Puzzle #53 "C'mon bullet bill please... I'm sick of falling off rainbow road"
■ · By Philip Chow · Published 2021-10-08T11:04:02.384Z
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. FYI I think you left out the stars in the starred cues - should be easy to click edit and add them in
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"Stay in your ___!"
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- 1A"Stay in your ___!"
- 5ATexting abbreviation used by someone playing the devil's advocate
- 8AWord meaning (and also found in) applaud
- 12AE. M. Forster's "A Room With __ __"
- 14AWrestling maneuver
- 16ADisney princess who sings "Let It Go"
- 17AMiyazaki film (which drew inspiration from "The Little Mermaid") about a goldfish princess who longs to become human
- 18ASoothing lotion additive
- 19AKen of "thirtysomething"
- 20ACity where Grey Poupon originated
- 21A*Head honcho
- 23A*Strange weather phenomenon that may have caused Flight 828 to time travel in "Manifest"
- 25A"...travel the world and the seven ___" (Eurythmics "Sweet Dreams" lyrics)
- 26AStar-___ mole
- 27ASandwich order
- 29A"Like Water for Chocolate" director Alfonso
- 31ASpeedy
- 35AEntertains with a bedtime story, perhaps
- 38ADestroyed, as a pumpkin
- 40AAmerican Eagle's lingerie line
- 41ACanada's largest Indian tribe
- 43APoem of homage
- 44AJapanese luxury watch brand
- 46AAbility to convey delicate information without embarrassing someone
- 49A*Psychedelic edible
- 53A*Crunchy edible container often filled with ground beef, lettuce, diced tomatoes, and shredded cheese
- 54APlant firmly
- 56A___ Rabbit (trickster in African American folklore)
- 57AJai ___ (so-called world's fastest sport)
- 58AWhere you live
- 59AWhat the Phantom of the Opera makes Christine to do for him
- 60ASondheim's "Sweeney ___"
- 61ASerpentine child-eater of Greek myth
- 62ATeresa's trusted sidekick and sicario in "Queen of the South"
- 63ADesignating a maiden name
- 64AType of ski lift that can pull two skiers
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- 1DLaw enforcement group seen in "Dragnet" and "Columbo": Abbr.
- 2DDuck, as a question
- 3D*Shuriken, by another name
- 4DPooh's sad donkey friend who said "The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually"
- 5D"You're the One __ __ Want" ("Grease" duet)
- 6DSandwich meat
- 7DRun-down hotel (hint for first part of the word: when you try to dive but hit the water flat on your stomach and end up doing a belly ___... OUCH)
- 8DGerard Butler portrayed him in "300" (This is Sparta!)
- 9DFormer Baltimore Ravens mascot who, along with Edgar, retired in 2008, leaving Poe as the sole mascot
- 10DFinding a purpose for
- 11DAgent Scully's first name on "The X-Files"
- 13DWilly who owned a chocolate factory
- 15DFinancial woes afflicting the players in "Squid Game"
- 22D"It's the end of __ __!" (Rachel moving out of Monica's apartment in "Friends," for example)
- 24DElle Woods got a 179 on it to get into Harvard Law School on "Legally Blonde"
- 27DItem sold at 40-Across
- 28D"I Hope You Dance" singer ___ Ann Womack
- 30DWhat Australians call a cantaloupe (because it looks like a stone presumably?)
- 32D*Sneak into the shot
- 33DRoadside military danger: Abbr.
- 34DPresident before JFK
- 36DRelease forcefully
- 37DThe "S" and "I" of WYSIWYG
- 39DKind of lab designed by Walter White on "Breaking Bad"
- 42DSavory or sweet dish rolled up into a spiral
- 45DDiscontinued Apple instant messaging program, replaced by Messages and FaceTime
- 47D"I'm __ __ boy!" (Pinocchio's revelation)
- 48DHand-to-hand fighting
- 49D___ Kart (game in which you can use the items at the ends of the starred clues)
- 50D"Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn’t have __ __" - Mike Tyson
- 51DEnd of many an inflatable obstacle course
- 52DSocial ___
- 53DRecipe amount equal to half a fluid ounce: Abbr.
- 55DTerm of affection