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Elements of Success — A

● · By Leonard Williams · Published 2023-02-02T18:49:32.424Z

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Hope you enjoy this puzzle. If you prefer to try the same puzzle with less challenging clues, solve version B instead.
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    Of Francis or a predecessor
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    1. 1A
      Of Francis or a predecessor
    2. 6A
      “Well, well”
    3. 10A
      Corporate IT honcho
    4. 13A
      Me, too
    5. 14A
      Noted fabulist
    6. 16A
      Grasshopper’s fabled counterpart
    7. 17A
      Knickknack + You and me + Stable mate? + Tolkien creatures
    8. 20A
      Fish that come in black and neon varieties
    9. 21A
      Arctic Ocean sight
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      Refrain syllable
    11. 25A
      She played Adrian to Sylvester’s Rocky
    12. 27A
      Brown shade
    13. 30A
      Con antagonist + Notable time period + 50 to Claudius + Painting and theatre, e.g.
    14. 34A
      Region noted for tea and silk
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      Abolition, for one
    16. 36A
      Nurses, as a drink
    17. 38A
      Debut on Wall St.
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      Comic ___
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      Region for Syr. & Alg., et al.
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      Red dwarf, say
    21. 44A
      California, briefly + Wedding band + Scale note + Sectarian?
    22. 47A
      Modeling medium
    23. 49A
      Teacher of the Dharma
    24. 50A
      Foe of the Morlocks (in sci-fi)
    25. 51A
      Place for a tire
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      DCI Stanhope (Cleeves character)
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      Furtive type
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      Via ___ (road to Brindisi)
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      Sort + Adjectival suffix + Walking stick
    30. 64A
      Cahokia features
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      Sarge’s superior
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      Idiosyncrasy
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      Barrie pirate
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      It may lift a balloon
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      Small, on a tag + Kwik-E-___ + Pasture + German article + Craft for cruising
    36. 77A
      Butter serving
    37. 78A
      Sri Lankan language
    38. 79A
      ___ United, West Yorkshire football club
    39. 80A
      Orangutan, for example
    40. 81A
      Drill deeply
    41. 82A
      Brewer’s need
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      Campaign finance org.
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      Home of the NCAA’s Sun Devils
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      T’Challa, for Boseman
    4. 4D
      Friend in Arles
    5. 5D
      He played Joe Jackson in “Field of Dreams”
    6. 6D
      Garam ___ (Indian spice blend)
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      Response to a superior officer
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      Winter hours in MT
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      Thee, now
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      Alternatives to rafts
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      Fervor
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      When scores are finally settled?
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      Fodder for Adobe Reader
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      Russian river
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      Walt Disney’s middle name
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      Channel showing “90 Day Fiancé”
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      Coastal inlet
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      ___ Simbel (temple site)
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      Rather confused
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      Wine country out West
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      Love for Caesar
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      Blue book entry
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      Like some exits on a plane
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      Afterward
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      Art’s onetime singing partner
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      Way from Khartoum to Cairo
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      Online attitude
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      Degree for a theatre prof.
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      Tour of duty
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      Orientation aid
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      @ follower, often
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      Gambling outcome
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      Study at the last minute
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      Slimming procedure, for short
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      Sith lord born a Skywalker
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      Have a bite
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      Cinema conservatory: Abbr.
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      Xmas dinner source in Japan
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      Cell denizen
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      Result of alopecia
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      Draw idly
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      Miller brand
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      Annually
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      Paving stone
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      “Makes sense now”
    46. 71D
      Daughter of Gaia and Uranus
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      Resort amenity
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      Popular dog breed, briefly
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      Brooding, like a teen
    50. 75D
      TSA checks them
    51. 76D
      Mt. Rainier setting
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