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1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS: A geometric figure, or go fish with a hook & line
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Horizontales
  1. 1A
    1 WORD, 2 MEANINGS: A geometric figure, or go fish with a hook & line
  2. 6A
    BASEBALL'S BIG NUMBERS: This legendary Braves slugger who's first on the all-time RBI list with 2,297 passed away in 2021
  3. 12A
    HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Waitangi Day in New Zealand commemorates the 1840 treaty signed between the British & these natives
  4. 14A
    BRISK LIT: Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 begins, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the" this object
  5. 15A
    ABBREVIATED TELEVISION: Eriq La Salle played surgical resident Peter Benton on this long-running series
  6. 16A
    AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS: On "The West Wing" Jed Bartlet has a relapsing-remitting course of this autoimmune disorder (My dad also had this disorder)
  7. 17A
    POP CULTURE: (Conan O'Brien presents the clue) In a "Clueless Gamer" segment, I attacked a strip club with a missile-carrying helicopter while playing the fifth installment of this Rockstar game; sadly, the bouncer had a grenade
  8. 18A
    VERSE CASE SCENARIO: This 2-letter word is the title & first word of Kipling's poem that ends, "You'll be a man, my son!"
  9. 19A
    ORGANIZATIONS: A 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois helped lead to the founding of this civil rights organization the following year
  10. 22A
    ADJECTIVES: Peculiar; or, a number like 17 or 23
  11. 23A
    THE HUMAN BODY: Gastric juice in the stomach consists of the enzyme pepsin & this acid
  12. 25A
    COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Universities in Columbia & in Los Angeles share this 3-letter abbreviation
  13. 26A
    GRAMMY RECORD OF THE YEAR: 2007: They tried to make Amy go
  14. 28A
    ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION: Internet domain for the Holy See
  15. 29A
    ALSO ON YOUR PC KEYBOARD: It was introduced by the Coca-Cola Company in 1963
  16. 31A
    CATEGORY IN TRAINING: In days of olde, it was the training level between page & knight
  17. 32A
    "OLIVER" TWIST: To disturb & make cloudy by stirring up sediment
  18. 34A
    POETRY: In "The Waste Land" the line "I do not find the hanged man" alludes to these cards
  19. 36A
    21ST CENTURY COMPANIES: The idea for this app was born in 2008 after its co-founders were unable to get a cab in France
  20. 39A
    FIRST NAME WORDS: Marry someone much younger & you do this to "the cradle"
  21. 42A
    STAPLES CENTER: In 1999 it went by truck from Paramount, CA to 11th St. where a specially licensed driver drove it into the arena
  22. 44A
    TRUST FALL: This 3-letter event has ruined trusts as well as banks; in 1907 an $8 mil. one on the Knickerbocker Trust led to the panic of 1907
  23. 46A
    PREHISTORIC TIMES: Scientists have placed 5 species of prehumans into the genus Australopithecus, which means "southern" this
  24. 47A
    GREEK LETTER HOMOPHONES: One way to propel a boat
  25. 48A
    MILITARY AIRCRAFT: McDonnell's F-4 fighter used in the United States in the Vietnam War was known as the... this... oops... hey, where'd it go?
  26. 51A
    COOKING VERBS: While cooking meat keep it moist by doing this, pouring juices or melted fat over it
  27. 53A
    CINEMATIC LEADERSHIP: In the world of filmmaking, this two-letter prefix often introduces the title of the individual responsible for orchestrating the visual aspects and overall look of a movie
  28. 54A
    FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES: If you're in a store in Spain & you see a sign over a door saying "Salida", it means this
  29. 55A
    BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: On April 24th, 1991 Pizza Hut delivered pizzas to each U.S. family they could find with this name
  30. 58A
    2-LETTER WORDS: "Us" is the objective case of this pronoun
  31. 59A
    BODY PARTS IN LATIN: Bracchium
  32. 61A
    2-LETTER LIT: Surname of physician Julius, antagonist of a 1958 Fleming novel
  33. 62A
    WORDS IN CHARLES DICKENS NOVEL TITLES: A shorter synonym for story
  34. 64A
    SINGLE-NAMED CELEBS: Bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, he's acted in films like "Baby Driver" & "The Big Lebowski"
  35. 66A
    RHETORICAL DEVICES: Tennyson said oxymoronically of Lancelot that "faith unfaithful kept him falsely" this
  36. 68A
    LITERARY SIBLINGS: In a famous fairy tale, this astute sister's name means "pearl"
  37. 70A
    11-LETTER WORDS: A 1947 essayist said this, the dissection of living creatures, puts humans "on the animal level"
Verticales
  1. 1D
    MAGS FOR MEN: In 2001 you could take aim at the special 500th issue of "Guns &" this
  2. 2D
    Q WITHOUT U: Many companies that qualify for the NYSE choose to sell their stock on this electronic service instead
  3. 3D
    NEVER BORED OF BOARD GAMES: In 2016 news an A.I. program beat a champion of this 2-letter game with 361 pieces
  4. 4D
