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ACROSS

1 Explosive for Wile E. Coyote 4 Degree of

difficulty? 7 Weed

discard 11 What a chicken feels

12 My and his 13 Buzz ___ (“The Simpsons” soft drink) 14 “Stop choosing such an easy Halloween costume every year!” 17 Cartoon

explorer

18 TV drama

spots 19 Difficult to tell

apart

20 Outs’

counterparts 21 “___ to Joy” 22 Present day,

for short? 23 “Stop listening to Taylor Swift’s lead single from ‘Lover’!” 27 “Bald” baby

bird

28 Went down one’s face, as mascara 29 Behave

32 Key to getting ahead? 33 Mess (with) 34 Dog, in Spanish

36 Coffee

alternative 37 Cartoon “devil,” familiarly 38 Hold inside 39 “Stop serving this small dish!” 43 Clammy 44 Have lunch,

say 45 Cartoonish

shriek 46 Santiago is its

largest city 48 Non-native speaker’s course, briefly 49 Golden State sch. that Carol Burnett attended 50 “Stop eating this deli meat!” 53 Raison d’___ 54 Dubai’s nation, for short 55 Pizzas, e.g. 56 One of 28 in

Monopoly 57 Great deal 58 They look good when they’re ripped

DOWN

1 Outdoorsy

sandal brand 2 Scottish “no” 3 “Heck yeah!” 4 Vessels for

making soup 5 “Weird!” 6 “You wish!” 7 Ideological split in an organization 8 Grabbed or

nabbed 9 Otherwise 10 Yoga ___ 11 Truck setting for going uphill 14 Totally lost it 15 Fly, to a

Venus flytrap 16 Glitz and ___ 17 Break down,

as food 21 Was in

the red 22 Doctor’s

inside image 24 Pub brew 25 Lost video connectivity, as in a Zoom call 26 Hearing aid

components 30 In a makeshift way 31 Capital of

Kansas 33 Waterproof

covering 34 Sappho or

Ocean Vuong 35 Goddess hidden in “apotheosis” 37 Punishment

for a child 38 Mexican dish with a fried tortilla shell 40 Minced

words? 41 Mineral once used as baby powder 42 Exam 46 “Adorable!” 47 Employ 48 Garden

of ___ 49 Four-stringed instruments, for short 50 Letters at the

end of a proof 51 Language spoken in Vientiane 52 Bone that protects internal organs