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1 Result of a tense build-up?View answer 11 Hit a point of no return?View answer 15 Kick offView answer 16 “Outta my way!”View answer 17 ABC's realmView answer 18 Body part affected by heterochromiaView answer 19 FedView answer 20 ___ Mai, Grammy-winning R&B singerView answer 21 BuffView answer 22 DropsView answer 24 Mars rover named in honor of a 19th-century activistView answer 26 Ludwig ___, post-W.W. II leader who led West Germany's economic recoveryView answer 28 Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize"View answer 29 Agcy. tracking popular baby namesView answer 30 Agcy. concerned with declarationsView answer 32 Parts of some high-speed rail systemsView answer 33 Be exceptionally good, in modern slangView answer 34 Vaper's purchaseView answer 35 What Esau got in exchange for selling his birthright to JacobView answer 38 Disclaimer in a quoteView answer 39 "Hang"View answer 42 Detaches from the frame, perhapsView answer 44 Grammatical case in 48-AcrossView answer 46 Longtime Pixar character who saiys "I might be old, but I still got a spring in my step!"View answer 48 See 44-AcrossView answer 49 Super, slangilyView answer 50 Curve on a scoreView answer 52 Follower of hand or homeView answer 53 Bit of filmingView answer 54 Asteroids and Space InvadersView answer 56 In the pastView answer 57 System by which all speech is protected?View answer 58 CravingsView answer 59 Club runnersView answerDown
1 Change soundsView answer 2 CaptivatesView answer 3 Actress LyonneView answer 4 Neighbor of Sierra LeoneView answer 5 In the pastView answer 6 Use a fork for, in a wayView answer 7 Some thesis defensesView answer 8 TrounceView answer 9 Singer dubbed the "Matriarch of the Blues"View answer 10 Gun before the green, sayView answer 11 "Is it not?"View answer 12 Stellar visual effectsView answer 13 Adjective that becomes its own synonym after its first letter is droppedView answer 14 StrandsView answer 21 Precise and calculatedView answer 23 First country to elect a female prime minister (1960)View answer 25 TrippingView answer 27 SluggishView answer 31 One putting the pedal to the metalView answer 33 No-goodniksView answer 35 Toddler's walking aidView answer 36 Like someone using autoreply, perhapsView answer 37 Start to congealView answer 39 Part of some gummiesView answer 40 ClearView answer 41 BirthsView answer 43 ComfortView answer 45 Mesoamerican staple with a "hot" varietyView answer 47 MentorsView answer 51 "Rude Boy" singer, to fansView answer 54 Ancient symbol of royaltyView answer 55 Test not offered in high school, for shortView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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