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1.Protein with a silken variety4 letters 5.Targets of GPS scavenger hunts6 letters 11.Ingredient in a Denver omelet3 letters 14.Home of the Iowa State Cyclones4 letters 15.Like a tough battle6 letters 16.Lumberjack's tool3 letters 17.*Fallout on the subway11 letters 19.Goss3 letters 20.Appetizer follower6 letters 21.Suggestion, for short3 letters 22.Basic unit of life4 letters 23.Letters for hobbyists3 letters 24.Docs signed by reality show contestants4 letters 26.Defrost4 letters 28.Metrical foot4 letters 29.Fawns' dads5 letters 32.*Cloud environment15 letters 38."Woe is me!"4 letters 39.Ed who voiced Carl in "Up"5 letters 40.Slushy treat4 letters 41.*Jealousy15 letters 44.Weighed down5 letters 45.Takes in with a fork lift?4 letters 46."u r 2 funny"4 letters 48.3-year-old, e.g.4 letters 49.Computer brain, for short3 letters 52.Leaves4 letters 54.GPS course3 letters 56.Mario Kart competitors6 letters 58."Chocolate" pooch3 letters 59.American folk song ... or an instruction about where you should start reading each starred clue?11 letters 61."Bingo!"3 letters 62.Roman statesman who opposed Mark Antony6 letters 63.Actress and entrepreneur Jessica4 letters 64.Face, in drag lingo3 letters 65.Pants measurement6 letters 66."The Great British Bake Off" presenter Fielding4 letters

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1.Brought under control5 letters 2.Saudi's neighbor5 letters 3.___ Beauty by Rihanna5 letters 4.It launched Sputnik: Abbr.4 letters 5.Charcuterie board offering9 letters 6.Human, for one3 letters 7.Burns on the grill5 letters 8.___-and-seek4 letters 9.Vote into office5 letters 10.Pro camera3 letters 11.View with distaste9 letters 12.Skater's jump4 letters 13.Lunch, for one4 letters 18.Word with "code" or "colony"5 letters 22.Plays with a Ragdoll for a bit, perhaps7 letters 25.Embarrass5 letters 27.Stephanie of "Everything Everywhere All at Once"3 letters 28."If you ask me"7 letters 30.___ club (singing group)4 letters 31.Forward thinker?4 letters 32.Lug4 letters 33.Lower arm bone4 letters 34.Motorcyclist's pouch9 letters 35.180 degrees from SSW3 letters 36."___ Defeats Truman"5 letters 37.Water cooler spot9 letters 42.Part of molecular biology's central dogma3 letters 43.Starting squad5 letters 47.Pest control company5 letters 48.Portable Plains Cree dwelling5 letters 49.Big stringed instrument5 letters 50.Exploratory spacecraft5 letters 51.Regular order, with "the"5 letters 52.Flashy kind of rock4 letters 53.Iolani Palace's Hawaiian island4 letters 55.Behavioral quirks4 letters 57.Greenish blue4 letters 59.Part of STEM: Abbr.3 letters 60.___-la-la3 letters

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