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So many all-star solvers 🤩 thanks for crushing it…and thanks to Calisse for some fun facts and feedback!

Congrats to daisdon-asaurus, Jim, Eric, Cassa, Hannah K., Tatiana, Lisa, Alissa, Joel, Humu, Evan, x, sd204, ChoduCID, Mark, Macho, Sruthi, MintyDress, Boims, Jeff L, Graham W., Clete, Banannie, and all you 30 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 6-down: Tropical plant that sounds like it belongs alongside Godzilla

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• Neo

• Anka

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1-Across: Baby sheep still with its mama

8-Across: Test subjects used for their close homology with humans

15-Across: ____ eight (portion consumed when I eat almost the entire pizza)

16-Across: Pseudonyms and sobriquets

17-Across: Abounding

18-Across: Muay Thai strike to the thigh

19-Across: Compulsion by a kidnapper

20-Across: Traditionally long guns with shortened barrels

21-Across: In the nick of time

23-Across: Volunteer grp.

24-Across: Tourist destination

27-Across: Push-to-start btn.

30-Across: Noah, to his friends, possibly

31-Across: “You won’t,” in terms of reverse psychology

33-Across: NBA’s Antoine Walker response to why he shoots so many threes

38-Across: Vault’s little sibling

39-Across: John who plays Peacemaker

40-Across: Mens follower, in criminal court

41-Across: Mazda two-seater

44-Across: Takes a hike

46-Across: Feelings of confidence and morale for those looking inward

50-Across: Interlocked, as a puzzle

53-Across: Sam Altman’s co.

55-Across: Starts one’s day, say

56-Across: “Awake yet?” Philly-style

57-Across: Letter opener for one’s beloved

58-Across: “She _____ Them,” Le Guin work in which Eve reverses Adam’s work

59-Across: States positively

60-Across: What is in each answer that intersects this puzzle’s diagonal

1-Down: Yrly. reminder for a business?

2-Down: Little kid, in Northern Ireland

3-Down: “For _____ LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.” (KJV)

4-Down: Handout including hachis Parmentier and escargots

5-Down: Sambuca, for example

6-Down: Tropical plant that sounds like it belongs alongside Godzilla

7-Down: Roald Dahl novel, with “The”

8-Down: Former US soccer player and commentator Alexi

9-Down: Oldsmobile models that sputtered out in 2004

10-Down: André 3000’s collaborator in Outkast

11-Down: Getting by with what you have

12-Down: “NFL Draft: The Pick ____” (sports documentary)

13-Down: Jess’s BFF and Schmidt’s love in “New Girl”

14-Down: Natives of The Last Frontier, abbr.

20-Down: Cooked like some ovens

22-Down: “Previously _____” (medical show documentary)

25-Down: One left of a colon

26-Down: Circle around a Nascar track

27-Down: Goals, e.g.

28-Down: Exclamatory duo with the hit “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go”

29-Down: Pay less for your house, maybe, in brief

32-Down: Org. for those who cash checks for bag checks

34-Down: Give extra comfort

35-Down: Teaser’s or vocalizer’s syllables

36-Down: The most equitable ratio

37-Down: Some fourth down trickery

42-Down: Small trailer?

43-Down: Baseball div. for Houston and Seattle

45-Down: Runs into

47-Down: October, for one, and the like

48-Down: Muse whose name means “memory”

49-Down: Solicitor General D. John

50-Down: Pinkett Smith

51-Down: Wrath and anger

52-Down: Dress like

54-Down: ____ dixit, act where one 59-across without proof

56-Down: Brynner of “The King and I”

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Congrats to Myrrh, MintyDress, Tatiana, Boims, sd204, x, Mikey, ChoduCID, Macho, RipVanWinkle, Lisa, Sruthi, Mark, Eric, Jim, Aaron, Graham, Steve, Bettina, and all you 25 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 38-across: Can I have another pickle, please?

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• -ita

• MGs

Puzzle clues

1-Across: 1B, 2B, 3B, or SS, for instance

4-Across: Related to the shinbone

10-Across: C’s degree?

