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September 17, 2026
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1.Necklace clasp spot4 letters5.Rather peculiar6 letters11.Implore3 letters14.Tandoor, for one4 letters15.Sub6 letters16.Credit card fig.3 letters17.Reporter's approach to a story about a bracelet?11 letters19.Game cube3 letters20."Cheap Thrills" singer3 letters21.Lowe's purchase4 letters22.Lariat4 letters23.Reporter's approach to a story about a doppelgänger?8 letters26.Workers featured in the opening scenes of "Frozen"6 letters28.Greet someone from a distance6 letters29.Gets a rise out of, in a way7 letters30.Spanish "Listen!"3 letters31.Soy block4 letters34.Phoenix team4 letters35.Reporter's approach to a story about a male duck?9 letters38.Small jazz combo4 letters40.Provide a fake alibi for, say4 letters41.Swelter3 letters44.Tap dancer Hines7 letters46."You're right!"6 letters49.Make changes to6 letters50.Reporter's approach to a story about a picnic pest?8 letters52.Prayer ender4 letters53.Lamb wrap with tzatziki4 letters55.Charged particle3 letters56.Tennessee athlete, for short3 letters57.Reporter's approach to a story about a spring bloom?11 letters61.Before, in old poetry3 letters62.Compilation6 letters63.Subway Series squad4 letters64.Acid letters3 letters65.__-sense6 letters66.River through Flanders4 letters
Down
1.San Francisco's __ Hill3 letters2.Janelle's "Abbott Elementary" role3 letters3.Deep in thought7 letters4.Tuneup target6 letters5."__ sells seashells ... "3 letters6.Tropical ring-tailed mammal5 letters7.Built one's campaign around5 letters8.Breakfast brand4 letters9.Country great Nelson6 letters10."__-haw!"3 letters11.Sign of trouble7 letters12.Camp nurse's supply7 letters13.Salad leaves6 letters18.Mascara target4 letters22.Variety show5 letters23.Wee hour3 letters24.Modus operandi3 letters25.53-Across bread4 letters27.Champagne barrel4 letters29.Mandolin kin4 letters32."... Fine."4 letters33.Shortest mo.3 letters35."Dinner is served!"5 letters36.Some big hoppers4 letters37.Fighting4 letters38.Small quakes7 letters39.Took deep pleasure (in)7 letters41.Three-time Best Actress Oscar winner McDormand7 letters42.Driver's "Star Wars" role3 letters43.Up to today3 letters44.Rough road surface6 letters45.Fix, as a tennis racket or golf club6 letters47."Yeah, right!"4 letters48.Down in the dumps6 letters50.Like an eyebrow5 letters51.Pointless5 letters54.Asana expert4 letters57.LP successors3 letters58.Farm pen3 letters59.Great Basin native3 letters60.Georgia, once: Abbr.3 letters
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