundsView answer 41 Nurse back to full strengthView answer 42 Cries of enlightenmentView answer 43 Job for which you might offer a hand, informallyView answer 44 Withdrawal takeawayView answer 50 Beowulfian, sayView answer 51 One looking over a shoulder?View answer 52 Father of King MinosView answer 53 Plea from lazy children, perhapsView answer 54 First to seven?View answer 55 "Oof, I'm struggling"View answerDown
1 ___ scaleView answer 2 Hip toView answer 3 Titular Pixar character who's mistakenly called names like Bingo, Chico and FabioView answer 4 Cold application for a pitcherView answer 5 WhimsyView answer 6 Airing during the wee hours, sayView answer 7 Hawaiian word for "family"View answer 8 Atari release of 1972View answer 9 Literally, "sword"View answer 10 Nostalgia-inducing illustrations and typographyView answer 11 Tennis feat completed by Novak Djokovic in 2016 (but named for a different player)View answer 12 Things on superintendents' ringsView answer 13 Fizzy cocktail flavorView answer 15 Recurring images, in literary analysisView answer 22 Smartphone tech abbr.View answer 23 What the Fox evidences in an Aesop fableView answer 24 Brilliant stuffView answer 25 Someone who might need to get a life?View answer 26 Reveal, poeticallyView answer 27 WhiffView answer 28 Digs for a doveView answer 31 Football coach who famously said "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing"View answer 32 Fair ___View answer 35 U.S. House committee since 1967View answer 36 Women's soccer coach SundhageView answer 37 Woolen outerwearView answer 38 Backup groupView answer 40 Band whose "Live at Leeds" album went double platinumView answer 42 Makeup titan ElizabethView answer 43 Group of Mediterranean appetizersView answer 45 Warning to an inattentive driverView answer 46 Wide mouthsView answer 47 Retail chain whose first two letters are the first and last initials of its founderView answer 48 Common condo no-noView answer 49 City east of IthacaView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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