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"Sound of Metal" actor Riz
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- 1A"Sound of Metal" actor Riz
- 6APepper's rank, which indicates that perhaps the Beatles were pro-war after all
- 9AError, as in judgment
- 14ACrown often worn by women
- 15AEarly ISP that is still actually around
- 16AKinda like an egg
- 17AHotels that seem to be everywhere... (get it???)
- 18A"It's fine," over text
- 19AKafka short story "In the _____ Colony"
- 20ACreated, like the producers of an MTV show from the 2000s about transformation
- 21AHip hop breakdancer such as Rokafella
- 23AChihuauas, etc.
- 24AEmmy-winning role for Sudeikis
- 26AIn the know (or at least pretending to be)
- 28AGym class equipment (hopefully)
- 29ABricktown city (Abbr.)
- 31A"I can't believe u"
- 32AOne out of 20 quadrillion?
- 34A"The Bear" actress Edebiri
- 35ABobby McFerrin directive that comes after "Don't Worry," which, if anyone has advice on how to accomplish this lmk
- 37AChairman who I'd rather not put in a crossword puzzle, but here we are
- 38AThree feet
- 40AAwards won by N.K. Jemisin three years in a row
- 41AGets all up in that printer
- 42AUntil now
- 44AStandard
- 45AN and O, for two
- 46AActress who played Dorothy Zbornak on "The Golden Girls"
- 49AGovernment entity that, in theory, regulates air and water pollution
- 52ANCAA org. with mostly East Coast schools, although Notre Dame's in there somehow
- 53AEnding of para- or Barba-
- 54ACable station that shows films... but which is it???
- 57ASailing vessel found in Egypt and Sudan
- 59APolite (?) way to refer to very flat places in the US and Canada
- 61ALil Wayne song off of "Tha Carter III," and a hint to what I have tried to do with 21-, 35-, and 46-Across
- 63ASoothing balm
- 64AItalian response to "Thanks for this kind of middling pasta sauce!"
- 65AChip's fellow Rescue Ranger
- 66AHolliday or Gerritsen
- 67A"This seat is ____"
- 68AWinter ride
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- 1DTiny bit of matter
- 2DMountains that run across Bhutan and Nepal
- 3DLike something you have to do but don't necessarily want to do
- 4DNatives of the Great Lakes
- 5D"___ Kapital"
- 6DBelted out
- 7DVast desert in China that somehow has not adopted the slogan "...Or Go Home"
- 8DCliffs Notes version, usually, online
- 9DCut (off)
- 10DSkin care company that has various "institutes"
- 11DOften breathtaking views
- 12DKaty Perry or Nicki Minaj, but not Taylor Swift
- 13DFish that are caught in pots
- 21DAesthetic quality of out-of-focus parts of images, from the Japanese word for "blur"
- 22DRoom lighters
- 25D
- 27DBush-era Jadakiss song about asking questions
- 28DMesoamerican civilization
- 30DLegendary creature whose name literally translates to "goat-sucker"
- 31DWhere you might read about the Suns losing in the second round of the playoffs yet again, in a newspaper
- 33DAction that often follows the word "Catch!"
- 36DThickener added to ice cream
- 39DU.S. Senator Fischer, or, if you change the first letter, an abbr. for the state she represents
- 41DTo rattle someone, for example by throwing a ___ at them
- 43DWord that aptly (?) rhymes with "try to reach"
- 45D___ jamun, Indian sweet made with rose water
- 47DSay yes to
- 48DWho-hearer of kid lit
- 49DD sharp equivalent
- 50D"Nope" and "Us" director Jordan
- 51DChoir group above the tenors
- 54DCourt proceeding
- 55DLuxury watchmaker Richard
- 56DFormally gave (to)
- 58DIndigenous people of the Great Basin
- 60DBirth control devices
- 62DPoliter (?) way to say "Fuck!!" when I see a small insect
