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1.Often-torn knee part, for short3 letters 4.Sternward3 letters 7.Door fastener5 letters 12.Hair claw, for one4 letters 14.Response to a vague threat10 letters 17.Coastal inlet4 letters 18.Citrusy garnish for a gold rush or brandy daisy10 letters 19.Applications4 letters 20.___ salts5 letters 21.Gym unit3 letters 22.First-of-the-month payment4 letters 23.Wager3 letters 24.Lawn invaders5 letters 26."Moonlight" actor Mahershala3 letters 27.___ & Jerry's3 letters 28.Motion pictures, perhaps?4 letters 29.Three-ring bender13 letters 33.Yankees catcher known for his malapropisms9 letters 34.Snitch4 letters 36.Gullah spiritual song7 letters 37.Qatari banknotes6 letters 39.___ Grant (need-based scholarship)4 letters 40."___ a Bad Mama Jama"4 letters 42."The Cask of Amontillado" author3 letters 43.Hawaiian garland3 letters 44.Spiny animal such as Knuckles7 letters 46.Early TV host and women's golf tournament founder10 letters 51.Yuletide carol4 letters 52."Praying for that"10 letters 53.Abolitionist Julia Ward whose surname sounds like a question meaning "In what way?"4 letters 54.Artistically pruned plant10 letters 55.Pattie Gonia's artform4 letters 56.Game full of quick checks?10 letters 57.HS yearbook section3 letters

Down

1.Precision8 letters 2.Thorough examination9 letters 3.Adding excitement to10 letters 4.Early ISP3 letters 5.Complimentary admission9 letters 6.Entice5 letters 7."I wasn't done!"11 letters 8."How cute!"3 letters 9.Base known as the "hot corner"5 letters 10.Instances5 letters 11.Letters before ://4 letters 13.Annoyance4 letters 15.___ Lobos (Chicano rock band)3 letters 16.Strand with a blizzard6 letters 23."Face the facts"11 letters 25.English assignment5 letters 27.Springy sports figurine10 letters 28.Indian state hidden in "Here we go again"3 letters 30.Like a fast-motion video of a slow-motion subject9 letters 31.401(k) alternatives4 letters 32.Magicians' ways out, perhaps9 letters 35.Titular battle between Jedi knights and identical troopers8 letters 37.Gradually withdraws7 letters 38.Landlubber's lack7 letters 41.They save the day6 letters 45.Like a hi-res broadcast4 letters 46."Mine!"4 letters 47.Denny's competitor4 letters 48.Zero4 letters 49.Ice planet in "The Empire Strikes Back"4 letters 50.Fairy-tale monster4 letters

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