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1 Calendar month between Sha'ban and ShawwalView answer 8 Some solid marksView answer 15 "Here's the hard truth …"View answer 17 46 years?View answer 18 Sudden movementView answer 19 PinchedView answer 20 ___ Maroni, Gotham City mobster in the DC Comics universeView answer 21 Runs superblyView answer 22 BugView answer 23 Word on either side of "against"View answer 24 1992 U2 hit inspired by German reunificationView answer 25 Busby Berkeley musical film that introduced "I Only Have Eyes for You"View answer 26 Printing mark whose name is from the Latin for "is lacking"View answer 27 Financial reporter?View answer 29 BalancesView answer 30 "You've called at a bad time"View answer 32 HeadsView answer 35 Shiva, for exampleView answer 39 Suffix meaning "rule"View answer 40 Combinations with numbers and setsView answer 41 24-Across co-producer, whose name is the song title spelled backwardView answer 42 Climax of operational planningView answer 43 Brand for which General Foods distributed orange-handled coffeepots to restaurantsView answer 44 Core supportersView answer 45 Ferrer who co-starred in "War and Peace," 1956View answer 46 Shot-putter?View answer 47 Baba ghanouj, e.g.View answer 48 Where gold "beaver coins" were used as currencyView answer 51 Green suit?View answer 52 Pricey catering optionView answer 53 Scuffled, in dialectView answerDown
1 Sharp blow to the chestView answer 2 Staple in a poke bowlView answer 3 Titular figure in a scandalous John Singer Sargent portraitView answer 4 MaintainsView answer 5 Negative impressionView answer 6 Sports org. in the 2024 film "Challengers"View answer 7 Longship buildersView answer 8 IntoxicatesView answer 9 ___ Farnsworth, inventor dubbed "The Father of Television"View answer 10 Treasure hunter's findView answer 11 La ___ (leading Belgian French-language TV channel)View answer 12 Mocap suit componentsView answer 13 Break character?View answer 14 Slender hospital toolsView answer 16 Especially gratifying, so to speakView answer 22 Done-up dosView answer 23 Eastern linesView answer 25 Very iffyView answer 26 They might go faster with zincView answer 28 SuspectView answer 29 British slang for a police carView answer 31 Improviser at a workbenchView answer 32 Cursed vibeView answer 33 Call at the plate?View answer 34 Geometry term from the Greek for "uneven"View answer 36 Application for smoother shiftingView answer 37 Even, or nearly so, at WimbledonView answer 38 Naïve-looking, in a wayView answer 40 Transaction with no money downView answer 43 Leader of the Afrofuturistic jazz collective Arkestra for almost four decadesView answer 44 Seat fillersView answer 46 Greenhorn, informallyView answer 47 Oldest four-letter papal nameView answer 49 Call in a card gameView answer 50 Early major producer of vacuum tubesView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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