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1 Where tupelos and mangroves growView answer 6 Desmond Dekker’s genreView answer 9 Cuisine including boudin and andouilleView answer 14 Elfin creatureView answer 15 Nonhuman target of an “Open the pod bay doors” requestView answer 16 It might crumble under cross-examinationView answer 17 “Capeesh?”View answer 18 Calc. precederView answer 19 It may be topped with chashu porkView answer 20 CompletelyView answer 21 Jeromes Dream’s genreView answer 24 FuryView answer 25 Curly hairstyle popular in the 1950sView answer 27 Chopsticks sourceView answer 29 Be of ___ (help)View answer 32 Dancer’s managerView answer 33 Yuletide cupfulView answer 36 Spot onView answer 38 Experiencing post-roller-coaster effects, sayView answer 39 One-on-one basketball play, for shortView answer 40 Luka Doni or Bronny James, e.g.View answer 41 First reads for website newbiesView answer 42 Playwright ChekhovView answer 44 View from LuxorView answer 45 What college searches end in?View answer 46 Oscar night celebratorView answer 48 RejectionsView answer 49 Neptune’s domainView answer 50 MockedView answer 51 Classic sports carsView answer 52 Hat, in slangView answer 54 Ephemeral sculpting mediumView answer 55 Astron. clock settingView answer 57 Volleyball moveView answer 59 Tea, in British slangView answer 60 SpiritView answer 63 Say out loudView answer 64 Goofy image, maybeView answer 65 Subject of the 2024 documentary “Super/Man”View answer 66 Chichen Itza peopleView answer 67 Research facility over 240 mi. overheadView answer 68 Water balloon soundView answer

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1 Org. for pet loversView answer 2 ResolutionView answer 3 Abruptly dismissView answer 4 Soccer legend HammView answer 5 Public imageView answer 6 Bit of glassView answer 7 Vegetable with a dinosaur varietyView answer 8 Pond problemView answer 9 Go on a pub crawlView answer 10 CopyingView answer 11 He performed one day after Janis at WoodstockView answer 12 Lyft rivalView answer 13 Lowest pinochle cardView answer 22 Dove callView answer 23 Franchise begun with 2008’s “Iron Man,” for shortView answer 25 NogginsView answer 26 Denison denizenView answer 27 Pride Month eventView answer 28 One dimension, e.g.View answer 30 Accepting defeat, slangily, and what four answers in this puzzle are doing, from the answers above themView answer 31 Cat known as a tigrillo in ColombiaView answer 32 They may be empty after getting crackedView answer 33 Fashion brand with L’Air du Temps perfumeView answer 34 Pirate’s lamentView answer 35 Bargain bin finds, oftenView answer 37 LockView answer 42 Speechless responseView answer 43 Maiden name labelView answer 46 Tools for climbersView answer 47 Books for financiersView answer 53 Seller of KAJPLATS smart lightsView answer 56 Fitbit bitView answer 57 TotalView answer 58 Sch. support groupView answer 61 Female gametesView answer 62 EstablishedView answer
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