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◆ · By Brian Callahan

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  • emmie 🤓6:56 · 2022-10-02T20:50:42.261Z
    Really fun!
    • Olio Grids constructor · 2022-10-03T01:24:40.055Z
      Thanks!
    • SporcleMirror 🤓7:57 · 2022-10-03T14:21:22.362Z
      …So THAT’S why this isn’t a meta puzzle.
      My first answer to 3D was MOON - as in, show your, uh, cheeks - what’s wrong with me?
      CUTAWAYGAG is such a great bonus entry.
      • Olio Grids constructor · 2022-10-03T21:29:44.442Z
        Thanks for solving! Hope the misdirection wasn't too much of a pain in the butt.😂
      • Wally 🤓16:46 · 2022-10-04T18:00:06.248Z
        Really enjoyed that. Thanks for the puzzle!
        • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-10-06T19:34:04.636Z
          I finally understand!! Fun puzzle.
          • Cindy Heisler 2s · 2022-10-06T19:31:46.557Z
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            Amex alternative
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            Across
            1. 1A
              Amex alternative
            2. 5A
              Pooh, Baloo, or Boo-Boo
            3. 9A
              Shows sorrow
            4. 14A
              Mideast sultanate with a one-time capital in Zanzibar
            5. 15A
              "50 First Dates" setting
            6. 16A
              D.C.-to-Boston service
            7. 17A
              Meta component (prefix meaning quick + unit of mass)
            8. 19A
              One of several to be expelled in a cleanse
            9. 20A
              Girl scout's peanut butter sandwich
            10. 21A
              Wall St. takeover, briefly
            11. 23A
              Halloween mos.
            12. 24A
              Make a note, with "down"
            13. 25A
              Meta component (visage + tome)
            14. 27A
              Spread with tortillas, beans, rice, pico-de-gallo, and more!
            15. 31A
              Texter's toodle-oo
            16. 32A
              Bit of fortune
            17. 33A
              Early Mesoamerican
            18. 36A
              Suffix with mod- or nod-
            19. 39A
              Old man, to Otto
            20. 40A
              Meta component (mission)
            21. 41A
              Four Corners state: Abbr.
            22. 42A
              M.L.B.'s "The Halos", on scoreboards
            23. 43A
              Not a fan
            24. 44A
              _____ Nast
            25. 45A
              Excited interjection
            26. 47A
              Exposed, in a way
            27. 49A
              Meta component (whos and whys go-with + brief first course)
            28. 53A
              Sch. start, colloquially
            29. 54A
              Thing with a string
            30. 55A
              Strasbourg street
            31. 56A
              Charles I or Charles II, but not Charles III
            32. 60A
              Scratches
            33. 62A
              Meta component (the "m" of mRNA)
            34. 64A
              Author Zora _____ Hurston
            35. 65A
              Sound heard near a spittoon
            36. 66A
              Wearing one's skin sweater
            37. 67A
              Greenskeeper's necessity
            38. 68A
              Kemo ____
            39. 69A
              Excited interjection
            Down
            1. 1D
              Word with null
            2. 2D
              "Well, ____ expert...."
            3. 3D
              Show a little cheek?
            4. 4D
              Meta answer to this crossword, e.g.
            5. 5D
              South American city with Simón Bolívar Park
            6. 6D
              End of a grin, in phrase
            7. 7D
              "Two and _____ Men"
            8. 8D
              Cuban concoction
            9. 9D
              "Now where was ___?"
            10. 10D
              Shaggy dog?
            11. 11D
              Output for Dr. Ruth and Dan Savage
            12. 12D
              Justice since 2006
            13. 13D
              Danish, to the Danish
            14. 18D
              One providing Acrobat support?
            15. 22D
              Arachnid appendages or Solar System planets
            16. 26D
              "You get the picture," for short
            17. 27D
              Cookware brand
            18. 28D
              "...to ____ good night."
            19. 29D
              Many a "Family Guy" scene
            20. 30D
              Trouncing
            21. 34D
              Dungarees maker
            22. 35D
              No. on a car window
            23. 37D
              Bad thing to bury
            24. 38D
              Struck out
            25. 40D
              2022 FIFA World Cup host
            26. 41D
              Like this crossword's theme, probably
            27. 43D
              Santa shouts
            28. 44D
              100 singles
            29. 46D
              Eight-time Best Actor Oscar nominee...who never won
            30. 48D
              Adelaide inhabitant
            31. 49D
              Last name that sounds like it finishes first
            32. 50D
              Boo-_____ (sobbed)
            33. 51D
              Inflation creators
            34. 52D
              Tribute with Katniss in "The Hunger Games"
            35. 57D
              Durango drink
            36. 58D
              Commies
            37. 59D
              "____ bien!"
            38. 61D
              Knight's title in "House of the Dragon"
            39. 63D
              Hero without a cape
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