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Dish of mashed taro rootAcross
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Dish of mashed taro root
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Thwarts, as a nefarious scheme
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GIF alternatives
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"Hey, that hurt!"
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"A ___ Homecoming" (2022 Tyler Perry film)
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Baseball's Moisés, Jesús, Matty, or Felipe
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23, 37, 54, 60, 31, 71
*1954 Sunny Gale tune
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"Surely you're not implying that I had anything to do with it!"
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Declare
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Words before Creole or King
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31, 54, 17, 37, 60, 71
*With 31-Down and 54-Across, 1950 Dean Martin song whose title is a lyric in David Bowie's "Suffragette City"
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Stretchable
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Argan ___ (Moroccan condiment that's also widely used in cosmetics)
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Coin hole
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Major works
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They're going down the tubes -- fallopian tubes, that is
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Cousins of leeks and scallions
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17, 23, 54, 60, 31, 71
*1974 disco hit for Shirley & Company
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Energizing, informally
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Footnote abbr. meaning "in the same source"
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Hard stuff to come by at a convenience store?
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Minion : Megamind :: ___ : Green Hornet
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Nursing ___
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Britney Spears, to Presbyterians, e.g.
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31, 23, 17, 37, 60, 71
*See 23-Across
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Angel on one's shoulder, say?
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Maritime assents
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Nat. represented by Suni Lee at the Tokyo Olympics
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17, 23, 37, 54, 31, 71
*Civil War song subtitled "The Prisoner's Hope"
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Currency currently worth $1.08
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Naomi who plays Whitney Houston in the upcoming biopic "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"
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Guest "bed"
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___ toy (focus aid for children with autism)
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Flower girl, often
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17, 23, 37, 54, 60, 31
1994 Matchbox Twenty hit ... and an appropriate time to listen to the answers to starred clues?
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Modern social unit
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Okkervil River's "Song of ___ So-Called Friend"
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Impermanent sculpture medium
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It goes from 88 to 108 MHz on a radio
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Paddle
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What a concept!
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Counterpart of "take," or something that may be taken
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2012 queer anthem by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert
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__m containe_
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Features of some skirts and 19-Down
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Soccer player with a "clean sheets" stat
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Some red-leafed shrubs
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Mia who played with Brandi Chastain and Kristine Lilly
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Flash ___ (very public, very risky proposal strategies)
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Hangs limply (over)
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Tribulations
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"You're gonna say that I'm on a ___ horse / I think that my horse is regular-sized" (MUNA lyric)
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Microscopic aquarium denizen
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Japanese snack similar to dango
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Raw bar offering?
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54, 23, 17, 37, 60, 71
*See 23-Across
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Dragon who dwelt in the Lonely Mountain
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National Coming Out Day affirmation
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Music genre that shares a letter bank with Paramore, not very aptly
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Sunshine in a bottle?
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Quartet that returned in 2021 with the album "Voyage"
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Actress Sorvino
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Wax-coated Dutch cheese
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Mildly foamy coffeehouse orders
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Yearning for a change of pace, maybe
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Doha resident
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___ or not ___? (dilemma for a would-be wig shop thief)?
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Remove from office
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"Thank you," in Port-au-Prince
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Home to Olympus Mons, the solar system's tallest peak
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Drink that might accompany a serving of 28-Down
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She delivers
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Lapel attachment
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Open-source fanfiction site, familiarly
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Deg. for a writer or director
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"The Office" receptionist, seasons 1-4
Crossword #45 - Insomniac Soundtrack
