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Because of

“Pet” with green “fur” Illegal thing to grab in football Handkerchief, in British slang

Disney+ alternative Turkey piece?

Hit (with)

One of Zoe’s best friends on “Sesame Street”

plants Some trolleys Words said in passing

“But wait, there’s more!” e.g.

Like some music collections

Courts

“____ it true ...?”

The puck stops here Oddly, it’s not the biggest size at Starbucks Broncobusters, e.g. Pointed arch Winning quality QB’s cry

Suffix with percent

Open-book examinations? Untruth

Bit of negativity? Attendee of the Jellicle Ball, on Broadway

In-flight info, for short

Jackie Robinson, in his only year in the Negro Leagues

Dress with a flare

City south of Florence Casey with a countdown

Read Across America org.

“____ So Unusual,” debut album by Cyndi Lauper

Opposite of après Collaboratively written page

Popular video-making software

Things proposed by the Greek philosopher Democritus

Business slumps

Sci-fi film f/x Mythomaniac

“You can count ____” National park with Lake Louise

Sit out on a frozen lake, say

Old Ford

Board hire

Troubled

One tending to 49-Down

See 48-Down

“Get ____ here!”

Home to Paris Breakfast fare from Kellogg’s Valentine-candy word Work

Absolutely, slangily Best Buy buy Dispatched

Kind of acid found in asparagus

Get-go

Howard Hughes property, once Routing word

“The Gates of Hell” sculptor

Gambling game “Toodles!”

Big Sur home to the human-potential movement

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Promising words Kapow!

Part of an escalator Hot spot for a pot

Reason for a bad air day?

Org. with a pet cause?

Product of coagulation

Some toy dolls of the 1980s

Like the Devil

Puts in order

Arizona county or its seat

Laura of “Love Actually”

Put in a good word? Dressed like for Halloween

Spot to sample perfume

Poker Flat chronicler

Lead-in to phobia Key

takes street through Yale’s campus

Snick and ____

with the most N.C.A.A. men’s basketball championships (11) Piece of dorm-room furniture

Elvis’s longtime label

Europe’s secondlargest country in area, after Russia: Abbr.

Encouraging word Doc bloc

Reptile seen in hieroglyphics

The BET Awards 2020

BET & CBS, 7 p.m. (live)

Comedian and actress Amanda Seales hosts the BET Awards telecast airing on both BET and CBS. Drake leads all nominees with six nods. Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch follow with five nominations each, and Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown, Lizzo and DaBaby each have four nominations. Performers include Alicia Keys, Chloe X Halle, DaBaby, D Smoke, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Jonathan

Black Monday

Showtime, 7 p.m. (new episodes)

The final four episodes of season two of the comedy starring Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells and Regina Hall kick off with “Who Are You Supposed to Be?”

World War II: Race to Victory

History, 8 p.m. (miniseries finale)

June 6, 1944. After years of pressure from Stalin, Churchill has finally agreed to open a second front in Europe and send Allied troops to liberate occupied France. From there, they will fight their way across to Germany and — with the Red Army advancing from the East — finally bring down Hitler’s empire. By February 1945, the Allies can almost taste victory.

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted

Nat Geo, 9 p.m.

Chef Gordon Ramsay’s quest to master the world’s most fascinating cuisines lands him on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where he risks his safety and his pride to acquire the ingredients he needs.