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September 23, 2026
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1.Japanese beer brand5 letters6.Pet adoption org.4 letters10.Exec concerned with network security3 letters13.Piccata ingredient5 letters14."Celebration" band __ & the Gang4 letters15.Magic spell3 letters16.Inner selves, in Jungian psychology6 letters18.*Tablet choice8 letters20.Friend4 letters22.Poker-faced5 letters23.*Silent film based on a Leoncavallo opera10 letters27.Overseas greeting?4 letters30.Formally turn over4 letters31.Panang curry cuisine4 letters32.Summoning contraction5 letters33.Sweet potato kin3 letters34.Filmed4 letters35.Oklahoma athlete6 letters36.*Destination for a day trip from Naples11 letters39.DraftKings user, e.g.6 letters41.Gutter locale4 letters42.Skin pic3 letters45.Done (with)5 letters46.Architect Saarinen4 letters47.Old Testament scribe4 letters48.Pet pest4 letters49.*Lionel Messi's MLS team10 letters51."The Trial" novelist Kafka5 letters53.Notary imprint4 letters54.*How like-minded people see, or a phonetic hint for the answers to the starred clues?8 letters57.Vin in the "Fast & Furious" franchise6 letters61.Passing through3 letters62.Nautilus captain4 letters63.None too trusting5 letters64.Just right3 letters65.Garden with forbidden fruit4 letters66.Drum kit drum5 letters
Down
1.Banned Books Week org.3 letters2.Capitol Hill VIP3 letters3.French friend3 letters4.Show of respect6 letters5.Entirely5 letters6.Slalom, say3 letters7.Genre for many an Attenborough documentary, in brief6 letters8.Raccoon relative5 letters9.Canadian shoe brand4 letters10.Home of the Mayan temple El Castillo11 letters11.Decimal base3 letters12.Commercial lead-in to Clean3 letters17.Move like a snake7 letters19.Spanish term of endearment6 letters21.Early search engine5 letters23.Distant3 letters24.Green shade3 letters25.Wave the white flag11 letters26.Where toe beans are found7 letters28.Minecraft mineral3 letters29."__ outta here!"3 letters32.Deal (with)4 letters34.Low-quality A.I.-generated content4 letters35.Reveled in7 letters37.E.B. White's "__ Little"6 letters38.Gives a darn5 letters39.One to share a matching bracelet with, informally3 letters40.Unagi roll fish3 letters43.Radius locale3 letters44.__ chi: martial art3 letters46.Biological catalyst6 letters47.Fashion designer Fisher6 letters49."__ a nap!"5 letters50.Sends5 letters52.First-rate4 letters54.Actress Longoria3 letters55.Puppy noise3 letters56.Countless lifetimes3 letters58.__ salt3 letters59.Goof up3 letters60.Caustic compound3 letters
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