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1 Bread used for soup 4 Perspective 9 One to whom you might say “Boo!” 12 “Begone!” 13 Sports replay effect 16 Word after Great or before Street 17 Person behind the curtain? 18 Relatives of rhododendrons 20 — 21 Popular Samsung smartphone 22 “Net” preceder 23 — 26 South American landmark whose name means “old peak” 27 Jeong of “Crazy Rich Asians” 28 Try to win at auction 29 2008 animated film set in ancient China 31 Class with breathing techniques 32 [groan] 35 Hung pieces of art 37 Put in stitches? 38 Doofus 40 — 42 Wears pajamas all day, e.g. 43 Powder holder 44 — 47 Start of a polite request 48 Sound made while clasping oneself 49 Low-hanging clouds 51 Fruit named for a region of France 53 Japanese floor coverings 54 Inert 57 Sgts. outrank them 58 Button-downs? 59 Kind of skirt 60 Cry accompanying a fist pump 61 Parent company of Kool-Aid 62 Not many tracks are found on them, for short

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1 Superhero with a lightning bolt symbol 2 “Well, ain’t that fancy!” 3 “Three Days of the Condor” director 4 Test, in a way 5 “Dagnabbit!” 6 A student might bring this up in an intro class 7 Large military unit 8 Not slouching 9 Buildings with circular floor plans 10 Music genre for Weezer 11 One side of a debate 12 Goodie bag contents 14 ___ fly 15 Toast at a Jewish wedding 19 Raises from the dead? 22 Vandal 24 Go out for a bit 25 Once again 27 Org. disbanded in 1991 28 Angela who played Tina Turner 30 Place name lead-in to -folk or -wich 31 Shepherd’s locale 32 Wrinkly fruit 33 Blunder 34 High time in Judaism 36 Part of a race 39 Swells 41 Swimmer’s woe 43 Money in Malmö 45 Increase rapidly … or a hint to connecting four pairs of answers in this puzzle 46 Moonshiners’ equipment 48 One-named singer with an “ö” in her name 49 Speak, as thou might 50 Rae who created “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” 52 Small carp 53 Not kosher, in Jewish law 54 N.C.A.A.’s Big ___ Conference 55 Ball holder 56 Letters between two names