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Pete's Puzzle: Fifty is Nifty!

● · By Stephanie Clemson · Published 2021-04-29T20:33:21.378Z

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From June 2020, here's a puzzle that will only appeal to a very niche audience of people who know my husband and are interested in celebrating his big birthday!
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    Pete might be 50, but that's no reason to hit this button
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    1. 1A
      Pete might be 50, but that's no reason to hit this button
    2. 6A
      Veteran journalist Lesley of "60 Minutes"
    3. 11A
      NFL star Manning
    4. 14A
      Clog-clearing brand
    5. 15A
      Legendary 7th inning stretch singer at Wrigley
    6. 16A
      Chinese zodiac sign for 2020 babies
    7. 17A
      At the poker table, Pete would rather have this than a full house
    8. 19A
      "_ __ for Rocket" (Bradbury short story)
    9. 20A
      Sorority letters
    10. 21A
      Iditarod destination
    11. 22A
      Olympians who make a splash off a board
    12. 24A
      Cognac bottle initials
    13. 25A
      Pete's answer to Matthew or Anna's "Why?" (with because)
    14. 26A
      Pete never met one on a mountain that he didn't want to try
    15. 30A
      Video game of Pete's youth
    16. 31A
      Even slangier "Huh?"
    17. 32A
      Little bit of gel or lotion
    18. 36A
      Norse god of war (or swimsuit company that sponsors Katie Ledecky and others)
    19. 37A
      Subtitle for "Star Wars Episode IV," with "A"
    20. 41A
      Unrestricted free agent: Abbr.
    21. 42A
      Harp to an Italian (and an anagram for 28-down)
    22. 44A
      Vision research branch of NIH
    23. 45A
      H-bombs, for example
    24. 47A
      Pete's favorite singer
    25. 51A
      Neanderthal man, for example
    26. 54A
      Often heard with "oohs"
    27. 55A
      People, places, or ______
    28. 56A
      S&L that collapsed in 2008
    29. 57A
      Day after Sun.
    30. 60A
      National warning service administered by FEMA
    31. 61A
      Pete's favorite summer hangout
    32. 64A
      Members of 28-down, for short
    33. 65A
      "Have _ ___ _ deal for you!"
    34. 66A
      It comes before meenie, miney, and mo
    35. 67A
      Airport code for Thingeyri, Iceland (or "British mystery writer Josephine")
    36. 68A
      Famous fable teller
    37. 69A
      Poisoned ones killed the monkey in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
    Down
    1. 1D
      Some email attachments
    2. 2D
      Nickname of a notorious Yankee superstar (who is considered a cheater in the Clemson household)
    3. 3D
      Suffix with astro- and argo-
    4. 4D
      How a baseball statistician might build a model (using a programming language)
    5. 5D
      Cap for Davey Crockett
    6. 6D
      Garlicky shrimp dish
    7. 7D
      Sign to a batter on a 3-0 count
    8. 8D
      Neighbor of Nev. and Cal.
    9. 9D
      We use a lot of it these days
    10. 10D
      An ancient Anatolian people (King Croesus was one)
    11. 11D
      Missed the cut-off man
    12. 12D
      Hangouts for Bond villains, say
    13. 13D
      "___ __ obvious!"
    14. 18D
      It fills up the fridge
    15. 23D
      Coldplay hit "Viva la ____"
    16. 24D
      Entertainment option for young Pete
    17. 25D
      "If you ask me," from a texter
    18. 26D
      Multinational shoe company (not really known in the US)
    19. 27D
      Unit used by astronomers to measure dist. in space
    20. 28D
      Group that has Pete as their newest member!
    21. 29D
      On _ ____ (impulsively)
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      Virginia's rival on the court
    23. 34D
      "_ ___ Good Men" (Tom Cruise movie)
    24. 35D
      Stefan Lessard plays this in 47-across' band
    25. 38D
      Make a mental image of
    26. 39D
      It's legal in Illinois!
    27. 40D
      Really excited about
    28. 43D
      Score after deuce, in tennis
    29. 46D
      Nervous speaker's sounds
    30. 48D
      Ford _____, Mr. Weasley's flying car
    31. 49D
      Road travel org. handout used for trips back when Pete was younger
    32. 50D
      College Station sch. that's home to the George H. W. Bush Library
    33. 51D
      Experiment with 45-across
    34. 52D
      Pete's local airport
    35. 53D
      Swimming's Franklin
    36. 56D
      "Who are __ __ argue?"
    37. 57D
      Pete's fav. state
    38. 58D
      Sooner State resident, informally
    39. 59D
      Rejections in Scotland
    40. 62D
      Definitive boxing wins, for short
    41. 63D
      Hawaii's Mauna ___
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