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July 21, 2026
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Across
1.Prattles on4 letters5.Bay Area sch.4 letters9.Uninspiring5 letters14.Mapa of "Ugly Betty"4 letters15."New Rules" and "New Love" singer Dua4 letters16.Twisted humor5 letters17.Shampoo for horses as well as humans9 letters19.Honeycomb units5 letters20.Neither partner3 letters21.Future atty.'s exam4 letters23.Southeast Asian language3 letters24.Meatless Chinese noodle dish15 letters29.Hullabaloo3 letters30.Light __ feather3 letters31.Product labels6 letters32.Private aid gp.3 letters33.Sure winner6 letters36."The Theory of Everything" Best Actor Oscar winner13 letters42.Not asea6 letters43.Poem of praise3 letters45.Former House Speaker Nancy6 letters48.Due-in hr.3 letters51.Crank (up)3 letters52.Tender salad greens15 letters56."The Lord of the Rings" beast3 letters57.Move for one's co., say4 letters58.Olive extract3 letters59.Capone cohort Frank5 letters61.Principal draw on fight night, or an apt title for this puzzle9 letters66."OK, that was dishonest"5 letters67.Ritz-Carlton competitor4 letters68.Tops with frosting4 letters69.Ride a bike5 letters70."Auld Lang __"4 letters71.Every __ and cranny4 letters
Down
1.Thanksgiving tuber3 letters2.__ carte menu3 letters3.Writing tool3 letters4.All-too-public argument5 letters5.Marathons longer than 26.2 miles, familiarly6 letters6.U.S. intel org.3 letters7.Tell all, as gossip5 letters8.Untrue5 letters9.Beckham also known as Posh Spice8 letters10."__ we there yet?"3 letters11.Wind-borne allergen6 letters12.Embedded, as tiles6 letters13.High-end vacuum cleaners6 letters18.The "N" of N.B.4 letters22."Tuesdays With Morrie" writer Mitch5 letters24.Vehicle for movers3 letters25.Microsoft web browser4 letters26.Yummy4 letters27.Iraq port city5 letters28.Plenty of4 letters34.__ of the woods mushrooms3 letters35.More quirky5 letters37.Entryway4 letters38.Without losing one's cool8 letters39.Renée __ Goldsberry of "Girls5eva"5 letters40.Sushi seaweed4 letters41.Biblical garden4 letters44.41-Down woman3 letters45.Relating to sound6 letters46.In a creepy way6 letters47.Acid type built up during high-intensity exercise6 letters49.Nickname for Canada's $2 coin6 letters50.French friend4 letters53."Battlestar Galactica" actor Edward James __5 letters54.Like hand soap5 letters55.Singing brother of Simon and Theodore5 letters60.No. on a resume3 letters62.Airbnb alternative3 letters63.__-friendly3 letters64.Opposite of paleo-3 letters65.Sound of disapproval3 letters
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