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September 18, 2026
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1.Band5 letters6.Primer lesson4 letters10.Printer refills4 letters14.Provençal sauce5 letters15.Bread from a tandoor4 letters16.Many a techie or Trekkie4 letters17.Fruit with a thick rind5 letters18.Thing that has away with words?9 letters20.Box that's unexpectedly popular?13 letters22.Raft3 letters23.Fish that's a symbol of Children's Day in Japan3 letters24.Lazy way to soothe hurt feelings?15 letters33."Wow, nice!"6 letters34.Approach3 letters35.Rite answer3 letters36.Constant critic5 letters37.Like fresh nail polish3 letters38.Bridget's daughter in the "Bridget Jones" series5 letters40."Big" and "Bang Bang" singer Rita3 letters41."Happy now?"3 letters42.Old Spanish coin6 letters43.Take tiny crustaceans out for a stroll?15 letters47.Scand. land3 letters48.Routine3 letters49.Getting heavier, or an apt title for this puzzle13 letters56.One who's in it for the money9 letters57.Nebraska rail hub5 letters59.Fun run distance, for short4 letters60.Foil kin4 letters61.Piercing site5 letters62.Aloo mutter ingredients4 letters63.Playful growl4 letters64.__ City: Pittsburgh5 letters
Down
1.Waterston in the American Theater Hall of Fame3 letters2.Binds4 letters3.Craps turn4 letters4.Succulent with lace and tiger tooth varieties4 letters5.Misses terribly8 letters6.Like llamas6 letters7.Boxer Max4 letters8.Course after trig4 letters9.Slip past7 letters10."No need to explain"6 letters11."Middle Cyclone" Grammy nominee Case4 letters12.Acute4 letters13.Hit high in the air3 letters19.Pants, slangily4 letters21.Spa treatment4 letters24.Emphatic refusal5 letters25.Catherine of "The Studio"5 letters26.Eight-related5 letters27.Rival3 letters28.Clear the cobwebs, say5 letters29.Down3 letters30.Bhutan neighbor5 letters31.Poetic opening5 letters32."The Odyssey" director5 letters37.Tiny3 letters38.Points out8 letters39."Fire away"3 letters41.Masonic order member in a fez7 letters42.Fitness app stat4 letters44.2026 NBA champions6 letters45.Mood4 letters46.One who's often going through the motions6 letters49.__ therapy4 letters50.Sod layer's calculation4 letters51.County east of Sonoma4 letters52.Got taller4 letters53.B-school entry req.4 letters54.Give birth to4 letters55."Hot Girl Summer" rapper Megan __ Stallion4 letters56.Unruly head of hair3 letters58.100%3 letters
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