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1 Throw away 6 Water pitcher brand 11 Profs’ helpers 14 Character name- checked on Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” 15 Opponent 16 “So disappointing” 17 Result of a current jumping a gap 19 Southeast Asian language 20 Geologic time period 21 The editors of Inkubator crosswords, e. g. 22 Tapenade ingredient 24 First major film to be shot on the ocean 25 Kvetches 26 Anteater features 29 Daredevil’s feat 31 Unit equivalent to one cubic decimetre 32 Branch of Islam 33 Per person 37 Area containing the South Pole 40 New Mexico city 41 Jazz pianist Jones 42 Swamp creature, for short 43 Place for a book title 45 Explodes 46 Choice 49 Title TV doctor Meredith 50 Shout answered with “Polo!” 51 Surname that sounds hard to see through 53 Carly ___ Jepsen 56 Broad road ( Abbr.) 57 Humanitarian symbol 60 Chicks’ mom 61 D. C. transit system 62 North Pole boss 63 Put two and two together, say 64 North Pole employees 65 Double- reeded woodwinds

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1 Cedar or oak 2 Chocolate- andcaramel candy brand 3 Ending to some prayers 4 “Just a ___!” 5 Metaphor for deep trouble 6 Prominent features of sun hats 7 Jambalaya grain 8 Scientist Pavlov 9 Roof- sealing goo 10 ___ State University ( Mississippi HBCU) 11 Bulb bloom 12 Sweetener source 13 Heels, e. g. 18 Columns’ counterparts 23 Lambda ___ Awards 24 Period when there were dinosaurs 25 Chips and ___ 26 Part of a blind 27 Singer Simone 28 Palindromic name 29 Gleam 30 Clock sound 32 Ending for “Kazakh” and “Kyrgyz” 34 Parts of operas 35 Congeal 36 Possessive pronoun 38 ___ rest ( violinist’s accessory) 39 “Uh, if you insist” 44 “I’m so unlucky!” 45 Jane Fonda’s role in “Klute” 46 Nebraska’s largest city 47 Covered with asphalt 48 Gain traction on Twitter 49 Greek sandwiches 51 Sharp product, in more ways than one 52 Farmland measure 53 Nevada city 54 Poker payment 55 Getting- there figs. 58 Elongated fish 59 Hailed vehicle

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