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1 DovesView answer 10 The practice of growing plants without soilView answer 12 DiveView answer 14 Noted surname in punk rockView answer 15 Add to a chorus of criticismView answer 17 What might get filled up around dinnertimeView answer 18 Speak recklessly, with "off"View answer 22 Tip of Baja?View answer 23 Sourdough starter componentView answer 25 BunkView answer 26 Tree that can clone itselfView answer 27 Basic logic gateView answer 28 Tombstone settingView answer 31 Connection lettersView answer 32 Display option, in briefView answer 33 Get up and down, maybe, in golfView answer 34 N.F.L. tight end StowersView answer 35 Attribution wordView answer 36 Playful banterView answer 37 Crossword clue typeView answer 38 Singer who had us at "Hello"?View answer 40 Familia memberView answer 41 Ball game in which you call your shotsView answer 43 "Following that ..."View answer 44 International intelligence community?View answer 46 What might get filled up around dinnertimeView answer 47 Ovid's "our"View answer 49 ExemptionView answer 51 Barrier to entry at a top-secret facilityView answer 55 Easily moved, maybeView answer 56 Descriptor of a sleek kitchen materialView answerDown
1 Bridge supportersView answer 2 Perfect place to beView answer 3 Butter up?View answer 4 StingView answer 5 Opposite of 7-Down, humorouslyView answer 6 Cousin of kabukiView answer 7 Like Inspector Clouseau, despite all of his successesView answer 8 Nickname for the New Zealand dollarView answer 9 Ubiquitous head coveringsView answer 10 Mail destinationsView answer 11 Like many new parentsView answer 12 RequireView answer 13 Becomes less interesting over timeView answer 14 Major annoyanceView answer 16 Not following a straight pathView answer 19 Low rankView answer 20 Enters through the cracksView answer 21 Perfect places to beView answer 24 Likes and dislikes, collectivelyView answer 26 "So frustrating!"View answer 29 Norma who gave Sally Field her first OscarView answer 30 Photographer GoldinView answer 39 Drawings of various states?View answer 42 Weighs inView answer 44 ___ rayView answer 45 WittingView answer 48 Falling-outView answer 50 Subjects of Pixar's second movieView answer 52 Meat in a sushi tacoView answer 53 Cent : U.S. :: ___ : JapanView answer 54 West Coast univ. holding the record for most chemical elements discovered (16)View answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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