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August 17, 2026
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1.Magic: The Gathering fan's collection5 letters6."You are __": map message4 letters10.Slugger Sammy4 letters14.Capital of Ghana5 letters15.Yemen neighbor4 letters16.Birds associated with wisdom4 letters17.Attraction in a neighborhood park10 letters19.Skewed view4 letters20.Flow slowly4 letters21.General idea5 letters22.Lobby group for seniors4 letters25.Illuminating item in an emergency kit10 letters29.Word before metal and music5 letters31.Buoyant6 letters32.Kitchen tool needed for some potato dishes6 letters34.Commuter's fee4 letters35.Garden implement3 letters38.Phone history list7 letters40.Fail to show up for7 letters42.Streaming interruptions3 letters43.Argentine author Jorge __ Borges4 letters45.Italian town with a namesake coast6 letters46."Go Birds!" NFL team6 letters48.Iron alloy5 letters49.Outing for two couples10 letters53.Literary governess Jane4 letters54.Up to5 letters55.Love, in Spanish4 letters57.Actor Estrada4 letters58.Consecutive, or a hint to what can follow the first parts and precede the second parts of 17-, 25-, 38-, 40-, and 49-Across10 letters64.Country singer Lovett4 letters65.Shrek, for one4 letters66.Nintendo's The Legend of __5 letters67.Notices4 letters68.Some small dogs4 letters69.Official order5 letters
Down
1.Lid3 letters2.Knee surgery target, for short3 letters3.Color TV pioneer3 letters4.Unproductive period8 letters5.Mint family herb4 letters6.Fuss6 letters7.Down Under bird3 letters8.Appeared in print3 letters9.Cease3 letters10."That's that, then"6 letters11.In debt5 letters12.Cut drastically, as prices5 letters13.Valuable quality5 letters18.Gridiron official3 letters21.Ski races with gates7 letters22.Pet welfare org.5 letters23.On track to win5 letters24.Film spools5 letters26.Away from the bow, on a boat3 letters27.Untidy one4 letters28.Say hi, in slang5 letters30.Dishy memoir7 letters33.Cheek colorer5 letters35.Like moth-eaten clothing5 letters36.Buyer's proposal5 letters37.Submit taxes online5 letters39.__ the lily: add unnecessary decor4 letters41.Sloshy mattress8 letters44.Salty expanse3 letters46.Chargeable two-wheelers6 letters47.Poles in a tomato garden6 letters49.Old-fashioned showdowns5 letters50.Sandwich request5 letters51.Purposeful5 letters52.First responder: Abbr.3 letters56.Flow slowly4 letters58.Droid3 letters59.In the past3 letters60.Get weepy3 letters61."__ Baba and the Forty Thieves"3 letters62.Public health agcy.3 letters63.Dennings of "WandaVision"3 letters
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