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1 Even faster than overnight 8 Creator of Bluto and Wimpy 15 From the heart, in Latin 16 Heart 17 He played an escaped convict in “We’re No Angels” 18 Bad representation? 19 Bucket of bolts 20 Central U.S.’s ___ Plateau 22 Keys are found in it: Abbr. 23 So-called “Caput Mundi” (“Head of the
World”) 24 Phrase usually abbreviated 25 Longtime Cunard flagship, for short 26 Polymer add-on? 27 The Allegheny and Wabash, to the
Ohio: Abbr. 28 Succession in a board game 29 One for the record books 31 “Clearly!” 32 “How ludicrous!” 34 Town in Connecticut’s Gold Coast 37 Tweak 41 Rte. that ends in 22-Across 42 Lounge piece 43 Competitor of Baker’s Joy 44 River of York 45 “Death and the ___” (Bosch painting in the National Gallery of Art) 46 Confusion 47 “The Cocktail Party” inits. 48 With 9-Down, hit sitcom of the
1980s-’90s 49 Prepare for a close-up 50 It could be a blooper 52 Like stars in a review 54 Longtime locals 55 School address 56 Commoner contemner 57 One of a pair a gardener might wear
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1 Marine 10-legger 2 “Welcome to the Jungle” singer, 1988 3 Marie Curie and Irène Joliot-Curie, e.g. 4 Line online 5 More than serious 6 Org. for many residents 7 Go in and out of middle management? 8 Mid-luxury Mercedes-Benz line 9 See 48-Across 10 Be lousy 11 Form of the Italian verb “to be” 12 Set electricians 13 Crow’s-foot, e.g. 14 Aggressive poker play 21 Aquarium denizen with horizontal stripes 24 1991 Daytona 500 winner Ernie 25 Classroom command 27 Tickling response 28 Coin at an arcade 30 Packing supply 31 Whale facility 33 Cat’s tongue 34 Photoshop color effect 35 Predictably 36 Mozart contemporary Antonio ___ 38 Honest or respectable course 39 It ended after W.W. II 40 Like first drafts, usually 42 Think over 45 Studio equipment 46 “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” author 48 Pandorans in “Avatar” 49 Distance unit of about 30 inches 51 European crested ___ 53 ___ Jiabao, 2003-13 premier of China