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The Old Switcheroo! - Puzzle 17

· By Yawn Temiseva · Published 2024-12-14T14:00:54.173Z

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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:15 · 2024-12-15T22:10:25.271Z
    Fun, thank you! Simple, ELEGANT, and neatly executed theme.
    • Christine Hanna 🤓20:50 · 2024-12-15T19:03:31.751Z
      Shame on my Brazilian trivia acumen
      • Jessica 15:00 · 2024-12-16T05:19:34.806Z
        Great theme, thanks
        • sparrow 19:13 · 2024-12-17T23:55:21.426Z
          I felt so clever when "double play" fit 18A, and then I did the rest of the puzzle 😅
          1A
          Epic tale
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Epic tale
          2. 5A
            "___, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, ___." -HAL 9000
          3. 9A
            "___ my case"
          4. 14A
            Some WWI fighter pilots
          5. 15A
            Barbara of "I Dream of Jeannie"
          6. 16A
            Do a math equation, say
          7. 17A
            Next level up from a Hummer, perhaps
          8. 18A
            *Getting picked off and swinging at strike three, for example
          9. 20A
            Less convivial
          10. 22A
            Word with fire or power
          11. 23A
            *Consideration when buying ballgame tickets
          12. 26A
            ___-X
          13. 29A
            Some batteries
          14. 30A
            By way of
          15. 31A
            The type of solution that a clunky workaround isn't
          16. 33A
            Put in a sty
          17. 35A
            "The Power of ___", Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers
          18. 36A
            *Eddie Murphy film, or a hint to 18-, 23-, 52-, and 57-Across
          19. 41A
            Indian tea
          20. 42A
            Bread ingredients that might get stuck in one's teeth
          21. 43A
            Like a politician receiving envelopes stuffed with cash
          22. 47A
            ___ Paulo
          23. 48A
            "Don't immerse an extension cord in water," say
          24. 51A
            "The Murders in the ___ Morgue", -Edgar Allan Poe
          25. 52A
            *Worms and grubs and such
          26. 55A
            "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" singer
          27. 56A
            "Fear of Flying" author Jong
          28. 57A
            *Potential source of resentment for Oates
          29. 62A
            And others, briefly
          30. 63A
            SCTV's Catherine
          31. 64A
            "That makes sense"
          32. 65A
            Societal convention
          33. 66A
            One of 22 owned by Walt Disney
          34. 67A
            British boarding school
          35. 68A
            "It never ___! It never ___!! Ohh!! Ohh!! Arrrrghh!!" -Sam Kinison
          Down
          1. 1D
            Cannabis variety
          2. 2D
            Thorny tree
          3. 3D
            Wish granters
          4. 4D
            Like a drunkard's tie
          5. 5D
            ___ Moines, Iowa
          6. 6D
            Commotion
          7. 7D
            "La Traviata" composer
          8. 8D
            Captain Quint, to the shark
          9. 9D
            Tristan's counterpart
          10. 10D
            "That's hilarious!" in text-speak
          11. 11D
            "I love their 'Mr. Blue Sky' / Almost my favorite is 'Turn to Stone' / And how 'bout 'Telephone Line'? / I love that ___" -Randy Newman, "The Story of A Rock and Roll Band"
          12. 12D
            "Law & Order: ___"
          13. 13D
            Vietnamese New Year
          14. 19D
            Pie-cooling locale
          15. 21D
            Went hither and thither
          16. 24D
            Wrapped up in Marseilles
          17. 25D
            "Prelude to the Afternoon of a ___" -Debussy
          18. 26D
            "Inner City Blues" singer Marvin
          19. 27D
            Sinus doctors, for short
          20. 28D
            Ultimate degree
          21. 32D
            Some pick-up trucks
          22. 33D
            Low-value poker hand
          23. 34D
            Things to turn in a book (abbr.)
          24. 36D
            You, in olden times
          25. 37D
            Medium alternative
          26. 38D
            Currency in Cancun
          27. 39D
            Auston Matthews, for one
          28. 40D
            Photoshop purveyors
          29. 41D
            "Who'll Stop the Rain" band, for short
          30. 44D
            Result of an ill-advised social media post, perhaps
          31. 45D
            Univ. worker
          32. 46D
            An I.T. person, familiarly
          33. 48D
            Greek god of the sea
          34. 49D
            Beer buying requirement, sometimes
          35. 50D
            Tunes for Sunday singers
          36. 53D
            Beer fermenter
          37. 54D
            "Me, Myself & ___", Jim Carrey film
          38. 55D
            Michael of "Superbad"
          39. 57D
            ___ Fighters
          40. 58D
            Understanding sounds
          41. 59D
            Apple on a desk
          42. 60D
            Author Tolstoy
          43. 61D
            "Steal My Sunshine" group
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