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1 San Francisco or Fire Island
9 Lift one’s spirits? 15 Brutish boss 16 Unnatural 17 Orthodontist’s recommendation 18 Lengthy Twitter post, often
19 Not take for granted 20 Units equivalent to 1/6 of an inch 22 Hosp. diagnostic 23 Throw or shoot 25 Imitation 26 Primed (for) 30 Serving with shawarma 31 Shrimp in a shell, maybe 32 Interminably 34 Tusked beast 37 Movie series set inside a simulated reality, with “The” 38 Home to Mayan ruins like Caracol and Lamanai 39 Many a bill’s name in Congress 41 Spare clothes?
42 Young stud 43 Troubadour 45 Actress Amanda 46 Cherry-pick 47 Subscripts on Scrabble tiles 49 C, for one 50 International cricket matches 51 Neat and clean 56 Heartburn reliever 58 Focus of the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter act 60 Dot-com whose name is styled with an asterisk 61 Prepare on short notice
62 Greek locale once described as “the island of overmastering passions” 63 Hunter of fish
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1 Hiker’s handful 2 Swear 3 “Monsters, Inc.” character who loves snow cones 4 Jason with the 2008 hit “I’m Yours”
5 Architect Saarinen
6 Fan gathering, informally 7 Entered quietly 8 Purposeless 9 “Imagine a case in which ...”
10 Soft shoes, informally 11 Zero reaction? 12 Hotel hummer 13 Covering for a cold one
14 Bauer of leisure apparel 21 Arcade game feature 24 Miniaturist’s supply
25 Accompanier of a black eye 26 2018 film for which Alfonso Cuarón won Best Director
27 Off the mark 28 Copper containers? 29 Commit to a course
31 Long way to go 33 By ___ of (due to) 35 Countenance 36 Heroic exploit 40 Ones who’ll manage somehow? 41 Succinct, if nothing else 44 Changes
46 Leviticus calls it “unclean” and not fit for consumption 47 Puzzles
48 Be found not guilty, shockingly 50 Rumpus
52 Civil rights activist Baker
53 Video file format 54 Name of six popes, including one in the 20th century 55 Info described on a Tinder profile 57 Where to fill a flask with alcohol 59 2026 FIFA World Cup co-host