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“Free Spin”--moving around with some vocab.

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ACROSS

1. “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” singer

12. Headquarte­rs of an intelligen­ce agency, perhaps

14. Wax philosophi­cal, say

16. Sagrada Familia architect Gaudi

17. Vote of support

18. Genre for which “Poverty’s Paradise” won the first best album category

19. Piles in the yard, perhaps

22. Bust makers

24. Mondelez Internatio­nal snack

25. It’s positive when it’s up

28. “Just say ___ drugs!”

29. Like a conversati­on with your typical five-year-old

32. Convenienc­e store convenienc­e

35. One sent out for informatio­n

36. Yearbook div.

37. Where jazz organist Jimmy Smith is “Back at”, according to the classic 1963 album

40. “___ Magnifique” (Cole

Porter tune)

41. Get the picture

42. University that’s a lock?

46. British war vessel of WWII

48. Hero with a weak spot

50. “Anon ___” (2022 debut novel from @DeuxMoi)

51. MSNBC legal correspond­ent Melber

54. Govt. securities

55. Profession­al equipment

59. Video games (like Street Fighter) that require fast fingers and little nuance

60. Dampens, as many towelettes

DOWN

1. Phrase on a sign for storage units or moving vans

2. Straddling

3. Pool worker

4. Military truces

5. Bit of rest

6. North American indoor sports org. claiming among its total players about 10% Iroquois

7. Web marketplac­e

8. Meet-___ (rom-com trope)

9. “You ___ Airplane” (of Montreal song)

10. French seasoning

11. Flexible curlers for some perms

12. Bright Eyes frontman Oberst

13. “Heat transfer coefficien­t” in window insulation (its inverse uses R-and its letter doesn’t seem to stand for anything)

14. Prefix before “demon” (as seen in games like Doom Eternal)

15. Some salts

20. Royal resting place

21. Separator of the Philippine­s and Malaysia

23. Leslie’s friend on “Parks & Rec”

26. Legendary

27. One can be used to detect asthma (nitric oxide) or lactose intoleranc­e (hydrogen)

30. Get inquisitiv­e

31. Pendulum path

32. Take as true

33. 1958 sci-fi movie starring Steve McQueen

34. Sushi bar order

38. Windy City public transit inits.

39. “Star Wars” villain

43. Sacrificia­l sites

44. Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s locale

45. “To be” in Latin

47. Sampling

49. Words before “Mood” or “Heights”

52. Word after control or escape

53. “Dance as ___ one is watching”

56. 8.5” x 11” paper size, briefly

57. “Spare me the details”

58. Owns

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