13-Across: Here, to Henri

14-Across: Athlete with the autobiography “Open”

15-Across: It’s dyeing for borscht

16-Across: Republic at the center of the Bear Flag Revolt

18-Across: Perform precision cutting

19-Across: “The Kids ____ Alright” (The Offspring song)

20-Across: “Closing Time” rockers

22-Across: State of being dirty and discolored

23-Across: Coupe, when mini

24-Across: Minnesota neighbor

26-Across: It feels like going for a spin

27-Across: One of King David’s sons who was killed after his hair got caught in a tree

29-Across: In ___ (agitated)

30-Across: Bad hire for a china shop

33-Across: Lets off

38-Across: Can I have another pickle, please?

43-Across: Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bauhaus, for example

46-Across: Triathletes to the max

48-Across: Newbie

50-Across: From ____ bottom

51-Across: Underbodices

52-Across: Almost overflowing

53-Across: Admissions, say, near the end of a card game

54-Across: Cargo-ready for cargos, say

56-Across: Half-____ (little kiddo)

57-Across: Give the bathroom an update

58-Across: Largest labor union in the US

59-Across: About 26 mins. past the hour if a compass were a clock

60-Across: Greek ideal of male beauty

61-Across: “Cause I’m ____, I’m dynamite” (AC/DC lyrics)

1-Down: Cut up, as in Mexican dishes

2-Down: Type of flute played by Link in “The Legend of Zelda”

3-Down: Character featured in “Dumb and Dumber”?

4-Down: 1909 to 1913, roughly

5-Down: “____ by” or “my name is”

6-Down: Seat for a sot

7-Down: Has no prior owner

8-Down: Isaac who inspired AppleTV+ “Foundation” series

9-Down: Facilitate reconciliation

10-Down: Was serious

11-Down: Stage an attack

12-Down: Put one’s foot in his mouth

15-Down: Pops from pop?

17-Down: Gerund is to -____ adverb is to -ly

21-Down: Facial applications

25-Down: Kind

28-Down: Pickpocket, at the next level

31-Down: Critical liability?

32-Down: Gen ____, one born roughly between 1997 and 2012

33-Down: Baked yolky bites in the morning

34-Down: Actor who played Dark Helmet in “Spaceballs”

35-Down: First bullet

36-Down: Believer in one or more deities

37-Down: The seven of “Seven”

39-Down: Goes for a spin

40-Down: Handles that go for a spin

41-Down: Form an attachment, as ducklings to mama duck

42-Down: Redditor, e.g.

44-Down: Priyanka Jonas née _____

45-Down: Played Van Halen’s “Eruption”

47-Down: Inference about a vegan restaurant

49-Down: Easier side to write on for righties

55-Down: Whitney into the gin

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So many solvers this week — y’all rock!

Congrats to Mark, Lisa, Boims, Joel, sd204, Myrrh, daisdon-asaurus, Eric, Bhosadu, Evan, x, Aaron, Macho, Jim, Tatiana, Hannah K., Darcy, MintyDress, Dan Reines, Banannie, Kate, Steve, Graham, Sruthi, and all you 27 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 2-down: “Half” offering with half-and-half, sometimes

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Congrats to Doc, Boims, Hannah K., MintyDress, Johnny Crosswords, sd204, x, Aaron, RipVanWinkle, Mikey, Leonard, daisdon-asaurus, Mark, Eric, Jeff L, Graham, Jim, Kate, Martina, and all you 32 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 7-down: Pasture call near a creamery

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Briiiii wanted a special shout-out so here it is. 🥳 Also, my attempts to make this an easy puzzle failed, according to Claire. 😅 Hence, it’s a medium. Enjoy!

Congrats to briiiii, Boims, Lisa, Mikey, sd204, Steve, x, daisdon-asaurus, Evan, claire, Jim, Gndmasti, sps, Jeff L, Eric, Kate, Mark, Graham, and all you 26 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 32-across: Causing jaws to go a-dropping

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I’m bummed that The Atlantic stopped publishing Caleb’s Inferno 😢

Congrats to daisdon-asaurus, Lisa, Myrrh, Humu, Sruthi, x, Evan, Jim, Mikey, sd204, Loduchand, Mark, Eric, sps, Graham, Andrew, Jeff L, Steve, Kate, saif, and all you 28 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 21-across: The most caring and warm-hearted

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Way to go, all!

