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1 Start for starterView answer 5 Amethyst amountsView answer 11 Cartoon snapshotView answer 14 He beat Arthur to win the 1972 U.S. OpenView answer 15 Removable facial feature, brieflyView answer 16 Tool by a pile of firewoodView answer 17 The British media, figurativelyView answer 19 Jeans nameView answer 20 DiscernmentView answer 21 StandardView answer 23 Snake’s warningView answer 25 Fully fillView answer 26 “Mr. Blue Sky” bandView answer 29 Dish with many ingredientsView answer 32 Stable dietView answer 35 Play actors, before opening nightView answer 39 Where a pirate may wind upView answer 41 Funny MarthaView answer 42 Forgo forbiddingView answer 43 “Je t’___” (French words of endearment)View answer 44 Scandinavian toastView answer 45 Olympia is thereView answer 47 Fit perfectlyView answer 49 “Take this”View answer 50 Forest dweller in Middle-earthView answer 51 Taylor’s tourView answer 54 Disrespectful responsesView answer 56 Pillars of Hercules localeView answer 61 Café additionView answer 65 Miner matterView answer 66 “Broad City” co-creator/starView answer 68 Home run hitterView answer 69 Lewis’s landView answer 70 Cut, as woodView answer 71 High numbers at MITView answer 72 Destroys, as documentsView answer 73 Celtic tongueView answerDown
1 Make finer, in a wayView answer 2 Jazzy FitzgeraldView answer 3 Tells a cover story, e.g.View answer 4 “___ don’t fail me now!”View answer 5 HTML formatting lang.View answer 6 Legal eagle: Abbr.View answer 7 Hard to find, for FlaviusView answer 8 Some laptopsView answer 9 Bara of the silentsView answer 10 Begins in a committed mannerView answer 11 San Fran is thereView answer 12 Office VIPView answer 13 Scallion look-alikeView answer 18 Thompson of “Creed”View answer 22 It may come with a string attachedView answer 24 Scarecrow fillerView answer 26 MiscalculatesView answer 27 Isn’t watertightView answer 28 Playful rebukeView answer 30 “___ una” (Spanish for “It’s one o’clock”)View answer 31 Wrexham tongueView answer 33 OverusedView answer 34 “Biloxi Blues” playwrightView answer 36 Tougher to trapView answer 37 Architect Mies van der ___View answer 38 Word in ice cream flavor namesView answer 40 Nice guyView answer 46 Sam of “Jurassic Park”View answer 48 Prepares for a marathon, sayView answer 52 Name on Iran’s flagView answer 53 Harrison mateView answer 55 Green veggies, in one spellingView answer 56 Cold desertView answer 57 Babylon’s locale, nowView answer 58 Puts money on itView answer 59 Green Gables girlView answer 60 Surprising incursionView answer 62 Industry kingpinView answer 63 Cuts downView answer 64 Sea flierView answer 67 Empty talkView answerYour puzzle stays a surprise. Answers appear only on the individual clue pages.
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