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ACROSS 1 Gumbothickening vegetable “Capisce?” Features of distressed jeans

“Is it just you and me here?” Focus of study

“... ish” Forgetme-___

(blue flowers) Salty bodies Highest math degree? Abstract painter Martin

Bread for a Reuben sandwich Six-line poetry stanzas Convenient cleaning items at barbecue restaurants “___ ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer ...” (Hamlet) British pop star Rita 32-Across, for one Cookie with a Cakesters variety

Peas, e.g., poetically Brief appearance ___ stick (bouncy toy) Broad valley 5 10

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What an owl might symbolize Pickleball barrier

Tool for Banksy’s graffiti Barbecue implements Anti

Space heater?

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Sweet potato dessert Be fond of Military fabric pattern, for short Gesture for a turning cyclist Super-___ (remarkably healthy senior) John McClane or John Wick, say

Hall for dining, or aftermath of dining

Tries out What gets pitched on a field? DOWN

1 Wood that flavors chardonnay ___ Kringle “Thor” actress Russo

“Oh, shoot!” Word after “natural” and “laughing” North Carolina university

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Legal wrongs Bogged down by details Darjeeling, e.g.

Cooking surface

Seat of power created by George R. R. Martin

“If I Had a Hammer” artist and activist

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Breezy courses Consumed Overwhelmingly exciting victory Hallucinogenic fungi, familiarly Forested region

Part of a book that lists corrections

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Roulette and craps, in a casino

Slow rate Origins Baseball execs

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100 in D.C. “___ Rouge” Not trans Only chess piece with a face Makeup hues ___ Likely (phone warning) Tweak, like an essay Joint for playing spoons Be deserving of

Place for a busker’s tips, maybe Rihanna hit of 2006 Parking area

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