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1 What a comment might be made inView answer 5 Plant often confused with algaeView answer 9 "The Craft"View answer 14 Pulitzer-winning historian and journalist ApplebaumView answer 15 Understanding responseView answer 16 Amazon smart speakersView answer 17 British singer with the top 10 albums "Crash" and "Brat"View answer 19 Some suitorsView answer 20 Sets in motionView answer 21 Sake, for oneView answer 23 Not fixed, as a stoneView answer 24 Drinking game with projectilesView answer 25 Sign of healingView answer 26 New service memberView answer 27 Mental image, for short?View answer 28 Fun-size, so to speakView answer 29 StalkView answer 31 First releasesView answer 33 Taking out the trash and othersView answer 35 Lab liquidsView answer 36 Max ___, boxer nicknamed "Madcap Maxie"View answer 37 Corn ___ (snack misnomer)View answer 39 Longtime Nestlé candy brandView answer 41 Arizona tribe with matrilineal clansView answer 42 1992 Whoopi Goldberg comedyView answer 45 Survived, so to speakView answer 46 Portmanteau for evidence based solely on personal accountsView answer 47 Popular name of the 1958 Italian hit "Nel Blu, Dipinto di Blu"View answer 48 ___ monthView answer 49 Act of writing down whatever comes to mind in order to clear mental clutterView answer 51 WipeView answer 52 Biblical locale in a Steinbeck titleView answer 53 Golfer AokiView answer 54 Rationed (out)View answer 55 BleakView answer 56 GravitateView answerDown
1 Historic Émile Zola letter of 1898View answer 2 ImprovedView answer 3 Meaty dog treats "in a blanket"View answer 4 Less prolixView answer 5 Customizable Nintendo avatarsView answer 6 Mac platform renamed in 2016View answer 7 Condition of discretionView answer 8 More seductiveView answer 9 One managing online contentView answer 10 Drink that comes with free refillsView answer 11 Word with easy or highView answer 12 MatterView answer 13 Insufferable sortsView answer 18 Court callView answer 22 Handles beautifully, in slangView answer 24 Bills worth 100 buckaroosView answer 26 British singer with the hits "R.I.P." and "Radioactive"View answer 28 Showed embarrassment, sayView answer 30 Event typically occurring in one's late 40s or early 50sView answer 32 Hoped-for scenarioView answer 33 America, for one: Abbr.View answer 34 DC figure since 1938View answer 36 Brand of rum mentioned in Hemingway novelsView answer 38 Certain unit of detergentView answer 40 Pet gear often eschewed in favor of someone's lapView answer 41 "Stop the presses!"View answer 42 Capital that's home to the oldest university in the Western U.S. (1842)View answer 43 HabituateView answer 44 Upper house of the French parliamentView answer 45 With, in SpanishView answer 47 Plant on a pergolaView answer 50 ___ LingusView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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