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1 “Miracle on the Hudson” investigation gp. 5 Venom holder 8 Grads of Cornell’s Johnson Sch. 12 Kerfuffle 13 Quartet quarter? 14 Six-ton predator 15 Pride seekers’ lids 17 LeBlanc who played Joey on “Friends” 18 Texter’s approval 20 Cutesy answer to “How do you say that in Spanish?” 21 Uncoupled? 24 Zebras on a field 27 Classic muscle cars 29 Senator Ben who wrote “The Vanishing American Adult” 30 N.L. West team 31 Type of cable, briefly 32 Shade for a lifeguard 33 Defensive lines 35 Dries, in a way 36 Sometimes unattainable maxima 37 Sticky situation 38 2010 World Cup host: Abbr. 39 Origins 40 Bass part 41 It gives you the big picture 42 Title partner of “me” in a 1972 Billy Paul #1 hit 44 Blade in a shell 46 Metaphor for confidentiality popularized in a 1960s sitcom 51 Type of jacket 53 Shallot relative 54 Card in Clue 55 Ancient site of an iconic tree 56 Command posts 57 Is behind, maybe 58 Kid-__: tots’ TV fare 59 Sailing
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1 Legendary wildlife conservationist 2 Block in the kitchen 3 Humbles 4 Fodder for unfriendly trades 5 Speaker’s spot 6 Takes up, perhaps 7 Short bar order 8 High-waisted garb, stereotypically 9 Play with ideas 10 Do one’s part? 11 Couldn’t stand? 12 Prez who had no VP in his first term 13 Chinese pork dish word 16 Squares, e.g. 19 [Shrug] 22 Olympics chant 23 Ricoh camera brand 24 “To Kill a Mockingbird” theme 25 Heavy surf, e.g. 26 Obsolescent emergency exit 28 Coll. exam graders, at times 31 Charles of Watergate infamy 32 Skirt alternative 34 Some corny humor 35 Have something 37 Common jam ingredient? 40 Scotty’s “Star Trek: TNG” counterpart 41 Cara and Ryan 43 Much of Israel 45 Island reception 47 D.C. VIP 48 Ancient Memphis setting 49 Food __: aftereating drowsiness 50 3/8 of nineteen? 51 Questlove’s do 52 Dirty