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1 Performance featuring masklike kumadori makeup 7 Dock ___, pitcher who claimed to have thrown a no-hitter on LSD in 1970 12 Place for some

nonstarters 13 Currency that replaced the British West African pound 14 Common party

store purchase 15 “Grazie ___!” (“Thank you so much!”) 16 Bring up 17 First word of Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” 19 Not forward 20 Put forward 21 “___ mair will the bonnie callants / Mairch tae war”: Hamish Henderson 22 “___ Nagila” (song of celebration) 23 Talk trashed? 24 Conversation

piece? 27 With it 28 Action toys,

perhaps? 29 At once 30 Unusual change 31 Sound often

heard doubled 34 “Nothing to see

here, folks ...” 35 “Later” 36 Fight club? 37 “We’re all ___ here. I’m ___. You’re ___”: Cheshire Cat 38 Event of

1/31/2020 40 Refuge 41 Schmuck 42 Like one with a

spare tire 43 Many meetings,

these days 45 Rapper/singer with the 2005 hit “Temperature” 47 Scratch 48 Clear 49 Having an itch 50 ___ Horn (British sheep breed)

Down

1 Civilization, to

Freud 2 ___ B. Latimer, civil rights activist in the National Women’s Hall of Fame 3 They’re in

circulation 4 Over 5 Scope 6 Yield of some scratch-off tickets 7 Furry monster of

children’s TV 8 Accessory with a

scent 9 Cute images with captions like “If it fits, I sits” 10 Gaga, say 11 “Later” 12 First-rate 14 Comedian who played Louie the Lilac on “Batman” 16 Pulpify 18 Altar exchange 21 Sister state? 22 Weather datum 25 Put to shame,

say 26 Fake online

followers 28 Cross 29 Pet, informally 30 Play music loudly

and energetically 31 Stereotypical campaign promise 32 Big name in

power tools 33 “What ___ Did” (classic children’s book with insects on the cover) 34 Strand 35 Lease signatory 36 Protegé maker 39 Currency in The Legend of Zelda 41 Like spent

briquettes 42 Connect, as a Bluetooth device 44 Some vintage

roadsters 46 Discontinued Mitsubishi sports sedan, informally