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Orizzontali
- 1ADent starter?
- 4AOrg. that once threatened to sue the Girl Scouts for singing campfire songs without paying licensing fees
- 9APlace to make a vow or a sacrifice, depending on the mood
- 14ARare as ___'s teeth
- 15AFingerprint identifier
- 16AGets close to
- 17AUnits I install earlier and uninstall later every year, which is Probably Fine and Normal
- 18AChicago pizza mainstay that one of this puzzle's constructors still hasn't been to despite living in Chicago and the other of this puzzle's constructors thinks is pretty good but not as good as Giordano's
- 20AThose who have not yet had the chance to become 1337
- 22A"Wait, don't go yet!"
- 23ATraditional Scottish garment that's huge for supporters of men's calves
- 24AStrengthens
- 25ABreakfast spot that should pay me $5 every time I write a crossword clue for it
- 29ASomething to do to a bed or an idea
- 31AWhat our time together is, once you finish this puzzle
- 33AIronic homophone for Cupid's favorite projectile
- 34ACoding language I learned from neopets.com
- 35ARule enforcer for da Bears
- 36APeople working on an eras tour?
- 40ADance partner for janitors and Cinderellas
- 41ADown in the dumps
- 42ABounce
- 43ACows, to a child who loves animal noises
- 45AWords signifying that it's going to be a while before someone actually agrees not to pick up the tab
- 49AShoe retailer hidden in "piebald oxfords"
- 50AHawai'ian family
- 52A54D, in Bologna
- 53ASecond best many colored coat wearer (after Dolly Parton)
- 55AFeral sound
- 56AWhat can be found on Hulu, or in the Loop
- 60APart of the Tupperware set that you'll inevitably have too many or too little of as soon as you look away
- 61ABuffy character who proves that "narrative foil" can and should mean "love interest"
- 62A"Well butter me up and call me a biscuit!"
- 63ALike Chicago's sidewalks for up to six months of the year
- 64ASimply not done
- 65AMaslow's hierarchy organizes them and yet he did not think to include 'being the hottest person at the grocery store'
- 66AOrg. where you might start your journey on an elevated train, continue on a commuter train, and end on a bus, as shown in the circled letters
Verticali
- 1DEmail sign-off for the gracious
- 2DKickback
- 3DIt's underfoot!
- 4DTools for bookmaking, cobbling, and murder if you're quick
- 5DHBO competitor, in short
- 6DYour aunt's daughter, or your aunt's daughter's son, or your aunt's mom's aunt's husband's niece, or some guy named Mike who's at your family reunion and you're not sure why, or...
- 7DPlate or plot follower
- 8DFancy piece of tech to purchase, circa 2007
- 9D___ mundi
- 10DWhat I whisper to myself when I'm about to be annoying on purpose so I remember that it's for feminism
- 11DInk (up)
- 12DMusical nickname I learned via Nicki's verse in "Bang Bang"
- 13DType of feed I have to figure out how to use every time I sign up for a new podcast Patreon
- 19D"The Mountain Eagle" or "Flappy Bird", e.g.
- 21DSecond string
- 24DSong Kevin Bacon has to bribe wedding DJs not to play
- 26D"Mein ___" ("Cabaret" song)
- 27D"We should be on Hot ___" (something my friends say even though none of us are famous and most of them aren't that spice tolerant) (the constructors of this puzzle would like you know we're fine with spice, it's just our friends who are wimps)
- 28DOne of many unread files in my downloads folder
- 30DOne of the only pasta sauce brands that can help you get by in conversational Italian
- 32DRisky way to go?
- 34D"Fat ___" (2021 play inspired by Shakespeare)
- 36D"This is a surprise ___ that will help us later!"
- 37DPortable music player that all the coolest crossword puzzle creators are still using in 2024
- 38DRuns into the room and starts fighting a monster without checking for traps first, e.g.
- 39DBrand that still has not solved the age old question "Can a printer actually work?"
- 40DUFC sport
- 44DMint cocktail whose name is a Spanish diminuitive for 'wet', which I sure hope it is
- 45DGet some air
- 46DWith a certain slant?
- 47DLike a dress code that won't let you have casual Friday
- 48D"See? SEE???"
- 51DSomething picked by seemingly every New Englander on every fall weekend
- 54D52A, in Madrid
- 55DHas a look at
- 56DCool (but definitely not new) word for frequent
- 57DAgency that keeps the airplanes from falling straight out of the sky, I assume (abbr.)
- 58DLittle white lie, like when my transit app tells me my bus will arrive in zero minutes
- 59DProduct in menu items at Wake N Bakery on Halsted