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Breakin' It Down

· By Nick · Published 2023-03-25T23:05:39.100Z

Constructor's Note
Enjoy tackling this puzzle with the same ferocity and determination as former Texan's defensvie star J.J. Watt on HBO's "Hard Knocks" in 2015.
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  • Dale B 🤓28:25 · 2023-03-25T23:05:39.100Z
    Good one!
    1A
    Gambling fortuitousness (10%)
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Gambling fortuitousness (10%)
    2. 5A
      Smaller version of discontinued handheld gaming device ft. "Grand Theft Auto" and "God of War" offshoots
    3. 10A
      Overly cute, across the pond
    4. 14A
      Last of the Native American Yahi tribe from California, inspiring films, books, and a stage play
    5. 15A
      Innate or learned ability (20%)
    6. 16A
      Slapping actor Smith (15%)
    7. 17A
      Indistinguishable pair, idiomatically
    8. 19A
      Italian beef dish when paired with Buco
    9. 20A
      Lyric poet
    10. 21A
      Turf
    11. 22A
      Full extent
    12. 23A
      Sr. year advanced math
    13. 26A
      Castle defense
    14. 28A
      Immense enjoyment (5%)
    15. 32A
      Hotel denizens
    16. 36A
      Wander without direction
    17. 37A
      Rave lights
    18. 39A
      Like a tire in the trunk
    19. 40A
      Possessive for ungendered
    20. 41A
      "You don't have a ____ stand on" -- statement for someone with no proof
    21. 43A
      Hem's go-with
    22. 44A
      Women reproductive organs
    23. 47A
      Stinging discomfort (50%)
    24. 48A
      Helper
    25. 49A
      Cured pork sausage
    26. 51A
      Recall (a name, perhaps) (100%)
    27. 53A
      Word inspirational speakers implore to remove from your vocabulary
    28. 55A
      Flopped three-of-a-kinds with a pocket pair in Texas Hold 'Em
    29. 56A
      Where you find Swiss and Italians
    30. 59A
      Adversary
    31. 61A
      Soreness that often comes with 47A
    32. 65A
      "Night" author Wiesel
    33. 66A
      Prediction of a particular outcome should things continue as they are
    34. 69A
      Reddit interview sessions
    35. 70A
      See 72A
    36. 71A
      Museo del Prado hangings
    37. 72A
      Military stronghold, or with 70A, the 2005 hip-hop side-project that inspired the probability-themed clues
    38. 73A
      Famed Irish poet
    39. 74A
      A trip around the sun
    Down
    1. 1D
      Diet and exercise shortcut, for short
    2. 2D
      Secondhand
    3. 3D
      Aromatic Indian tea
    4. 4D
      Arena PDA encourager
    5. 5D
      Sony marketplace for 5A and other consoles
    6. 6D
      Reel Big Fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones genre
    7. 7D
      Die markings
    8. 8D
      Doom partner or a middle-evolution poison Pokémon
    9. 9D
      New trick impaired per a famous proverb
    10. 10D
      Ballroom dance adopted for country music
    11. 11D
      Faint trace of smoke
    12. 12D
      Arendelle princess
    13. 13D
      Polarizing electric vehicle company head
    14. 18D
      "Never made ____ a wise man" -- Nickelback opening
    15. 24D
      Period of inactivity
    16. 25D
      Rarely performed 1993 Radiohead hit
    17. 27D
      Down Under country code
    18. 28D
      13D's Toyota competitor
    19. 29D
      Whole bunch, informally
    20. 30D
      In-progress painting holder
    21. 31D
      Writer Poe or director Wright
    22. 33D
      Sir or master, in colonial India
    23. 34D
      Swap
    24. 35D
      Home for Donatello and Michelangelo
    25. 38D
      Pig domiciles
    26. 42D
      "My treat!"
    27. 45D
      Most titillating, sexually speaking
    28. 46D
      Precedes "Barbie girl," "little teapot," and "believer," musically
    29. 48D
      "Get lost," in old-timey verbiage
    30. 50D
      December 7, 1941 descriptor per FDR
    31. 52D
      LAX listings
    32. 54D
      "How ____ a knot," Boy Scout YouTube search, maybe
    33. 56D
      Hearing impaired
    34. 57D
      Ticklish Muppet
    35. 58D
      1997 Jim Carrey flick when doubled
    36. 60D
      Sicilian mount
    37. 62D
      Fabled overconfident runner-up
    38. 63D
      Jazzy James
    39. 64D
      Future prognosticator
    40. 67D
      Left faucet, usually
    41. 68D
      Gov. tax administrators
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