    ABBREVIATIONS: In the world of fashion, this three-letter abbreviation often precedes "Clothing Co." and is synonymous with stylish, urban-inspired apparel for the "larger" demographic
  5. 5D
    PRONOUN TEST: It's a conjunction used to introduce a choice between 2 alternatives
  6. 7D
    "SAFE": The OED's first attribution regarding this cautionary acronym dates back to 2002 & a Dave Matthews Usenet newsgroup
  7. 8D
    CHEERS: "Rock chalk, Jayhawk," is followed by these 2 school letters
  8. 9D
    GARDENING: Marigolds are an example of this type of plant which completes its life cycle in a year or less
  9. 10D
    ALL AROUND YOUTUBE: All sorts of folks watch things on the Fine Brothers channel where this 5-letter verb is in every video title
  10. 11D
    MINIONS: In a preface to "The Hobbit", Tolkien says this 3-letter word is usually translated as goblin
  11. 13D
    WORD ORIGINS: This small scented pouch takes its name from the French for "little bag"
  12. 20D
    CONJUNCTION JUNCTION: This conjunction is also the symbol for a poisonous element
  13. 21D
    TRAVEL & TOURISM: Dating back to the 13th century, the Adam and Eve is the oldest of these in Norwich, England
  14. 24D
    TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS: Venus & Serena grew up in this huge city's suburb of Compton
  15. 26D
    TOUCAN: A macaw named Blu heads to Brazil & meets a toucan named Rafael in the animated movie with this 3-letter title
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    3 CONSONANTS, ZERO VOWELS: Use it to exclaim that it's bracingly cold
  17. 28D
    GADGETS: Sony president Kaz Hirai said this handheld Playstation console was named for the Latin word for "life"
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    THE BIBLE: Fittingly, in the King James version, the New Testament ends with this 4-letter word
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    FOOD & DRINK MOVIE QUOTES: From "Elf": "We elves try to stick to the 4 main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and" this liquid
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    ONLY ONE CONSONANT: On the ocean bottom, globigerina is a type of this gooey mud containing dead organisms
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    PARTS OF THE WHOLE: Base, neck, socket, harp
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    TRANSPORTATION IN FILMS: "Das Boot" was this type of boat
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    WHAT IS THAT?: Rosin is applied to these to help make sweet music
  24. 38D
    LET'S GET DIRTY: For a traditional Cajun dish, add chicken liver or gizzards to this, making it "dirty"
  25. 40D
    INVENTIVE WOMEN: Hinda Miller & Lisa Lindahl sewed 2 athletic supporters together to make the first "sports" one of these
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    PHYSICAL SCIENCE: A 1-megaton bomb has the explosive power of a million tons of this
  27. 43D
    TELEVISION NICKNAMES: On "Sex and the City", Chris Noth played Carrie's elusive flame known as this
  28. 45D
    TRUCE!: No countries signed the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War--only generals representing North Korea & this intl. organization
  29. 49D
    IN THE BOOKSTORE: Middle school students in Florida save endangered miniature owls in this mystery by Carl Hiaasen
  30. 50D
    STAR TREK: "Benson" alumni aliens are Ethan Phillips, Neelix on "Voyager", & Rene Auberjonois, who plays this role on "DS9"
  31. 52D
    FROM BOOK TO MOVIE WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE: About a CIA analyst on the run, "Six Days of the Condor" was changed to this many days in the movie version
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    FISH: As a tadpole is a young frog, an elver is a young one of these
  33. 56D
    PROVIDE US THE LATIN ABBREVIATION: "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews"
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    PHILISOPHICAL TERMS: This Greek word, often translated as "mind" or "intellect," refers to the faculty of rational thought and consciousness
  35. 58D
    FIRE Z: Deny the Z of a ballroom dance & it becomes this first name of a 19th century U.S. poet
  36. 59D
    MUSIC: Perhaps due to an illness, 18th c. soprano Anastasia Robinson dropped into this range
  37. 60D
    COUNTRY DROP A LETTER: When a Mediterranean isle loses its last letter, it becomes this soda fountain drink
  38. 63D
    SURF'S UP: If you're searching for your own name on the Web, you're doing this type of 3-letter Freudian "surfing"
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    STATE CAPITALS: Part of a Southwestern capital city name, it means "faith" in Spanish
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    PEOPLE IN HISTORY: The last King William to rule England had this number after his name
  41. 66D
    STORIES OF THE SAINTS: In a vision on the wall of her room, St. Clare witnessed a mass & so today is the patron saint of this modern invention
  42. 67D
    SUFFIXES: This double-vowel suffix denotes the object or beneficiary of an action
  43. 69D
    LETTER LETTER: A medical professional made from both a letter you learn "The 3" of in school & the chess symbol for the knight
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