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◆ · By SirMrGuy · Published 2023-06-12T19:07:13.895Z
Constructor's Note
This puzzle is not actually about TFiOS (do people even still remember that book?) despite the title. I tried to work in a reference to "Smooth Criminal" but I couldn't get the fill to work, so now it's relegated to a not-very-helpful hint in the notes.
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* Name of both a community service organization and a chain of convenience stores
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Across
- 1A* Name of both a community service organization and a chain of convenience stores
- 8ABanned insecticide
- 11A[their words, not mine]
- 14AIdealistic
- 15AAnger
- 16AComputing pioneer Lovelace
- 17AIt's good when it's high-density
- 19AManhattan sch.
- 20A"Cats" monogram
- 21AHoops cable channel
- 22AComedian Arsenio whose show featured Clinton playing the sax
- 23ATexting format, for short
- 25A* Cereal brand
- 27AThe Buddha's meditative tree
- 30ABig-eyed birds
- 31ARegulars' orders
- 33AFilm-rating org.
- 34ADirector Anderson
- 37A* Potassium, below the 19
- 40AEducator Khan
- 41AHeavy weights
- 42AExclusively
- 43ABlackmail
- 44AValentine flowers
- 45A* Coetzee protagonist
- 49ASydney's state: Abbr.
- 50AOften torn knee parts, briefly
- 51AStop
- 53A1/6 oz.
- 56AEarthy currency of Hollow Knight
- 57AHarmless serpent
- 60ATake home
- 61AIt can be appropriately affixed to fix
- 62AFly guy
- 63AFireplace residue
- 64AAppend
- 65AWhat the starred answers might be sponsored by if this were a Sesame Street episode
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- 1DUnorthodox sect
- 2DMedical suffix
- 3DIt's tugged in war
- 4DUSN rank
- 5DSass
- 6DDeserves
- 7DDoor handle
- 8DZero-calorie drinks, to a Midwesterner
- 9DGarage entrances
- 10DBottom of a royal flush
- 11DYemen's capital
- 12DPeaceful scene
- 13DMaterial used to 52D
- 18DNon-human speedrun
- 22DPart of HMS
- 23DFake
- 24DTerm for a civilian army that is extremely right-wing coded
- 26DHubbubs
- 27DPittsburgh team, familiarly
- 28DWorkplace protection org.
- 29DWhat the fates do in a John William's piece
- 32DGame record
- 33DSoon-to-be Messi's league
- 34DTroubles
- 35DFashion magazine that shares a name with a purveyor of excellent Crosshare minis
- 36D"The ___ the limit!"
- 38DLike a moose
- 39DHuff and puff
- 43DPost-9/11 executive org.
- 45D___ Carta
- 46DSlurpee alternatives
- 47DFabric
- 48DKit ___
- 49DAudacity
- 52DSee 13D
- 53DLondon gallery
- 54DHershey toffee bar
- 55DJob benefit
- 57DTranscript stat.
- 58DTake a chair
- 59DRebellious Turner