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September 5, 2026
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1.Nowhere near4 letters5.Allegro5 letters10.Improvise4 letters14.Podcaster's software option10 letters16.Cricket field shape4 letters17.Conversion that some pray will be successful?10 letters18.Work with Python, say4 letters19.Arise6 letters20.Retraced one's steps, in a way5 letters21.Light touch3 letters24.Hybrid punctuation mark11 letters26.Unsure where to go6 letters28.Logical start3 letters29.Jane in a suit?3 letters30.Pantheon honoree5 letters31.Cereal with a vanilla-flavored Confetti version8 letters34.Back up4 letters35.Kleptocracy ruler5 letters36."The Mystery at Lilac Inn" sleuth4 letters38.Setting of Frank McCourt's "Angela's Ashes"8 letters40.Hermitlike5 letters41.Wanders in an airport?3 letters42.Sportscaster Patrick3 letters43.Words of warning6 letters44.Absolute noob11 letters48.Steered3 letters49.Pretty penny or bad penny5 letters50.Collection of highlights, perhaps6 letters52.Dreamcast maker4 letters53.Help line?10 letters57.Kathryn of "WandaVision"4 letters58.Strong desire for one in search of just desserts?10 letters59.Secondary social media accounts4 letters60.Pernod flavor5 letters61.Headphones maker based in Milwaukee4 letters
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1.Actuarial stat3 letters2.Quaint transmission3 letters3.Word with pop or op3 letters4.Like an Inverted Jenny stamp4 letters5.Turn sharply to the right?6 letters6."Cancel the launch!"5 letters7.2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Bueckers5 letters8.Something that may be on display while playing D&D9 letters9."Silent Spring" subj.3 letters10.Informal lexicon5 letters11.Vegetarian sushi option11 letters12.Beggared belief11 letters13.Fundraising promise6 letters15.Turn into a competition, say6 letters20.Subpar4 letters21.Trampoline park gear4 letters22."We agreed on this!"11 letters23.Bar exam setting?11 letters25.Utah's Capitol __ National Park4 letters27.Article4 letters31.Neighborhood that may contain a paifang9 letters32.Minute Maid brand3 letters33.Unserious4 letters35.Mine wagon4 letters37.Intruder from under the surface4 letters39.Semisoft cheese4 letters40.Halt6 letters41.Country star Yearwood6 letters43.Showed up at dinner?6 letters45.Zen riddles5 letters46."The Wrestler" Oscar nominee5 letters47.Light blades5 letters51.Alcove4 letters53.Mamdani political org.3 letters54.Bath lav3 letters55."__ no use"3 letters56.Org. that oversees 41-Across3 letters
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