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1 “No ___!” (“Can do”) 5 When repeated, the hero of a 2011 film based on a Belgian comics series 8 Settled a cable TV bill 12 Desired gift in “The Bachelorette” 13 Prefix with meter 14 ___ of passage 15 Itty-bitty bit 16 ___ Moines, Iowa 17 Thor’s father in the Marvel Cinematic Universe 18 Sicilian eruptor 20 Administer via needle 22 Queen ___ (Beyoncé nickname) 23 “The Facts of Life” actress 24 Permit 27 “Star Trek” character nicknamed Bones 31 Entry room 32 “Who’s there?” response 33 Shakespeare’s theater 34 Overconfident 35 Starchy tuber 37 “Elementary” star Lucy 38 “Tom and Huck” (1995) and “The Client” (1994) star Brad 41 Fishy reality series 45 Organic compound 46 Clothing label 48 Website that anyone can edit 49 VHS alternative 50 Gloaming 51 Rate ___ (be perfect) 52 Pasty-faced 53 Broadway hit “Hamilton’s” ___-Manuel Miranda 54 Before today: Abbr.

DOWN 1 Proper partner? 2 Cheer for the home team 3 Bone: Prefix 4 Food Network competition series

5 NBC morning show 6 Cyan finish 7 Emphatic denial 8 Reality TV series 9 Campaign worker 10 Suffix with arthr11 Bumper depression 19 January 1st 21 South African nation 24 High school subj. 25 Text titter 26 Wall St. deal 28 Civil War letters 29 Mantra sounds 30 Food Network’s “Girl Meets Farm” host Molly 36 Former drama based on a classic cinematic thriller: “Bates ___” 37 Wearer of three stars: Abbr. 38 Former sitcom that starred a country music singer 39 Chemical endings 40 “Sex and the City’s” Mr. Big portrayer 42 Toy that comes with strings attached 43 Just makes, with “out” 44 Force or power 47 Prefix that’s for the birds