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1 Like the proverbial period before a stormView answer 5 Cooking device in a fast-food restaurantView answer 10 Animal that moosView answer 13 Thin woodwindView answer 14 Condiment with four vowels in its nameView answer 15 FatherView answer 16 *Pad in a makeup kitView answer 18 "Fine by me"View answer 19 December 24 is a notable oneView answer 20 Prayer's endView answer 21 Places for flag pins or micsView answer 23 Oasis settingView answer 25 Outstanding peopleView answer 27 No contest, for exampleView answer 29 $7 million for 30 seconds during the Super Bowl, sayView answer 31 Pound soundsView answer 34 "Highway to Hell" bandView answer 36 Winner of 2008 and 2012View answer 38 Mauna ___ ObservatoryView answer 39 Polite rejection at a dance ... or a hint to each half of the answers to the starred cluesView answer 41 Small criticismView answer 42 Flower symbolizing early loveView answer 44 Follow commandsView answer 45 4K screen precursorView answer 46 Big clothing retailer headquartered in Freeport, MaineView answer 48 Place for un béretView answer 50 Ones wearing white at weddingsView answer 52 Show of respect to a queenView answer 56 Dropping off mail at the post office or picking up a prescriptionView answer 58 Exam on which Elle Woods scored 179 in "Legally Blonde," for shortView answer 60 Cry of discoveryView answer 61 Swarm (with)View answer 62 *Assignment on a planeView answer 65 Signed vows of secrecy, for shortView answer 66 ChoseView answer 67 Toboggan, e.g.View answer 68 Pop, as "the question"View answer 69 FilthyView answer 70 Totally understandsView answerDown
1 Managed well enoughView answer 2 Higher than on the totem poleView answer 3 Home Depot competitorView answer 4 Size between small and large: Abbr.View answer 5 Minor-league clubView answer 6 Ready to be pickedView answer 7 The "Y" of Y.A. booksView answer 8 Keebler workerView answer 9 Hunted (through)View answer 10 *Bakery display pieceView answer 11 Iridescent stoneView answer 12 House ___ and Means CommitteeView answer 15 Can-opening mechanismView answer 17 ___ Grey teaView answer 22 Slugger JudgeView answer 24 Limited releases on Spotify, informallyView answer 26 Article of sports equipment that needs to be strungView answer 28 Part of a play with the opening sceneView answer 30 Send offView answer 31 100%View answer 32 Make annoyedView answer 33 *Days off following October midtermsView answer 35 Hit on a vape penView answer 37 Off-roading transport, in briefView answer 39 Strand during winter, sayView answer 40 Superficially attractive sortView answer 43 Georgia politico Stacey ___View answer 45 2013 movie about an A.I. crushView answer 47 AttachesView answer 49 Ballerina's garbView answer 51 Some bed supportsView answer 53 Hold to discuss at a later timeView answer 54 Word before metal or musicView answer 55 Fabric amountsView answer 56 Italian erupterView answer 57 Cincinnati baseball franchiseView answer 59 Editor's markView answer 63 Pesticide regulator, in briefView answer 64 Food seasoning, for shortView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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