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It’s usually spotted in a game Prolong painfully Pablo’s putting-off word Heat-sensitive patch

1982 Toto hit Twist counterclockwise, as a nut Defeat decisively in an annual Nathan’s contest? Hardly modest Hardly quick Steamed dumplings, e.g. Oft-mispunctuated word

Plane angle symbol Alley Oop’s love Diplomacy Tribute with bent elbows Best-liked, in texts Flabbergast One in line for what’s left

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Ripped off Handle change Actress Peeples Bird on LSU’s seal Is for all Apply, as butter 41-Across, often Explore à la an aging Captain Kirk? Director Lee “Enough already!” Vague opening? 98, but not 98.6 Bird hunted to extinction by the Maori Easygoing sort The boy well-known in meteorology? California roll ingredient

Bat head? Cardiff’s country Galileo’s birthplace Give __ Last-__: desperate Greening up Roleo official? Actress Sommer Revival prefix Some reddish deer Place to stay when you’re out, ironically Many retirees: Abbr. Against a thing, at law

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Heady quaff War zone excavation GI no-show Achieve success Farm workers’ coffee setup near a fence post? “We can’t hear you!” Consequence of only getting close? “Enough already!” “The Communist Manifesto” co-author

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Con __: musical tempo Halved Japanese 7-Down Dies in this puzzle? See 5-Down Pitchers Darling and Guidry Quick-witted Pilot feeder Palindromicceleb Not suitable First presidential swinger, golf-wise Org. with minors Critical ticker valve Where even termites were welcome, presumably