Crossword
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Hip-hop artist with the 2006 hit “Ms. New Booty”
Members ___
AOL, for one, in brief
Vows
Charles Kingsley’s “___ to the North-East Wind”
Three-screen cinema … or a hint to 17-, 26-, 46- and 61-Across
Going viral, say
Puccini title heroine
Lo-o-ong stretch
Austin ___ (Tennessee university)
Contest in which the Cowboys beat the Steelers 27-17
Shark attractant
Loop trains
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Genre for 26-Across
Danish cheese Brit’s gasoline Capital of Nigeria Article of clothing at the very end of the rack
Word before light or study
Seal the deal 24-Across, in London Rubberneck Tilt-a-Whirl and bumper cars
Start to succeed?
DOWN
1 Deli counter call
2 Curbside call
3 1980s-’90s
sitcom family
4 Skulls
5 “Dang it!”
6 ___ Gal (eponymous gun designer)
7 Fox’s home
8 More out there,
as humor
9 Mafia head
10 ___ Sánchez Vicario of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Mobile payment service owned by PayPal
Conclude by
Set of seven Asian countries, informally Explained quickly to get an O.K. Dinosaur in
“Toy Story” Mosquito killers
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27 Excel command 28 Common base word
Chi follower Affectionate sign-off
Award that encourages technological development to benefit humanity Elaborate deception
River of Hades Sigma follower 29 30
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Softball toss
Brian of ambient music
Student with coding homework, for short
Sylvia who wrote “The Bell Jar”
Something a zoo animal isn’t
Magic potion
Seizes by force
Togs for a cowboy
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Good thing to break, maybe
Throat dangler
Assign stars to, say
Movement that’s French for “bent”
Unrefined cartfuls
Nero’s 91
Struck (out)
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