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August 21, 2026

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1.Graduate from a balance bike5 letters 6."Zounds!"4 letters 10."Not only that ... "4 letters 14.Sauce for chipotles5 letters 15.German automaker4 letters 16.Nana's daughter4 letters 17.Collar clip-on5 letters 18.Hard punch4 letters 19.Big name in morning TV4 letters 20.Get the gray out, say3 letters 21."A bottle where the rapid decrease in pressure upon opening creates foam, please" request?11 letters 24.Caitlin Clark's home state4 letters 25.Topical antiseptic6 letters 26."A light coffee, and do not drop it, please" request?12 letters 31.Small flower?5 letters 32.Raw minerals4 letters 33."Nature" airer3 letters 36.Biblical name of ancient Syria4 letters 37.Wolverines and Badgers5 letters 39.Canada Goose garment4 letters 40.Inquire3 letters 41.Head of a museum?4 letters 42.Full of passion5 letters 43."I'll take my potato as a pancake (but you'll probably bring fries)" request?12 letters 46.Future resident6 letters 49.Cringeworthy, in Gen Alpha slang4 letters 50.Strict enforcement of the rules for a civil society, or how to process the requests in 21-, 26-, and 43-Across?11 letters 53.Greek T3 letters 56.Tofu nutrient4 letters 57.Drama honor4 letters 58.Feature of some accents5 letters 60.Smoothie berry4 letters 61.Merino, e.g.4 letters 62."Pale Blue Dot" subject5 letters 63.Top of many an indoor stadium4 letters 64.Trawling equipment4 letters 65.Clothe5 letters

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1.Took care of, say4 letters 2.Circular current4 letters 3.Shower with love, with "on"4 letters 4.Old hoops gp.3 letters 5.Daily record7 letters 6.Causes of some grade inflation6 letters 7.Beach party?4 letters 8.For two voices, in music4 letters 9.Archaeologists' workplaces8 letters 10.Mardi Gras event6 letters 11.Video game brother5 letters 12.Let out, as pigs5 letters 13.Try to decipher a stereogram, perhaps5 letters 22.Have3 letters 23.Auction units4 letters 24.Bullet point4 letters 26.Bracket org.4 letters 27.Messes up4 letters 28.Ineffective4 letters 29.Unwilling (to)5 letters 30.Branch3 letters 33.Ballad writer4 letters 34.Oak exterior4 letters 35.Ocular woe4 letters 37.__ service8 letters 38.Medium ability3 letters 39."Ta-ta!"4 letters 41.Cutting comeback4 letters 42.Toyed (with)7 letters 43."Stop being such a jerk!"6 letters 44.Singing in some Ricola ads6 letters 45.Shakira's "__ Wolf"3 letters 46."Odyssey" prelude5 letters 47.Many a "Breaking Bad" figure5 letters 48.Clock-changing hr.5 letters 51.Cor anglais kin4 letters 52.Real hoot4 letters 53.Scale button4 letters 54.Tunneling pests4 letters 55.Cries of disgust4 letters 59.Tug-of-__3 letters

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