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1 Five-note jingle for "The Gift That Grows"View answer 11 Tech news siteView answer 15 Message that comes with a pointerView answer 16 Symbol of loveView answer 17 Changes in form, but not in essenceView answer 18 To: Abbr.View answer 19 Cookie, e.g.View answer 20 Question in a stalemateView answer 22 UrgeView answer 23 "Show some manners!"View answer 24 Classic Harlem ballroomView answer 27 Get one's hands on, informallyView answer 28 Did a boring job?View answer 29 Hot environmentView answer 30 Throwing weapons for the Dark KnightView answer 32 ZipView answer 33 Indie music's ___ IverView answer 34 Sword's alternativeView answer 35 Chinese steamed bunView answer 37 Supplementary materials accompanying a home movie purchaseView answer 40 DoozyView answer 41 Trap in the waterView answer 42 CatchesView answer 43 Ticket selectorView answer 44 Thorough, sayView answer 46 Rihanna's "Take a ___" (2008)View answer 47 (The) shaft, so to speakView answer 48 Not all there upstairs?View answer 52 Some altarations?View answer 53 Burkina Faso, before 1984View answer 55 Captain in Melville's "Billy Budd"View answer 56 Renowned naturalist buried at Rwanda's Karisoke Research CenterView answer 57 Singing sister of ArethaView answer 58 Nervously inhales?View answerDown
1 Target for surgical excisionView answer 2 TimeView answer 3 Country where the game of dominoes is a national pastimeView answer 4 Characterized by great happinessView answer 5 "Sheesh!"View answer 6 Mr. Universe contestantsView answer 7 BurnView answer 8 All worked (up)View answer 9 Greek actress who brought Elektra, Penelope, Antigone and Helen of Troy to the screenView answer 10 Man who made animals talkView answer 11 Stumble home after a night out, sayView answer 12 JustView answer 13 Something you may be willing to hold?View answer 14 Camped out, sayView answer 21 Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal ___"View answer 23 Fake posterView answer 24 "___ of Frankenstein" (1939 movie sequel)View answer 25 Person who gets a lot of texts?View answer 26 Sluglike creature known for its soft, water-repellent skinView answer 27 Has no controlView answer 30 Word with shadow or shoeView answer 31 Lo-___View answer 33 ContradictView answer 36 Abba's "___ Last Summer"View answer 38 Outlet for the Jordan RiverView answer 39 Super-keenView answer 40 Weak amount of medicineView answer 41 Primary PC storageView answer 43 EX30, EX40 and XC60View answer 45 PraisesView answer 46 Fails to keep things downView answer 48 Nota ___View answer 49 Classic film character who says "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time"View answer 50 Proofreader's commandView answer 51 Kansas' Fort ___View answer 54 Swinger's goal, perhapsView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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