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October 16, 2026

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1.Barnyard call3 letters 4.A pop3 letters 7.Compels6 letters 13.Like some pickup-only deals7 letters 15.Prehistoric hand tool8 letters 17.Female sib7 letters 18.Cozy eatery8 letters 19."Ferrari" actor Driver4 letters 20.Second singer to be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award7 letters 22.Some laptops3 letters 23.Man of La Mancha9 letters 25.Ernie's "Sing After Me" duet partner4 letters 27.See 74-Across3 letters 28.Monument Valley formation4 letters 30.Winter layer4 letters 33.__ Nation: Jay-Z's conglomerate3 letters 36.Novelist Quindlen4 letters 38.The complete set7 letters 40.Approximately5 letters 42.Many a K-pop singer4 letters 44.Starting lineup5 letters 45.Big flowerpot7 letters 47.Gaelic speaker4 letters 49.Cornerback Bly in the College Football Hall of Fame3 letters 50.Was gripping?4 letters 51.Breathe fire, say4 letters 53.Inhale, maybe3 letters 55.Couple4 letters 57.Extemporizes9 letters 62."Thrilla in Manila" boxer3 letters 64.Approached bedtime7 letters 66.Wife of Zeus4 letters 67.Low-level laborer8 letters 69."Perfect!," or how to make seven answers in this puzzle match their clues?7 letters 71.Peppers in some mole sauces8 letters 72.Writer/illustrator who often wrote in anapestic tetrameter7 letters 73.Villainous looks6 letters 74.With 27-Across, big name in watercraft3 letters 75.Therapist's maj.3 letters

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1.King with a touching story?5 letters 2.Battery part5 letters 3.Breakfast tea variety5 letters 4.Pea sheller's discard3 letters 5.Canyon former7 letters 6.Amber, once5 letters 7."Seriously?"7 letters 8."Gorilla Warfare" artist Shaquille5 letters 9.NWSL official3 letters 10.Didn't ride solo9 letters 11.Corp. bigwig4 letters 12.Goes out with4 letters 14.Retiring5 letters 15.Shake5 letters 16.Ink spot, for short3 letters 21.Digital __: remote tech worker5 letters 24.Deep defenses5 letters 26.MD-to-be's exam4 letters 29.Clearance event4 letters 31.Not nearby4 letters 32.No longer feral4 letters 33.Impetuous4 letters 34.Clarinet kin4 letters 35."Do my eyes deceive me?"9 letters 37.Totenberg of NPR4 letters 39.Like some flaws5 letters 41.Linguistic cousin of Hindi4 letters 43.One of a geographic quintet5 letters 46.Formally decrees7 letters 48.Galena, e.g.7 letters 52.Bonny landscapes5 letters 54.Sierra Nevada lake5 letters 56.Match point?5 letters 58.Sells5 letters 59.Came together5 letters 60.Olive oil maker5 letters 61.Flip5 letters 62.Intro courses?4 letters 63.Swimmer Marchand who won four gold medals at Paris 20244 letters 65."__ true!"3 letters 68.__-de-France: Paris's region3 letters 70.Govt. cybersecurity monitor3 letters

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