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1 Sweet-talk 5 Coal-rich German region 9 Bedwear, informally 12 Place for an ace 13 Part of an archipelago 14 “___ la la!” 15 Raw, as a stone slab 17 “Elementary” star Lucy 18 New “Survivor” season’s subtitle “Age of ___” 20 Wading bird 22 Card game for three 23 Pool stroke 24 Astronaut’s wear 28 “Xanadu” rock grp. 29 SSW’s opposite 30 Time off 33 Fix firmly 35 The “E” in 29 Across 38 Kids’ doctor 39 “Survivor” host 42 Fox sitcom that premiered in the 2018-2019 season 43 Explanations found at the bottom of a page 46 Smidgen 47 Personal prefix 48 Say ___ (refuse) 49 Baptist leader 50 Loch ___ monster 51 “Game of Thrones’” Jon

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1 “Crazy Rich Asians” (2018) director Jon M.___ 2 End of a ball 3 Malek’s role in “Mr. Robot” 4 Persian ruler styled “the Great” 5 Señor’s emphatic yes 6 Orgs. 7 Smart one 8 Sale indicator 9 “The Fosters” and “Good Trouble” star Teri 10 Unite 11 Moo ___ pork (Chinese dish) 16 Feminine suffix 19 The “I” in T.G.I.F. 20 Part of E.M.T.: Abbr. 21 Big bash 25 Open, as a shirt 26 Chemical endings 27 “Bill & ___ Excellent Adventure” (1989 comedy) 31 Rock’s ___ Leppard 32 Actress Deborah who earned both a Golden Globe and Razzie nomination for “Touched by Love” (1980) 33 Library ID 34 Subatomic particles made up of quarks and antiquarks 36 Big name in china 37 Half of six 39 “All in the Family” star Stapleton 40 “Molly’s Game” (2017) star Idris 41 Oklahoma tribe 42 Nutritional fig. 44 Command for D.D.E. 45 Farm female

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