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October 8, 2026

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Across

1.Hydrocortisone target4 letters 5.Glissade garb4 letters 9."Wanna hear a secret?"4 letters 13.Animated blue tang of film4 letters 14.Heavy burden4 letters 15.Behind schedule4 letters 16.Christ the Redeemer veneer material9 letters 18.Gets lawyers involved4 letters 19.Sound heard around a crib3 letters 20.Places that are all fun and games7 letters 22.Verbal finger wag3 letters 24.Hoppy brew with a low ABV10 letters 27.Cut with an axe3 letters 28.Tree in the name of a Bay Area city3 letters 29.Palindromic family member3 letters 30.Line of symmetry4 letters 32.Palindromic family member3 letters 34.Part of a routine4 letters 37."Why must you overcomplicate everything?," or what can be said about 16-, 24-, 49-, and 58-Across14 letters 41.Perceived4 letters 42.Instrument in a "Baker Street" riff3 letters 43.Body image?4 letters 44.Brain scan letters3 letters 46.Spider's spinning3 letters 48.5G predecessor3 letters 49.Contents of a cheese pull, often10 letters 53."You know it!"3 letters 54.Surf shop?7 letters 55."Well, whaddaya know!"3 letters 57.__ Whip: frozen pineapple treat4 letters 58.Genre originally known as the West Coast sound9 letters 63.College town in Iowa4 letters 64.Figs. that may be delayed by weather4 letters 65.Territory "where America's day begins"4 letters 66.Lean to one side4 letters 67.Glum4 letters 68.Blows it4 letters

Down

1.Cards at a casino?3 letters 2.Also3 letters 3.Act the class clown9 letters 4.Prefix with -dermic or -thermic4 letters 5.Little one3 letters 6.Spanish one3 letters 7.Bluefin, yellowfin, and blackfin5 letters 8.Password preceder6 letters 9.Texting etiquette?9 letters 10.Riyadh resident5 letters 11.Pricey5 letters 12.Thompson of "Hedda"5 letters 17.Not great, not terrible4 letters 21.Take the path of least resistance, say5 letters 22.Pad see ew cuisine4 letters 23.Suggestive messages5 letters 25.Only cardinal direction not in a state name4 letters 26.Funny sketches5 letters 31.Most susceptible to collecting dust?9 letters 33.Prayer __5 letters 35.Four or five, maybe9 letters 36.Ramble on5 letters 38.Lakers legend Shaquille5 letters 39.Rink leap4 letters 40.Lends color4 letters 45.Lost colour6 letters 47.22-Down currency4 letters 49.Wearable prize5 letters 50.Some indigenous Mexicans5 letters 51.Diamond chain5 letters 52.Muse of poetry5 letters 56.Spur to action4 letters 59.Murder-ous cry3 letters 60.Sales channel3 letters 61.Vehicle that may be self-driving3 letters 62.Tour de France distances, informally3 letters

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