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1.Swiss capital4 letters 5.Icy moon of Jupiter6 letters 11.Vehicle to hail3 letters 14.Solo for Pavarotti4 letters 15.Blanketed in white6 letters 16.___ Max (Peacock rival)3 letters 17.*Intense clashes11 letters 19.One of six on a Connect Four board3 letters 20.Help for the defenseless?8 letters 21.Peace symbol4 letters 22.*They work around the clock12 letters 26.&3 letters 29.Hydrogen, e.g.3 letters 30.Sheepish?5 letters 31.San Francisco's ___ Valley3 letters 32.Proud parent's exclamation8 letters 35.*Very clear recollection15 letters 40.Understood but not stated8 letters 41.Janitorial implement3 letters 42.Gold medalist's position5 letters 43.NBA stat3 letters 46.Ambient musician Brian3 letters 47.*They may cling persistently12 letters 51.Organism such as Methuselah (age 4,858)4 letters 52."Top Gun" shades8 letters 56.It precedes "Blastoff!"3 letters 57.Reduce a disparity ... and what you must do to two letters in each starred clue11 letters 60.Pro3 letters 61.Pete Best, briefly6 letters 62.2012's Best Picture4 letters 63.Go on dates with3 letters 64.Italicize or underline6 letters 65.Come together4 letters

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1.Blubber4 letters 2.Spooky-sounding lake4 letters 3.___ light (influencer's tool)4 letters 4.Rafael who has won a record 14 titles at Roland Garros5 letters 5.Nacion de Madrid6 letters 6.Strips, as a ship6 letters 7.Juicing substances, slangily5 letters 8.Alternative to "rent"3 letters 9.Fur baby3 letters 10.Big pharma spends billions on them3 letters 11.Feature of Mr. Clean10 letters 12.Beyond's partner5 letters 13.Yang who co-hosts the podcast "Las Culturistas"5 letters 18.No walk in the park4 letters 21.It's in your jeans5 letters 23.Sweatshirt feature, perhaps4 letters 24.Reproductive cell4 letters 25.Hitchhiker's hope4 letters 26.Against4 letters 27.Standard4 letters 28.Period of inactivity10 letters 32."That being said ..."3 letters 33.Fe to chemists4 letters 34.Liike for like, say4 letters 36.Still in the game5 letters 37.iPhone speaker?4 letters 38.Golden State sch. whose mascot is Sammy the Banana Slug4 letters 39.Baptism, e.g.4 letters 43.Celebrates wildly6 letters 44.Privileged classes6 letters 45.When tripled, et cetera4 letters 47.Puts in an overhead bin, say5 letters 48.Bert's roommate5 letters 49.Moisten, as turkey5 letters 50.Result of throwing boiling water into frigid air5 letters 53.Donkey's best friend, for one4 letters 54.Be very angry4 letters 55.Stereotypical name for a Dalmatian4 letters 57."60 Minutes" network3 letters 58.Permit3 letters 59.Gondola propeller3 letters

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