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1 Measure of rank in Maori culture, informallyView answer 8 BubblesView answer 13 Sauce in Italian-American cuisineView answer 14 Knocked outView answer 15 It's in right nowView answer 16 Was worthy ofView answer 17 Having a single purposeView answer 18 Light that goes up when things are going down?View answer 20 SnatchView answer 21 Crank cases?View answer 23 Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for shortView answer 25 Home to the Arco di ConstantinoView answer 26 Present a chance to get aheadView answer 29 Spaniards roll themView answer 30 Was really moving, in slangView answer 31 "Uh ... I guess"View answer 32 Sources of 24/7 supportView answer 33 Many an attachmentView answer 36 Ones catching wavesView answer 37 Longtime name in Cuban politicsView answer 38 Those playing the king of Egypt in "Aïda"View answer 39 Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New OrleansView answer 41 Easily removed locksView answer 42 Limited assignmentView answer 45 Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles)View answer 46 Appropriately change courseView answer 48 Spirals out of control?View answer 50 Panhellenic Games venueView answer 51 Can't cool offView answer 52 GiftedView answer 53 Culinary concurrenceView answerDown
1 UnderstandsView answer 2 Site of some piercingsView answer 3 "There's never been a better time" tech sloganeerView answer 4 Fangorn residentView answer 5 Sweet doings at a county fairView answer 6 ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disasterView answer 7 Cry that might be made with a bowView answer 8 Responders to cruise ship emergenciesView answer 9 It works in translationView answer 10 Crunchy snacksView answer 11 Fine-tunesView answer 12 Divider of lotsView answer 13 Really intoView answer 15 21st-century first ladyView answer 19 Attire for many a flamenco dancerView answer 22 Upright barView answer 24 Bonheur who painted "Ploughing in the Nivernais"View answer 27 Woman's name that sounds like two letters of the alphabetView answer 28 Colorful swimmers in the AmazonView answer 30 Energy device that reflects sunlightView answer 31 Rings up?View answer 32 Can hold one's own, in modern lingoView answer 33 Bread purchase in the U.K.View answer 34 Like a building's central air conditioningView answer 35 Dogbane?View answer 36 Like drug dens, sometimesView answer 37 FAQ headingView answer 38 East African honorificView answer 40 Reduce to a pulpView answer 43 MinuteView answer 44 Pay attention toView answer 47 ZipView answer 49 Home to the U.S.'s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for shortView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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