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Straight off the block

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  • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓4:03 · 2023-05-15T13:15:13.375Z
    Fun!
    • JeffsPuzzles 🤓5:04 · 2023-05-15T15:40:54.679Z
      Very nice!
      • amino acid 🤓15:38 · 2023-05-16T05:04:39.397Z
        loved it
        • alex 13:16 · 2023-05-16T23:36:59.253Z
          45a stumped me cause I also handt heard of 45d, and I didn’t think of the variant spelling, in hindsight the N O clue is really clever 😊
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          "Sound of Metal" actor Riz
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          Across
          1. 1A
            "Sound of Metal" actor Riz
          2. 6A
            Pepper's rank, which indicates that perhaps the Beatles were pro-war after all
          3. 9A
            Error, as in judgment
          4. 14A
            Crown often worn by women
          5. 15A
            Early ISP that is still actually around
          6. 16A
            Kinda like an egg
          7. 17A
            Hotels that seem to be everywhere... (get it???)
          8. 18A
            "It's fine," over text
          9. 19A
            Kafka short story "In the _____ Colony"
          10. 20A
            Created, like the producers of an MTV show from the 2000s about transformation
          11. 21A
            Hip hop breakdancer such as Rokafella
          12. 23A
            Chihuauas, etc.
          13. 24A
            Emmy-winning role for Sudeikis
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            In the know (or at least pretending to be)
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            Gym class equipment (hopefully)
          16. 29A
            Bricktown city (Abbr.)
          17. 31A
            "I can't believe u"
          18. 32A
            One out of 20 quadrillion?
          19. 34A
            "The Bear" actress Edebiri
          20. 35A
            Bobby McFerrin directive that comes after "Don't Worry," which, if anyone has advice on how to accomplish this lmk
          21. 37A
            Chairman who I'd rather not put in a crossword puzzle, but here we are
          22. 38A
            Three feet
          23. 40A
            Awards won by N.K. Jemisin three years in a row
          24. 41A
            Gets all up in that printer
          25. 42A
            Until now
          26. 44A
            Standard
          27. 45A
            N and O, for two
          28. 46A
            Actress who played Dorothy Zbornak on "The Golden Girls"
          29. 49A
            Government entity that, in theory, regulates air and water pollution
          30. 52A
            NCAA org. with mostly East Coast schools, although Notre Dame's in there somehow
          31. 53A
            Ending of para- or Barba-
          32. 54A
            Cable station that shows films... but which is it???
          33. 57A
            Sailing vessel found in Egypt and Sudan
          34. 59A
            Polite (?) way to refer to very flat places in the US and Canada
          35. 61A
            Lil Wayne song off of "Tha Carter III," and a hint to what I have tried to do with 21-, 35-, and 46-Across
          36. 63A
            Soothing balm
          37. 64A
            Italian response to "Thanks for this kind of middling pasta sauce!"
          38. 65A
            Chip's fellow Rescue Ranger
          39. 66A
            Holliday or Gerritsen
          40. 67A
            "This seat is ____"
          41. 68A
            Winter ride
          Down
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            Tiny bit of matter
          2. 2D
            Mountains that run across Bhutan and Nepal
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            Like something you have to do but don't necessarily want to do
          4. 4D
            Natives of the Great Lakes
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            "___ Kapital"
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            Belted out
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            Vast desert in China that somehow has not adopted the slogan "...Or Go Home"
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            Cliffs Notes version, usually, online
          9. 9D
            Cut (off)
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            Skin care company that has various "institutes"
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            Often breathtaking views
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            Katy Perry or Nicki Minaj, but not Taylor Swift
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            Fish that are caught in pots
          14. 21D
            Aesthetic quality of out-of-focus parts of images, from the Japanese word for "blur"
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            Room lighters
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            😭
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            Bush-era Jadakiss song about asking questions
          18. 28D
            Mesoamerican civilization
          19. 30D
            Legendary creature whose name literally translates to "goat-sucker"
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            Where you might read about the Suns losing in the second round of the playoffs yet again, in a newspaper
          21. 33D
            Action that often follows the word "Catch!"
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            Thickener added to ice cream
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            U.S. Senator Fischer, or, if you change the first letter, an abbr. for the state she represents
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            To rattle someone, for example by throwing a ___ at them
          25. 43D
            Word that aptly (?) rhymes with "try to reach"
          26. 45D
            ___ jamun, Indian sweet made with rose water
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            Say yes to
          28. 48D
            Who-hearer of kid lit
          29. 49D
            D sharp equivalent
          30. 50D
            "Nope" and "Us" director Jordan
          31. 51D
            Choir group above the tenors
          32. 54D
            Court proceeding
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            Luxury watchmaker Richard
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            Formally gave (to)
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            Indigenous people of the Great Basin
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            Birth control devices
          37. 62D
            Politer (?) way to say "Fuck!!" when I see a small insect
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