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1 Purple bloom 6 “Your Baby’s First Word Will Be __”: Jimmy Fallon picture book 10 Digital collectible: Abbr. 13 Geek Squad member, for short 14 Lyric poems 15 Foal’s mama 16 Film about a seabird who will stop at nothing for a sandwich? 18 Track shape 19 One of the Gulf States: Abbr. 20 Jewish scholar 21 Garden gastropod 22 Film about a bird who is constantly mistaken for a common pigeon? 24 Like a cyclops 27 “Oh, dear” 28 Ermine kin 29 39- and 59-Across locale 30 Be in the picture? 33 Film about a flocking bird who wants to fly solo? 38 Future profs, often 39 Vietnam neighbor 40 Wild onion 41 Feline rumble 42 Much of the Great Plains 45 Film about a prehistoric songbird? 49 Some Pennsylvania Dutch speakers 50 Way to go 51 Barb 54 GQ and Cosmo 55 Film about a diving bird who collides with a snorkeler? 57 Parisian pal 58 Designer Cassini 59 Capital of Vietnam 60 Top 61 Merrie __ England 62 Spy
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1 Euro forerunner 2 Stress indicator: Abbr. 3 Links org. 4 “Beau Is Afraid” director Aster 5 Frances of “Six Feet Under” 6 Spot for Spot to sleep 7 “In Treatment” actress Uzo 8 Lunch meat holder 9 Visual communication syst. 10 Maritime 11 Delicate 12 British tube 15 “Dirty Computer” singer Janelle 17 Yielded 21 Poison __ 22 Hockey feint 23 Unconvincing, in a way 24 Leave out 25 “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” singer Simone 26 Objectives 29 Some pop-ups 30 Not quite closed 31 Cropped top? 32 Sort 34 Luxuriously soft 35 Hearing things 36 Seaweedwrapped bite 37 Karlsson of the NHL 41 So last season 42 Deep dive 43 “Darn it!” 44 “Chain of Fools” singer Franklin 45 Crawford who was NBA Sixth Man of the Year three times 46 Savory flavor 47 Unlikely to flex 48 Babbled, as a baby 51 Sand formation 52 Tapped pic 53 “A Black Lady Sketch Show” segment 55 WC 56 Cleaning cloth