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1 Caseload? 8 Not the main action 15 Like someone who answers a question with a question 16 Time for warm-up shots, in more ways than one 17 Land that abuts four oceans 18 Obsolescent office desk item 19 Common Hawaiian shirt design 21 Celebrity with a namesake cereal in the ’80s 22 Gets down 23 Hidden valleys 24 Old Italian V.I.P. 25 Mount Sinai people: Abbr. 26 Make by hand 27 Got in line 28 Thomas who wrote “Liberty Tree” 29 Attempts to befriend, with “up” 30 It’s a rush, appropriately enough 32 33 Prayers The and America’s others Cup 34 Monk Da Vinci in “The Code” 35 Sam with clubs 36 Chap 39 “___ pass” 40 Egyptian Nobelman? 41 Some camel riders of note 42 Helpful word in solving cryptograms 43 A mare might be found in one 45 Bit of road trip entertainment 47 Not serious 48 Big source of political talk 49 Part of a book deal 50 G.R.E. sitters, e.g. 51 Sportscast staples
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1 Quarreled (with) 2 Egglike 3 Decks revealing the cards you’ve been dealt 4 They range from terrible to great 5 Daughter of Steve Jobs, after whom an early Apple computer was named 6 Dastardly looks 7 It doesn’t have to land on land 8 Dash 9 Smooths 10 Neighbor of a pec 11 Nwodim of “S.N.L.” 12 Trash 13 Comes out of one’s shell 14 Like emojis 20 Parts of some ballots 24 Party poopers 26 Lean on them 27 Bronze 28 Almost ready to be a butterfly 29 Secret for video gamers 30 Noted feature of Spanish pronunciation 31 Recipient of a lot of #@&! money 32 Tug at one’s heartstrings, say 34 Not take any action 35 Brazilian soccer team that Pelé played for 36 Alexandria Ocasiocortez, e.g. 37 Word with federal or insurance 38 Some somber music 40 “Calvin and Hobbes” girl 41 Palace, in Hindi 43 Fill the hold, say 44 “Let me know if you’re coming” 46 Object of veneration in ancient Egypt