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August 12, 2026
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1.Succeed in a class4 letters5.With 47-Down, tropical shade providers4 letters9.Content warning letters4 letters13.Two-tone apex predator4 letters14.Inventor's jumping-off point4 letters15.Underwater detector5 letters16."I like it!"9 letters18.Location5 letters19.Out like a light6 letters20.Vintner's harvest6 letters21.Top stripe of a pride flag3 letters22.Lousy grade3 letters24."Gosh!"3 letters25.Channel with music videos and "Reba" reruns3 letters26.Bucket list item, perhaps12 letters29.Statistical average4 letters31.Jokes4 letters32.Cunning plan4 letters33."A Change Is __ Come"5 letters34.Victor Wembanyama's org.3 letters35.Features of 4c hair5 letters36.A single time4 letters37.Plant anchor4 letters38.CPR pros4 letters39.Not rigid12 letters42.Seasonal vaccine target3 letters43.Some undergrad degs.3 letters44.Fleeting snooze3 letters45.Pvt. trainer3 letters48.Chicken __ bleu6 letters50.Throw trash away, but not in a trash can6 letters52.An additional time5 letters53.Distance shot in basketball, or what 16-, 26-, and 39-Across are altogether?9 letters56.Sport with scrums5 letters57.Component of steel4 letters58.Lack of difficulty4 letters59.Simple tops4 letters60.Domestic four-leggers4 letters61."Their __ Were Watching God"4 letters
Down
1.Big name in seltzer water5 letters2.Came up5 letters3.Give a talking-to5 letters4."For goodness' __!"4 letters5.Animal enclosure with a namesake cipher6 letters6."And now, without further __ ... "3 letters7.Sign before Virgo3 letters8.Ticked off3 letters9.Mardi Gras city, familiarly4 letters10.Signals called by a quarterback before each play9 letters11.Protections against respiratory illnesses9 letters12.Competes on a mat8 letters15.Shopping jag5 letters17.Arizona city near the Seven Sacred Pools6 letters20.Precious stones4 letters23.Creamy Christmas concoctions7 letters24.Huge unit of mass7 letters26.Pool divisions5 letters27.Like a dirty word5 letters28.Dirty5 letters29.Actor's audition selection9 letters30.Spur on9 letters33.Transport on the way to sink a putt8 letters35."You hang on to that"6 letters37."Sinners" director Coogler4 letters40.Dark wood5 letters41.Makeover sites6 letters45.Wander off5 letters46.V-formation flyers5 letters47.See 5-Across5 letters49."I call it!"4 letters51.Old-school "you"4 letters53.Guff3 letters54.Metallic resource3 letters55.Duped3 letters
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