Congrats to Boims, Andrew, Jim, MintyDress, Hannah K., Myrrh, Tatiana, Evan, sd204, loduchand, Humu, Joel, x, Eric, Mikey, RipVanWinkle, Mark, Helen, Graham, daisdon-asaurus, Sruthi, Steve, Kate, Jeff L, and all you 24 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 28-down: With “the,” it’s not to be believed, according to Public Enemy

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Congrats to Boims, Tay, Vasha, Hannah, MintyDress, sps, x, Sruthi, Mikey, sd204, Evan, loduchand, Jeff L, daisdon-asaurus, Eric, Mark, Graham, Kate, and all you 27 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 57-across: Chinese calligraphy or Shinto sculptures, for example

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Happy Bisesquicentennial / America 250!

Congrats to MintyDress, Mikey, Eric, Folake, riotblob, AP, Myrrh, x, Evan, Breadski, loduchand, sd204, Sruthi, Jeff L, Doc, Graham, Mark, daisdon-asaurus, Steve, and all you 30 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 14-down: “____ Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” (1973 hit)

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Congrats to Tatiana, riotblob, Sruthi, sd204, daisdon-asaurus, Tim, x, Mark, Joel, Jim, MintyDress, Jeff L, Eric, Leonard, Graham, Steve, Justin, and all you 26 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 60-across: The nos. in Windows 95 and COVID-19, for two

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Happy to see the support of Tim and Eric! 😜

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FEATURED CLUE | 6-down: TV character who wishes he could coach at the World Cup

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Woooohoooo to you! (extra o’s for World Cup goooooooooals)

Congrats to Tim, Cassa, Tatiana, Kate, MintyDress, x, sd204, Graham, Mikey, Gandubro, Leonard, Jim, Jeff L, daisdon-asaurus, Cole, Eric, Mark, Sruthi, John G, Steve, Helen, and all you 26 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 26-down: Aka the Lighthouse of Alexandria

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Congrats to Jim, Cassa, Tatiana, x, AB-Baby, Tim, Aaron, Mr. Navin, sd204, Mark, Graham, Eric, Kate, Helen, MintyDress, Sruthi, Jeff L, Doc, Steve, and all you 20 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 32-across: Pictures of body doubles?

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Another all-star week :)

Congrats to Jim, daisdon-asaurus, Mark, Hannah, AB-Baby, lance, sd204, Myrrh, Joel, x, Kate, thea, sps, Sruthi, Jeff L, Bettina, Eric, Graham, Steve, and all you 23 mysterious, anonymous folks for completing last week’s puzzle online.

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FEATURED CLUE | 19-across: Loss of green for not being green, maybe

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What a group this week 🎉🎉

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FEATURED CLUE | 29-down: One of several animal sidekicks in “Aladdin”

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FEATURED CLUE | 48-across: Ornate fabric design from India

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Puzzle clues

1-Across: Concert home of the realest Swifties

5-Across: Computers and the like, in branding

8-Across: 3x3 prefix

9-Across: Fruit cup handle

10-Across: Portentously

12-Across: Hiring protection, briefly

13-Across: They’ll let you take a breather

14-Across: Chaney who played Erik, the Phantom of the Opera

15-Across: “___ Diva,” Spain’s entry into Eurovision 2025

16-Across: Tosses a roll over, briefly

18-Across: Yellow fixture at an intersection, maybe

21-Across: Bubbly drink from the vine, possibly

24-Across: In a parish

25-Across: Qtys.

26-Across: With “put,” embarassed publicly, in slang

1-Down: With “the,” a Cornish carol

2-Down: Storied romantic who would rather die than lose love

3-Down: Carmelized pastry

4-Down: Sickly looking

5-Down: Leave it to chance, in a way

6-Down: (Mary) ____ Fanning of “Super 8”

7-Down: Homophone of quays

9-Down: Two twos, not tutus

11-Down: “Un momento”

17-Down: Some opts. for Medicare Part C

19-Down: Teensy bit

20-Down: Weight for stability

21-Down: 4.0, but not 5.0, e.g.

22-Down: Butt

23-Down: Performance, in adspeak