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1 “You might be asking too much” 16 Rhyming educational proverb 17 Classic 1959 drama with characters from Chicago’s South Side 18 Begin all over 19 Tillis or McDaniel of country music 20 Meditation utterances 21 “The Waste Land” poet’s inits. 22 Went back for more, in a way 26 Blew the budget 34 Llama, for one 35 Pastries similar to long john doughnuts 36 Attending a lecture, say 37 Daily
38 Big brand of kitchenware 39 Cough syrup amt.
40 Big Apple? 43 Iridescent material 47 Golfer Aoki 51 African capital where Berber is spoken 53 15 years before the Battle of Hastings 54 Coped (with) 55 Where people may order push-ups 58 D.C. thoroughfare with the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum 59 Must 60 Freddy Krueger, e.g.
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1 Squad 2 Not halal, in Arab cuisine 3 Follower of “pat” in Mother Goose 4 Peter ___, co-founder of PayPal 5 One of Sports Illustrated’s two Sportsmen of the Year in 1998 6 “It’s not ___, it’s a when” 7 Length of the final fight in “Rocky Balboa” 8 On time, in Tijuana 9 Stat for a photographer 10 Wooden strip
11 Phil who described himself as a “singing journalist” 12 “Gone With the Wind” name 13 South Indian pancakes 14 Accustom 15 Dollars for quarters 22 “It’s not the end of the world” 23 Motion picture pioneer 24 Pump up 25 Bad mark 26 Lab subj. 27 Attracted to people of all genders, in modern lingo 28 Rival of Regal Cinemas 29 Made a move 30 Some Secret Service wear 31 Writer who said “Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live” 32 Mrs., abroad 33 NonAnglophone’s course, for short 40 N.F.L. Hallof-Famer Michael 41 New Brunswick neighbor 42 Choices on a standard Scantron test 44 ___ acid 45 Decked out 46 Hillocks 48 Woman’s name meaning “princess” 49 Motrin alternative 50 Weasel family member 52 “… max” 54 Numerical prefix
56 Out of the game: Abbr. 57 Show featuring Leslie Jones, for short