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1. Garbed 5. Cast a fly 9. Luxurious resort 12. Frilly 13. Throbbing pain 14. Here and
____ 15. Baking compartment 16. Relic 18. Word from a crib 19. Make a misstep 20. Grew older 21. Hog heaven? 23. Swampy place 25. Hamburger extra 28. Fine points 32. Tire filler 33. Fang 35. Cauldron 36. Escaping 38. Foe 40. Nixon’s gesture 41. Twisted, as a grin 42. Knowing words: 2 wds. 45. Mao ____tung 47. Allow to borrow 51. Landscapes 53. Skunk feature 54. Peg
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1. King topper 4. Casual restaurant 8. Third letters 12. Wand 13. Singles 14. Authentic 15. Machine’s tooth 16. Farewells 17. Word in a threat 18. Throwing weapon 20. Founded 21. Pancakes’ cousins 25. Inform 28. Loafed 32. Mine shipment 33. Kinds 34. “____ Only
Live Twice” 35. Ponder 37. Resist 38. Food supplier 40. More skillful 43. Clothing fabric 47. Tower 48. Change text 51. Chopper 52. ____ pop 53. Dull person 54. Geese formation 55. Harbinger 56. Brewery output 57. “Bonnie ____
Clyde”
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Road” 11. Dog-team’s vehicle 19. Hole puncher 20. Puts money on a horse 22. Raft 23. Specialty 24. Liquid measure 25. Hanks of
“Apollo 13” 26. Prior to, in verse 27. Directed 29. Bread variety 30. Vast timespan 31. Flop 33. Film celebrity 36. “The ____
Cometh” 37. Cook in oil 39. Jot down 40. Likewise 41. Thunder 42. Metallic vein 44. Volcanic output 45. Cattle 46. Want 48. Fade away 49. Mommy deer 50. Ill temper
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1. Pig’s food 5. Research place 8. Spring event 12. Exec’s car 13. Back in time 14. Convertible, e.g. 15. Squadron 16. Ink holder 17. Emit fumes 18. Patch the roof, again 20. Small mark 22. Ceramic slab 25. ____ the town red 29. Flashing lights 32. Internal 33. Fruity dessert 34. American buffalo 36. Toll 37. Boise’s site 39. Occurrence 41. Hosiery fabric 42. Stash 43. Question 45. Of the nose 49. Dolt 52. Conditions 55. Hubbub: hyph. 56. Has 57. Forty winks 58. Musical staff sign 59. Exultant joy 60. Desertlike 61. Give a party
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