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1 It’s often made along with a birthday cake 5 Freshen, as a drink 10 Interruption 13 Smart relative? 14 Titular woman of classical music 15 They go around in circles 16 Kraken, for one 18 Wedding ring 19 “Don’t you worry” 20 Commanded 21 Russian letter in the spelling of “tsar” 22 ___ blaster (weapon for Emperor Zurg) 23 Ran rapidly 25 Contents of a certain pouch 26 Fresh 28 Org. concerned with choppers 29 “Whoa now, let’s think about this for a minute” 32 Shot required for international travel 33 Collection of precious texts 34 Classic couples’ retreat? 35 Symbols of hope during the American and French Revolutions 36 Where many connections are made

37 Angkor Wat, for one 39 ___ publica 40 Prune 43 Blockhead 44 Miserable 47 Kind of bean on the Big Island 48 On one’s way out, say 49 Meany of fiction 50 Georgia who played Georgette on 1970s TV 51 Admits, with “up” 52 This, that or the other 53 Beauty 54 Treatment during “sandal season,” informally

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1 “That ___ so bad!” 2 Freezable products sold in pouches 3 Paradoxically, a close one might be hairraising 4 Blood pigment 5 Staff you wouldn’t want to employ? 6 Colleague of Kent and Lane at the Daily Planet 7 Pocket that isn’t full of rye? 8 Kind of ID 9 So says 10 Opposite of kitsch 11 Went along with 12 TV “FYI,” of a sort

15 Get burnt 17 Three-star picture? 20 Historic sites in Hot Springs, Ark. 23 Blow it 24 Follower of Martin Luther King Jr. 25 Thorny subject 26 Free coffee, wellness programs, local discounts, etc. 27 Some quotes: Abbr. 29 Campaign contributions that are given anonymously 30 [There you have it!] 31 Choice between two options 32 Streamline, maybe

33 Doublecrosser 38 Something avoided by a person with teleophobia 39 Send elsewhere (to) 40 “Camelot” composer 41 Upright 42 Product whose name comes from the Greek for “digestion” 44 Wax off? 45 Eldest sister in Chekhov’s “Three Sisters” 46 Unlikely serving at a Michelinstarred restaurant 47 Roadside initials 48 Like the latest, in the past