Bad News: 24A has a typo (OF a proof)
Good News: It's been a minute since I've done one of your (or any) puzz and I have to say how impressed I am with the quality of fill and cluing. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
"No idea about you but this girl's done with her prep for the party."
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Across
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"No idea about you but this girl's done with her prep for the party."
8A
Musical breaks?
13A
Runs to the far end of the field hoping your second string QB actually has a passing game
15A
Big island on the Java
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What homeopathy is based on, essentially
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Toughen
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"Okay ... totes can dig this"
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One residing in Tehran, normally
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Record label owned by Sony [yeah that'll narrow it down]
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Singular neutral pronoun
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Base map in "Among Us"
24A
Part of a proof?
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Where It.'s at [Notice the lack of two turntables and a microphone]
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Graphic novel in some markets
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Stop-motion studio
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Something in the swag bag
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Media group family name
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"You just absolutely needed to post that picture of your order of street tacos with cotija cheese and brisket to my Insta feed right after my finishing my lunch."
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"Whatever's cool!"
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Tracks Polo?
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Sun Ra's "Place"
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Somewhat hot rock
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Subject of a false intelligence report used to justify a continued presence in Iraq
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"Press F to" this, from a 2019 meme
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Form of comeuppance on Twitter
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Burn for flavor
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Familial nickname
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Frequent narrator of "Welcome to Night Vale"
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Skirt cut
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Made like Babe
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The parents, to their kids
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Uno, por ejemple
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Spiral shape
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Okafor currently with the Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
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Some testimony rejected in a court of law
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Set off
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Pork option available at Chinese restaurants
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Lease payer
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Op-ed page content
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Mideast gulf
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Pride locale
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"You told me this 8000 times"
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Rice-a-___ [If you're an American over 25, you sung the rest of the jingle]
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East end?
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Derisive
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Keurig machine, at times
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Cruel and unusual punishment, shortly
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Meandering journey
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Phoenix or Beirut
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Styled after
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Clapton risked having his teeth pulled out "after the ___ truffle"
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Merits
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Pastor's humble abode
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Linney on "Ozark"
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Roberta with a killer voice
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Frisbee manufacturer
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"The little dog with a big imagination"
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Superstore
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Withers classic
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Tractate about Purim and the book of Esther [among other things, as Talmud study proves that the rabbis can meander for PAGES]
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Estee Lauder company
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Does the skirt-spinny
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Setting for "Rigoletto"
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Like homecoming attire
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Start from scratch
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Mrs. Huxtable
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Michael of "Arrested Development"
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Shave lotion "byyyyyyy Mennen"
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Gamer giggle [similar complaint in Wildcat Strike #9 about right-wing losers ruining it]