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1 They’re slept on

5 Woes sometimes caused by tight shoes

10 “The More You

Know” ad

13 Region

14 Get ___ in the door 15 Beauty influencer

Michelle

16 Highly energetic person, metaphorically

18 Upper part of a

barn

19 Indian or Thai, for

example

20 Freudian ___

21 People with a Sun

Dance ceremony 22 Wild animal’s

shelter

24 Faucet

26 Preschool basics

29 “Land of the Free,”

for Belize

32 Place for calf raises 34 Nest egg option

35 Place with cash

registers

36 Team’s building

38 Soothing ointment 40 Startup funds

42 Easter blossoms

44 Had some Pocky 45 Apricots’ centers

46 Oklahoma’s

“Wheat Capital”

47 The A in ICWA

49 Construction

details, for short

51 Instruct a class

53 Homeowner’s

document

54 Opposite of order 56 Paying close

attention

58 Alternative to

ridesharing

61 Provide help to

62 Focus of some

fashion blogs

65 “Messenger”

molecule

66 Itching to get

started

© Andrews Mcmeel

67 Boiling mad

68 Pen with a feeding

trough

69 Challenging

journey

70 Singing voice type

DOWN

1 Daddy, in Bengali

2 Notable periods

3 Pastrami place

4 Leafy dishes

5 Half-___ (rhyming type of latte)

6 Show-___ (big boasters)

7 Muddy up

8 Wrapper for sushi 9 Treeless region

10 Like someone who looks good in every picture

11 Aerialists’ precautions

12 Black or red insects 15 Power socket insert 17 Number of strokes for an ace, in golf 23 “Home Again” actor Wolff 25 Mosque leader 26 Path between

shelves

27 Organ with two

hemispheres 28 Clock out 30 Rejections 31 Reward for a cat 33 Baseball legend

Willie

35 “Get my drift?” 37 ___ in (gotten to

participate)

39 Bilibili upload

41 Mojave or

Kalahari

43 Cul-de-___

48 Low battery’s

need

50 Care for a friend’s dog, for example

52 Liability’s

opposite

53 Doe or buck

54 Drag racing

vehicles

55 Subtle

suggestion

57 Shallot relative

2/15 58 Color similar to

teal

59 Singing voice type 60 Beverage sometimes consumed in the shower

63 Road crew’s

sealant

64 Uno, due, ___