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- 1AStops equivocating
- 5ASomething run in -- and on in -- a relay
- 8ASubway
- 13AIn rough water, perhaps
- 14A"Te _____, mi querido"
- 15AUnfamiliar
- 16AFlawed (hiding a romantic rendezvous)
- 19ALotus _____, happy drugged figures in the Odyssey
- 20A"____ to please"
- 22A"I'll do what I want" (including a hot evening spent with my lover)
- 25ASuburban transportation
- 27ALacking nothing
- 28ASuffix for specialized activity venues, such as those for gym classes, planet viewing, auditory performances, and sanity restoration
- 29ASnake-like creature that does not sound like 62D; rather, according to the National Park Department, its "chirping or slurping sounds can be heard on warm summer evenings near low bottomlands."
- 30A"Yeah right"
- 32A_____ lazuli
- 34AOutward image maintenance (and concealment of sexual escapades)
- 41AHesitant or sarcastically hesitant consent
- 42ASwallow alternative
- 43AOne of way too many in a window, often
- 46ANHL tiebreakers
- 47ADonkey, or what a rider rests on a donkey
- 50ASupplies not recommended for use by the general public early in the COVID era
- 51AHolidays, often (and a stolen meetup with one's paramour)
- 55APoly under duress goddess who seeks revenge on her husband's mistresses
- 56AShowing some cleavage, perhaps
- 57ABusiness it's best not to ask about (lest one discover the sordid extracurriculars indicated by the circled letters)
- 63AExamined closely, with "over"
- 64ACrosshare.org, for one
- 65AHeaps
- 66AHad
- 67AMind-related prefix
- 68AKinda sketch
Verticales
- 1DLout
- 2DAnnouncement in the interest of the common good
- 3DThird prefix -- which also means third -- in this series: prim-, sec-, ____
- 4DLike sex with condoms
- 5DTaoism founder
- 6D____ Till, whose 1955 murder brought attention to racist injustice in the United States
- 7DTake one's talents to the big leagues, or a device for those who wish they were in the big leagues
- 8DStain
- 9DGermanic folklore figure
- 10DLink
- 11DConfine again, as escaped zoo animals that are eventually found
- 12DIt can be a struggle to arrive like this
- 17DBeams
- 18DAct of glimpsing, archaically
- 21DScary or Sporty Spice
- 22DScissor or grind, in slang
- 23DChrysalis, for one
- 24DNot orig.
- 25DLimit
- 26DSun Devils' sch.
- 31DIllness that can have similar symptoms to covid
- 32D"____ Miserables"
- 33DBro's sib, maybe
- 35DResponse to "How are you?" that is rarely true
- 36DPrefix with -plasm
- 37DOutcome
- 38DRival teams, for short
- 39DPocket Fireball, for example
- 40DSault ___ Marie
- 43DLead-in to a vulnerable text, perhaps
- 44DSyrian city
- 45DRepresenting his power, influence, and masculinity, Beowulf's is described as "a mound on a headland, high and imposing, / a marker that sailors could see from far away."
- 47DSome political mudslinging
- 48DIt puts you out of the running but helps your buddy score
- 49DDouble-____ Oreos
- 52DEnvironmentally controversial trail marker
- 53DStarting at the closed end, when knitting socks
- 54DLes ___-Unis
- 58DNeck style for some garments, some of which are 56A
- 59DContribute positively
- 60DRepayment promise
- 61DThey work in the same locations as MDs, often
- 62DSerpentine sibilance
