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The Great Escape

◆◆ · By JeffsPuzzles · Published 2024-08-11T11:39:48.186Z

Constructor's Note
Our Ford Escape Hybrid turned 15 last month. Consider this a tribute grid thanking it for its service, which has been wonderfully reliable.
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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:41 · 2024-08-11T12:53:42.005Z
    Fun theme, thank you!
    • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2024-08-11T15:10:23.306Z
      Thanks for solving!
    • Jason Cathcart 4:18 · 2024-08-11T21:41:02.517Z
      Super impressive having two of the themed gridspinners sit right on top of each other!
      • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2024-08-11T22:44:11.025Z
        Thanks, Jason! I appreciate your solving.
      • chaddgar 🤓13:13 · 2024-08-15T17:42:01.180Z
        Really fun, with all good clues! 17A also perfectly fits another "vehicle" of (Harrison) Ford!
        • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2024-08-15T22:02:10.998Z
          Glad you liked it!
        • Michael 🤓25:21 · 2024-08-15T18:41:08.322Z
          Very well done, thanks! Count me among the impressed by the thematic juxtapositions. Also: Loved the "Caught off base" clue. Hadn't seen that before.
          • JeffsPuzzles constructor · 2024-08-15T22:03:19.909Z
            Thanks, Michael. I wish I could claim credit for the caught off base clue, but I'm almost certain it's not original.
          • Jessica 27:47 · 2024-08-22T03:31:13.068Z
            Good puzzle. I liked 33D. I got stuck at 11D & 24A.
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            1A
            12 in a date
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            Across
            1. 1A
              12 in a date
            2. 4A
              When some classes meet, for short
            3. 7A
              Breakfast bevs
            4. 10A
              ID assigner
            5. 13A
              What "pulla" lay
            6. 14A
              Respectful (or mock-respectful) address
            7. 15A
              Dandy
            8. 16A
              Fish that sounds like an Italian article or a French pronoun
            9. 17A
              (Harrison) Ford vehicle?
            10. 21A
              (Richard) Ford Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Book Award winner
            11. 22A
              On, date-wise
            12. 23A
              Amy ___, author of "The Backyard Bird Chronicles"
            13. 24A
              Reggae artist Mouse
            14. 25A
              "____, I didn't take that scrumptious cherry pie you had cooling on that there window sill."
            15. 28A
              Last follower?
            16. 30A
              (Tom) Ford focus
            17. 34A
              "Climb ev'ry moutain/Ford ev'ry stream" show
            18. 42A
              Strictness
            19. 43A
              Additional acronym for many JDs
            20. 44A
              Father of Methuselah
            21. 45A
              Taiwanese filmmaker ("Brokeback Mountain," "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon")
            22. 47A
              Like most 20th century classical music and elementary school violinists
            23. 48A
              "__ lying if I said there isn't too much 3-letter fill in this puzzle."
            24. 49A
              Relish
            25. 53A
              Prefix meaning "sound"
            26. 54A
              Arabic word meaning "The Light" (contained in TENURE)
            27. 55A
              ____ Coast Trail (path in Cheryl Strayed's "Wild")
            28. 57A
              HR acronym relating to workforce size
            29. 58A
              What a Ford salesman might say to an arch-rival's customer who's looking for a new pickup
            30. 61A
              Paddles
            31. 62A
              Flamenco shout
            32. 63A
              Caught off base
            33. 64A
              Operation Overlord operation
            34. 65A
              "Far out" equivalent
            35. 66A
              German-owned supermarket chain
            Down
            1. 1D
              "The Picture of ____ Gray" (Oscar Wilde) or the mode sounded by playing the white keys of a piano from D to D
            2. 2D
              "But still"
            3. 3D
              Felines, collectively
            4. 4D
              Sticker fig.
            5. 5D
              My preferred way to have grapes
            6. 6D
              Word common to weather and liberation movements
            7. 7D
              Regularly
            8. 8D
              Coltrane or Deere
            9. 9D
              What a house might be built on
            10. 10D
              Deere product
            11. 11D
              Pop music titan Neil ___, active since the 1950s
            12. 12D
              The opposite of diaspora, to Jews
            13. 18D
              Org. that runs the European football (soccer) championship
            14. 19D
              Agency regulating nutritional supplements (acronym)
            15. 20D
              Heckle
            16. 26D
              Ere equivalent
            17. 27D
              Egyptian cat breed, or when doubled, a Kenyan rebellion against British rule
            18. 28D
              Where to find a GOAT
            19. 29D
              Like disappointed expectations
            20. 31D
              Show first hosted by George Carlin, familiarly
            21. 32D
              "Good" cholesterol
            22. 33D
              Five-ring circus, to some
            23. 34D
              Transport in hits by Gladys Knight & The Pips and Duke Ellington
            24. 35D
              Ganesha, e.g.
            25. 36D
              Challah, e.g.
            26. 37D
              Fish often prepared "meunière"
            27. 38D
              Deep dish pizza purveyor, familiarly
            28. 39D
              Jesus, to Christians
            29. 40D
              "It's kind of obvious"
            30. 41D
              Fineman of 31 Down
            31. 46D
              Biblical name meaning "hairy"
            32. 47D
              Parched
            33. 50D
              51 Down, for one
            34. 51D
              Davis of "Fences" and "The Help"
            35. 52D
              Iced
            36. 55D
              Floral spray
            37. 56D
              Fossil fuel
            38. 59D
              La la preceder
            39. 60D
              Result of an excessive BAC
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