Fearless Leader
■ · By acommonrose
This is the first puzzle I'm releasing to the world, and it's more than a little self-indulgent. Enjoy!
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Channel that airs portions of the National Spelling Bee
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Across
- 1AChannel that airs portions of the National Spelling Bee
- 6ABasketball player Curry
- 11AOne of five in a Shakespeare play
- 14AVulcan or Xenomorph, say
- 15ANumber of little pigs or little birds
- 16A"Star Trek" actor John
- 17AOpening to many a greeting card ode
- 19ABreath mint container
- 20AModern successor of Roman baths
- 21ACountry (abbr.) with the world's largest prison population (yikes!)
- 22AHonesty is the best one, they say
- 24AGraduation speaker, perhaps
- 27ATimmy and Tommy of "Animal Crossing"
- 28AJoan Jett song later covered by Avril Lavigne
- 32AGirlboss, e.g.
- 33ACommon mixers
- 34AHoard, as blankets
- 37AIt's not a request
- 40AGet in the way
- 42A___-mo
- 43AWord in many TVTropes pages about morals
- 47AMetal said to repel fairies
- 48ASource of trolls
- 52APerson with a great poker face
- 54ADuds
- 55A"Weeping" tree (and 62-across single)
- 57ALolcat's greeting
- 58ASome English degrees
- 61AWhat a "big head" really is
- 62A2006 eponymous debut album, and a clue to the ends of 3 entries in this puzzle
- 66ABattleship component
- 67ALike a Platonic form
- 68APrincess's headwear
- 69AWhat you can sometimes do before you buy
- 70AStop
- 71AFighting words
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- 1DDistinctive features on elves
- 2DSome cafeteria food
- 3DLeaning tower location
- 4DWord in the first sentence of many women's Wikipedia articles
- 5DIndecisive
- 6DLow-hanging cloud
- 7DWord before "one"
- 8DCleu up an entire crossword without checking for typos, e.g.
- 9DSound made by 12-down
- 10DHard partier's philosophy, perhaps
- 11DOne who's likely to end up in a car chase
- 12DBaby tit
- 13DAwards for Bernadette Peters
- 18D"Like, now"
- 23DJohn, in Britain
- 24DGreat black and white whale
- 25D___-Manguean (indigenous Mexican language family)
- 26DTotally far out
- 28DTwins or kings
- 29DJump performed by 51-down
- 30DSubject of study for Buffy the vampire slayer
- 31D"Clueless" character who calls Cher "a virgin who can't drive"
- 35DAir freshener target
- 36DKelly of "Singin' in the Rain"
- 38DLaudanum, e.g.
- 39D___ Plaines (Chicago suburb)
- 41DLaundry formation
- 44DSource of salt
- 45DFrequently
- 46DCause of a bump in the road
- 49DStir fry ingredient
- 50D"I also play the lyre"/"A ___ and a player too" ("Hadestown" lyric)
- 51DOlympic figure skater Yamaguchi
- 52DWon all the awards
- 53DHobbes, e.g.
- 56DWander into the ocean, perhaps
- 58DDescription of a diagonal dress cut
- 59DHairstyle sported by Angela Davis
- 60DMember of the BTS Army, say
- 63DPositive answer
- 64DVegas preceder
- 65DBrevity's its soul