DAILY CROSSWORD
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Surge of adrenaline Regent’s order Mil. branch with wings
Tactical political research, for short Birthplace of pesto
Issue at the ATM *Critical juncture [New paragraph] “Handling that now!”
Take to the sky Friend __ friend Midnight to midnight
*Record
Not just some Kitchen scale button
Frangipani garlands
36 Water taxi 38 Longtime “One Life to Live” actress Renée __ Goldsberry
Red sign above a door
Mantis quintet Literary magazine contributor, perhaps
Status update fig. *Online discussion site
Fellow
Tres menos dos As appropriate Garden container?
Isaac of “Dune” Reversal in luck, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues Show up
Record company God who took a bow
Half of all blackjacks
Did half of a biathlon 1
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68 69 70 “Seasons of Love” musical
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Tire swing line Right after
Doner kebab rod “No fooling!” Boosting target Dict. entry
Airbnb alternative Soft murmur Trade hindrance Biblical preposition
Audio engineer’s equipment
Heart duo Rihanna’s fashion brand
Slangy britches “Inbox zero” killer Collezione della galleria
Expert
Top rank in a tournament __ franc
Plant with lace and soap varieties Qualifying contest, perhaps 30 31
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Star-studded hunter
Name sewn onto some jeans pockets
In __: unmoved Number of Canadian provinces Caesar’s rebuke Edinburgh topper Wounded by a jellyfish
Marx collaborator __ de Mayo: Christmas orchid 49 50 51 55
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Raw bar offering Muslim holy site __ committee Spanish model Sastre
Medical research objective
Quote book abbr. Have a nap
Tree on the Connecticut quarter
CBS crime drama
Service charge Played out suggest four-card support. It seems to me that the actual A-Q-J qualifies as adequate for a forcing raise. That may simplify the auction.