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1 It has its limits, in briefView answer 5 Award-winning culinary documentary seriesView answer 15 High number, perhapsView answer 16 Where some family secrets may be writtenView answer 17 Displaying finesseView answer 18 Actress who plays Trudy on "Mad Men" and Annie on "Community"View answer 19 Mothers in cotesView answer 20 Bedtime attireView answer 21 Silicon Valley V.I.P.View answer 23 Oslo Accords grp.View answer 24 Gold medalist in women's soccer and women's team foil (fencing) at 2024's Olympics, in briefView answer 25 Part of many home improvement projectsView answer 30 Fissile rockView answer 31 Party leader?View answer 32 Something seized, for shortView answer 33 Outdoor accommodations with fliesView answer 34 "One ___" (Elizabeth Bishop poem that repeats the line "The ___ of losing isn't hard to master")View answer 35 Skin care brand from JapanView answer 36 DriveView answer 37 Give credit toView answer 38 Suitable for a game of 20 Questions, in a wayView answer 39 Establishments selling craft products?View answer 41 Appears less impressiveView answer 42 It's meant to be believedView answer 43 RichView answer 45 Meet an unmet needView answer 50 ___ bowlView answer 51 Queue wordsView answer 52 Discover alternativeView answer 53 Author of the story collections "The Little Disturbances of Man" (1959) and "Enormous Changes at the Last Minute" (1974)View answer 54 ___ mess (British dessert)View answer 55 Traditional Passover dishView answer 56 Scot's word meaning "past"View answerDown
1 Academy figureView answer 2 Line of passengers?View answer 3 Relocating to a different country, e.g.View answer 4 Destination for many a rescueView answer 5 Birds whose wings might be folded?View answer 6 Prefix with -tropeView answer 7 Modern pen, of a sortView answer 8 Seafood-based ingredient in Eastern cuisinesView answer 9 Like someone performing a monologue, maybeView answer 10 Part of the hamstringView answer 11 Fem. or masc.View answer 12 Tunnel (into)View answer 13 Lane in Superman moviesView answer 14 Just gets (by)View answer 22 "Psst" and "Go!"View answer 25 Things that ships, computers and wine retailers all haveView answer 26 Plant parts that develop as a seedling growsView answer 27 Urban locale that looks out on Ellis IslandView answer 28 When anything goesView answer 29 Tie with stringView answer 30 One getting ripped off at a venueView answer 31 Poison classificationView answer 35 Relative of turquoiseView answer 37 Competitor of VenmoView answer 40 Like the herbs on a 55-AcrossView answer 41 Wimpy friend?View answer 43 "The Duck Variations" playwrightView answer 44 Lane in Superman moviesView answer 45 States of confusionView answer 46 AboutView answer 47 Material theorized as a possible cause of ancient Rome's decline, given its widespread useView answer 48 Berate, with "into"View answer 49 ___ monsterView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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