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Puzzle #56 "Just go with the flow"

· By Philip Chow · Published 2022-03-01T04:50:21.215Z

Constructor's Note
This puzzle is dedicated to my friend Celeste, who continually teaches me everything there is to know about 47-Across47ASociety has taught women growing up to feel embarrassed and ashamed of this, but it's a completely natural process... why hasn't it been normalized yet?! (Note: hygiene products are highlighted in the puzzle)[------------]
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  • Mike D 🤓5:32 · 2022-03-01T14:08:44.516Z
    Nice puzzle!
    • Celeste 18:25 · 2022-03-01T20:53:03.865Z
      This made me tingle inside <3.
      • William Wright 🤓11:00 · 2022-03-03T12:27:56.860Z
        Great puzzle!
        • FrankieHeck 🤓12:39 · 2023-11-11T23:55:53.910Z
          This puzzle is the best thing since menopause
          1A
          Shade of purple
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          Across
          1. 1A
            Shade of purple
          2. 6A
            "Barbie Girl" pop band
          3. 10A
            They come and go
          4. 14A
            "Napoleon Dynamite" setting
          5. 15A
            Senseless
          6. 16A
            ___ Tesfaya ("Blinding Lights" singer known professionally as The Weeknd)
          7. 17A
            Ultimate need? (hint: think Frisbee)
          8. 19A
            Undergarment with spaghetti straps, casually
          9. 20A
            Burrell of "Modern Family" and Pennington of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
          10. 21A
            Chow
          11. 22A
            It goes "sizzle sizzle" when you cook it in a frying pan
          12. 23A
            Lyric from a Leona Lewis hit repeatedly sung in the movie "No Strings Attached" (in which Ashton Kutcher's character makes Natalie Portman's character a "period mix")
          13. 26A
            Rick of "Rickrolling" fame (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
          14. 29A
            Leave alone
          15. 30A
            Land of Lima and llamas
          16. 31A
            "From ___ ___ shining..." ("America the Beautiful" lyric)
          17. 32A
            Item that can be refined into minerals, jewels, or crystals in the game MapleStory
          18. 35A
            Subdue or restrain forcefully
          19. 38A
            Online annoyance
          20. 40A
            Unit of electrical resistance
          21. 41A
            Systems for controlling the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air throughout a building, for short
          22. 43A
            Comedian Chappelle
          23. 44A
            Language exam an international student might take for college admissions: Abbr.
          24. 45A
            Like some kisses
          25. 47A
            Society has taught women growing up to feel embarrassed and ashamed of this, but it's a completely natural process... why hasn't it been normalized yet?! (Note: hygiene products are highlighted in the puzzle)
          26. 51A
            Tokyo-based watchmaker that produced the world's first quartz watch
          27. 52A
            Main ingredient in kefir
          28. 53A
            Mine are not well-defined because I like to lie in bed all day and eat cookies and not do any crunches
          29. 56A
            Old-timey expletive muttered by Dick Dastardly of "Wacky Races"
          30. 57A
            Back-to-back Lightning feat? (hint: think hockey)
          31. 60A
            Canola, olive, peanut... to name a few
          32. 61A
            Jabba the ___ (large, bloated slug-like creature in "Star Wars")
          33. 62A
            Kind of jacket named for Indian prime minister Jawaharlal
          34. 63A
            Wearable sleeping bag with arms and legs, named after the indigenous Selk'nam people of Patagonia
          35. 64A
            They may be boosted or bruised
          36. 65A
            Go on a shopping spree
          Down
          1. 1D
            Pick up
          2. 2D
            Lazy way to stand by
          3. 3D
            Big name in potato chips
          4. 4D
            Tuna used in poke
          5. 5D
            Chinese rice porridge that goes well with lean pork and preserved century eggs
          6. 6D
            Make sense
          7. 7D
            Argue over trivial matters
          8. 8D
            Sounds of hesitation
          9. 9D
            Start of a kids' song that ends "Next time won't you sing with me?"
          10. 10D
            Window dressing
          11. 11D
            Bead counters for bean counters
          12. 12D
            Incubus or succubus, for example
          13. 13D
            Singapore ___ (gin-based cocktail)
          14. 18D
            ___ Goose (top-shelf vodka brand)
          15. 22D
            Cowboy ___ (anime series whose soundtrack albums featured lots of jazz)
          16. 23D
            Supermodel Heidi who used to host "Project Runway"
          17. 24D
            Partner of bounds
          18. 25D
            Italian diminutive form as seen in the almond-flavored liqueur amar___
          19. 26D
            Lhasa ___ (dog breed)
          20. 27D
            MacFarlane who voices both Roger and Stan on "American Dad!"
          21. 28D
            One way to get from Manhattan to Roosevelt Island
          22. 31D
            Big-time mess or mistake, in military slang
          23. 32D
            Valuable stone in the film "Uncut Gems"
          24. 33D
            All-night dance party 🥳
          25. 34D
            Steinbeck's "East of ___"
          26. 36D
            Snapshot
          27. 37D
            "Somewhere ___ the rainbow, way up high..." (lyric sung by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz")
          28. 39D
            Thick Japanese noodles
          29. 42D
            Brand-name beverage used to make a Bloody Caesar (hint: 🦪🍅)
          30. 44D
            "For shame!" (hint: it's a legit Scrabble word with no vowels)
          31. 45D
            Window ledge
          32. 46D
            Arcade coins
          33. 47D
            Early PC software that Windows 1.0 was based on
          34. 48D
            Spooky
          35. 49D
            Onetime boy-bandmate of Liam, Harry, Louis, and Zayn
          36. 50D
            Darkens, as car windows
          37. 53D
            What you might feel after a workout
          38. 54D
            What you might feel during a workout
          39. 55D
            Potato, informally
          40. 57D
            ___/they pronouns
          41. 58D
            ___ of war
          42. 59D
            Not nope
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