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"Waitress" composer/lyricist BareillesAcross
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"Waitress" composer/lyricist Bareilles
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Throw in the microwave
8
Attention-getting sounds
13
Coat of arms sharers
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Prefix that's 54-Down's opposite
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Turning point?
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Culinary-focused Netflix documentary series
19
Not your best effort, informally
20
Killa under Attila
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Sunken place?
22
Opportunity for an up-and-coming band
23
____ Stroker, first wheelchair-using actress to win a Tony
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Costar of Regina, Tiffany, and Latifah, in "Girls Trip"
25
EDM offshoot named for its appeal to hyper-masculine types
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University of Arizona city
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"Leave me alone!"
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With 33-Across, island in French Polynesia
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BBQer's mix
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Shot
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Gem that was once believed to have come from Zeus' tears
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Opportunities for spot analysis?
40
High hairdo
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Cold-weather garment
42
"Simpsons" character who was briefly called "Kid Gorgeous," in his boxing career
43
Band with the aptly-named album "Infestation"
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"Do you have an example?"
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Citrusy juice brand
48
Time limit for many escape rooms
50
Talks on and on and on
52
Cindy-Who joiner
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Lady Gaga's "The Fame Monster," etc.
54
Thompson of "Late Night"
55
Bar examination subjects?
56
"Pleeeease, will you let us?"
59
Tries to grab
62
Movie with an iconic scene depicted three times by this puzzle (albeit with different characters)
63
Twosome before some YouTube videos
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"Posting angels along the entire ____ Coast. See legions of them, and miracles galore..." (old Marianne Williamson tweet)
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Talks on and on and on
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Pan for Mongolian beef
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Decreases slightly
Down
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Course for some tourists
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*TV creature from Melmac
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Parties that might end dorm parties, for short
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Superhero with size-altering discs
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Sea predator with striped young
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Turning point?
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Poet whose name is hidden in this clue
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Advanced H.S. class for some STEM students
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"God particle," more formally
10
LaRue or Longoria
11
____ friend (reliable, caring person in a friend group)
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Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.
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Casual talk
17
"The Handmaid's Tale" airer
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Cheat sheet, e.g.
22
*Comic book creature from Planet X
24
Heists
25
P.W. who was a P.M.
26
Many year-end pop culture roundups
27
The Roaring Twenties, etc.
28
Friendo
30
Go cruisin' on the information superhighway
32
Oiler's protective gear?
35
"Why Can't I?" singer Liz
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Speckled horse variety
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Adequate grade
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Participants (and winners!) in a 1932 "war" in Australia
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Arguing for
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Zoned (out)
46
*Movie creature from Dagobah
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Follower of "pixie" or "angel"
49
Goes before the main act
51
Invoice abbr.
54
Prefix that's 14-Across's opposite
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Uber alternative
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Greedy person's share
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"Pretty Little Liars" actress Peeples
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Witnessed
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Abe's assent
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Parapsychologist's subject
PUZZLE #54: Out-of-Body Experience
