Thinking caps

ACROSS

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Contemptible one

Quick flightless bird

Stinging sensation Telemarketing, e.g.

“Good for what ___ ya”

Very enthusiastic

Like a healthy mule?

Sleep state, for short

Persuade

Jason’s was golden

Hardly major, as record labels go At one time, at one time Portuguese lady

Majestic entrance Eyeball-bending paintings

Two or more eras (Var.)

Room with a draft?

Fisherman’s option

Feminine pronoun

Hamburgers are at its mouth 1945 conference city

Emulated Bob the Builder Willowy

Aromatic ointment

66, notably

“JOIN FORCES”

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Achilles, for one

Gross, in a way

One curl, e.g.

Sign for some alcohol sellers Isn’t getting any younger

Big beef piece

Albacores

Canonical hour

Apple growth retardant Bakery elevator?

DOWN

Russian sovereign, once (Var.) A ridge, especially on cloth Do away with

Accelerate (with “up”)

Ersatz intellectual

Texas ballplayer

Take cover

Red deer or wapiti

“Dream on!”

Grocery store section

Brown, Penn, etc.

Color lightly

Periphery

“Casta diva,” e.g.

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Antidrug officer

Medical practitioners, for short Aquarium beauty

Student in uniform

That WNBA player

Hand wringer’s feeling

Lunchbox item

Girl at the barre

Italian province or its capital

500 sheets of paper

Pint-glass filler

A major U.S. broadcaster

Vane direction

Child with the most responsibilities, traditionally

It clears the boards

Village of yore

A very light brown

Take on new territory

Accord

“___ the night before ...”

Atlantis’ owner

Icelandic epic

Passengers’ concerns, briefly “Check this out!”

Soccer zero

Wish it weren’t so