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August 31, 2026

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1.Confess (to)5 letters 6.__ at the moon4 letters 10.23-Down fig.3 letters 13.Extract, as minerals from soil5 letters 14.Gobi Desert continent4 letters 15.Egg cells3 letters 16.Avian scavengers with red heads14 letters 19.Tread the boards3 letters 20.Feathery neckwear3 letters 21.Smitten Kitchen blogger Perelman3 letters 22.Some QB protectors3 letters 24.Neatens up text boxes, say8 letters 27.Hangry plea6 letters 29.Demo release12 letters 31.Secretly included on an email5 letters 34.Pop singer Carly __ Jepsen3 letters 35."The Incredibles" supersuit designer Mode4 letters 36.Portuguese phone greeting3 letters 37.Health retreat3 letters 40.Recipe amt.3 letters 42.Addams cousin3 letters 43.Gambling town near Tahoe4 letters 45.One of eight on an octopus3 letters 47.Supple5 letters 49.Paperwork for leisure travelers12 letters 53.Nonprofit journalism agcy.6 letters 54.Most civil8 letters 58.Rotten3 letters 59.20-vol. lexicon3 letters 61.Karate rank3 letters 62.Dallas City Hall architect I.M. __3 letters 63.Part of speech that requires a direct object14 letters 67.Enter a race3 letters 68.Benefit4 letters 69.Baking tool with holes5 letters 70.Actress Adams of "The Muppets"3 letters 71.Fairy tale opening4 letters 72.Screen found in many a living room, or what 16-, 29-, 49-, and 63-Across can be called5 letters

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1."I do" location5 letters 2.Card with two pips5 letters 3."Knives Out" protagonist5 letters 4."Grody!"3 letters 5.Hitchcock film with nonhuman villains8 letters 6.Capital of Cuba6 letters 7.Columbus sch.3 letters 8.Untamed4 letters 9.Penalties for missing due dates8 letters 10.__ favor: "please," in Spanish3 letters 11.Indulged too much9 letters 12.May, in June9 letters 17.Bear who steals "pic-a-nic" baskets4 letters 18.__ Eats: DoorDash rival4 letters 23.Upper house of Congress6 letters 25.Cell service initials3 letters 26.High-end camera, for short3 letters 28.Language ending3 letters 30.Large cask3 letters 31.Running tally of drinks at a pub6 letters 32.Pharaoh played by Elizabeth Taylor9 letters 33.Puzzle9 letters 38.Collects $200 in Monopoly8 letters 39.Class with easels3 letters 41.Least fancy8 letters 44.Valuable excavation find3 letters 46.Team VIP3 letters 48.Real or ideal suffix3 letters 50.Cry of victory4 letters 51.Antiseptic fluid6 letters 52.Czech or Pole4 letters 55.Olympic swords5 letters 56.Start a tennis rally5 letters 57.Neighbor of Nepal5 letters 60.Gorilla researcher Fossey4 letters 64.Indefinite amount3 letters 65.Nervous twitch3 letters 66."The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" aunt, familiarly3 letters

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