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1.A-lister4 letters 5.Squandered, as a big lead4 letters 9.Beach house elevator?5 letters 14.___ Alto4 letters 15.RGB's iconic collar material4 letters 16.Ciphers5 letters 17.Yard sale disclaimer4 letters 18.Name that's one letter short of a zodiac sign4 letters 19.Concert venue5 letters 20.Movies about rallying together in Louisiana (1989) and Alabama (2014) (In this answer, see letters 1, 3, 5, 6 and 13)14 letters 23.Oprah Winfrey, to Maya Angelou6 letters 24.34th POTUS3 letters 25.Movies about hardships in the Salinas Valley (1992) and at the High School of Performing Arts (1980) (Letters 2, 7, 10 and 11)12 letters 32.The "punch" in planter's punch3 letters 35.STEM part, for short4 letters 36.How birthdays are celebrated6 letters 37.Lots and lots4 letters 39.Someone the tooth fairy visits3 letters 41.1,760 yards4 letters 42.Elsa's was made of ice6 letters 45.Lark's lair4 letters 48.ACT alternative3 letters 49.Movies about extended stays at Barton Academy (2023) and Camp Green Lake (2003) (Letters 2, 5, 6, 10 and 12)12 letters 52.___ of the land3 letters 53.Bean6 letters 57.Events offering two movies for one ... and a theme hint14 letters 62.Heart throb?5 letters 63.Stand up at the altar4 letters 64."Cool!"4 letters 65.Fury5 letters 66.Thereabouts4 letters 67.Nirvana drummer Grohl4 letters 68.Slightest5 letters 69.Suds4 letters 70.Hook's sidekick4 letters

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1.Twitch5 letters 2.What you do with your buds?5 letters 3.ET5 letters 4.___ the occasion (came through)6 letters 5."It's my fault!"7 letters 6.Croft of video game fame4 letters 7.Vape pen, for short4 letters 8.Frankfurter6 letters 9.Type of triangle7 letters 10.Singer Amos4 letters 11.Notion4 letters 12.Fish-eye ___4 letters 13.SEA scanning group3 letters 21.Not right?4 letters 22."Works for me!"4 letters 26.___ factor (gross quality)3 letters 27.Khaki cousin5 letters 28.Beaver's barrier3 letters 29.Alternatives to CT scans4 letters 30."First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald4 letters 31.Kremlin refusal4 letters 32.Engrossed4 letters 33.The Beehive State4 letters 34.Burrowing mammal4 letters 38."No thanks"3 letters 40.Actor Patel3 letters 43.Letterman successor7 letters 44.Airline with a Hebrew name4 letters 46.One of 100 in Washington7 letters 47.Hot to ___4 letters 50.Way to handle gray areas?6 letters 51.Squeak and squawk6 letters 54.Nightmare, for one5 letters 55.Depart5 letters 56.Cosmetician Lauder5 letters 57.___ buggy4 letters 58.Literature Nobelist Tokarczuk4 letters 59.Takes advantage of4 letters 60.Awesome, to Gen Z4 letters 61.Otherwise4 letters 62.Friend3 letters

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