Free Spirits
■ · By Brian Callahan
Constructor's Note
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With 1-Down, 1962 novelty hit by Bobby "Boris" Pickett that was initially banned by the BBC for being "too morbid"
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- 1AWith 1-Down, 1962 novelty hit by Bobby "Boris" Pickett that was initially banned by the BBC for being "too morbid"
- 8ASushi selection
- 9AShared feature of ghosts and ghouls?
- 10AMore sacred
- 11A___ Dwyer ("Parks and Recreation" character whose alter-ego is F.B.I. Agent Burt Tyrannosaurus Macklin)
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- 1DSee 1-Across
- 2DState situated between Indiana and Pennsylvania
- 3D___ Wafers
- 4D"Q.E.D." novelist Gertrude
- 5DReady to play, as a musical instrument
- 6DContest submission
- 7D"Go team!" (constructor's note: I've never actually heard anyone shout this word at a sporting event)