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July 18, 2026
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1.Doctrines7 letters8.Incomplete Wikipedia article4 letters12.1990s sketch comedy show13 letters15.PBS series hosted by librarian Mychal Threets14 letters17.Lemon juice?3 letters18.Javelin5 letters19.Strong suit5 letters21.Conditional word4 letters23.Senior5 letters25.Mother of Apollo and Artemis4 letters26.Shaping tool5 letters28.Tillamook's state6 letters30.Blast4 letters32."Am I free to go?"9 letters34.Complex trap3 letters35.Nail salon brand3 letters37.Gen __3 letters38.__ États-Unis3 letters39.Recklessly9 letters42.Has a summer job?4 letters44.Recently6 letters45.Birds paraded on Saint Stephen's Day in Ireland5 letters47.Pressing need4 letters48.Hardship5 letters50.Grow friendlier4 letters54.Squeals5 letters56.__ nerve5 letters58.Like3 letters59."Regardless of what you think ... "14 letters62."I deserved that"13 letters63."Do-Re-Mi" figure4 letters64.Spanish wives7 letters
Down
1.Expression of grief5 letters2.Youngest Oscar winner5 letters3.Part of a frame job?5 letters4.Just OK3 letters5.Dollar alternative4 letters6.Second-rate6 letters7.Capellini9 letters8.Alarm5 letters9.French pronoun3 letters10.Pinkie-side bone4 letters11.Gravity-powered racer7 letters13.Equipment that may level the playing field6 letters14.Copper alloy popularized by its use in Fabergé eggs8 letters16.Wipes brand7 letters20.Vocal qualities5 letters22.Lens opening?3 letters24.Sports reporter Holly4 letters27.Up in the air5 letters29.Played over5 letters30.Barbecue option7 letters31.Snacks for sea otters8 letters33.Leeway for a test-taker9 letters34.Start of some "Jeopardy!" responses5 letters36.Neoplasticism pioneer Mondrian4 letters40.Offered as an inducement7 letters41.App gestures6 letters43.Setting not observed by most of Arizona: Abbr.3 letters46.Ruling classes6 letters49.Opportunity on Mars, e.g.5 letters51.Chills5 letters52.Word in many Polynesian languages5 letters53.Los Angeles neighborhood where many Walter Mosley novels are set5 letters55.Royal address4 letters57.Business org.4 letters60.Anticipatory period3 letters61.Duran Duran album with the hit "Hungry Like the Wolf"3 letters
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