Across
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Renewed my call without a fuss(6)
5
Conical cookware’s slogan lacks heart(6)
10
Melt mainframe at last, breaking random number generators(5)
12
Backing more reasonable one in spheres of influence(6)
13
Seinfeld’s friend's driving off company with bits of poetry(7)
14
Thor and Loki: according to legend, brothers in the end(4)
17
Prominent kibitzer’s Captain Obvious(5)
18
Laid out tune(4)
19
Overturning state budget carries risk(3)
21
Twenty-three, confused, and kind of blue(4)
23
Delinquent (and others) brought around(4)
24
Coco captivates America (alongside you and me)—it’s a staple(8)
26
Recalled extract from dandelion (agrarian’s plant-based product)(5,3)
28
Kind of villain that is missing from classic comic(4)
29
Prosecutor thanks British for information(4)
33
Without lead, knock off Cage feature(3)
34
Reference speaker’s vision(4)
36
Apple iOS nearly crashes; fan upset(5)
37
Nearly thick as thieves when in groups?(4)
38
Put another way: I care about oxygen and breathing, primarily!(7)
39
Grim figure is stern outside of gym class(6)
40
Rogue AIs in tablet-delivery site(5)
41
Mia Hamm: not the first person to get lost in a bathhouse(6)
42
Kills last of flight, replaces whiskey samples(6)
Down
1
Classic film about corrupt cabals surrounding a nation’s leader(10)
2
Rented Audible’s bare minimum(5)
3
Drink with Nana, knitting a mitten(4,3)
4
Record of chess club’s confirmation: rook captures bishop(8)
5
Teaching assistant’s end-of-week assignment(4)
6
Sources of audience-restricted gobbledygook or tailored speech!(6)
7
Start to gather energy with affirming verse: “I’m beautiful on the inside”(5)
8
State in Spanish: “Day”(5)
9
Whining endlessly for rocket launcher(4)
11
Old imperialist with oddly cozy air(4)
15
Vivid memories born in Florida hovels(10)
16
Listened to a bunch of animals on the radio(5)
20
Criminal justice is (without hint of sarcasm) most profitable(8)
22
Somewhat ridiculous in retrospect, like some dreams(5)
25
Declared more than one set of standards for boomers(7)
27
Bit of effluent floating in bubbling sauna produces disgust(6)
30
Contribution to debate among the best of the best(1,4)
31
Frazzled temp has no time to ask “Do you know where your children are?”(3,2)
32
Famous Amos’s Donuts(4)
33
Pub written up at an imperial city(5)
35
Joe would eat almost anything that comes to mind(4)
36
Raise much more at first(4)
Where in the World? #1
