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I let Victor here slice a word off the front of some down clues, mutilate several across answers, and even cut one clue totally out of the puzzle! Couldn’t plan it better myself… oh wait, I did!
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1. Yay! Wow! Maid finally cleaned the windows1. Lost love creating lasting impression
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8. Strange, odd blue boy... he looks like someone else2. Gives up lulls without Molly
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13. Swear as ball goes off fairway3. Is served and passed out
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14. Even old ideas are myths4. Skilled agent rises to top
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16. He leaves, marches back to get out of there5. Unfortunately, tossed salad lacks bit of dressing
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18. Targets, decapitates, injures6. Family gets large oven
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19. Broken tibia? I'll fly with imperfection7. Pose in strange positions for money
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20. Brag of being wide, not small9. It blooms from catastrophe after ignoring insult
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22. Greek god returns with no sound at night10. Decapitated holy man buried under bishop's bush
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23. Diner's wine server forsakes god11. Ultimate neutral evil alignment
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25. Throw up at gym in southwest12. Burns three up front for a little heat
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27. One's successor after two's leader15. Alternative roll of part of the eye
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29. Listen to, study clarinet piece17. Why 51 into 300 is repeating
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12345678910111230. A massage on a tropical island21. Piece of music from sample of Calliope Radio
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131415161733. Unite around one to hold power24. Stickers of bent Tigers cap
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181939. Sign-off from spies' ring26. Center of power and magical conduit
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2021222340. Terminal tyrant sacrifices head of state27. Water large green glens' hearts for plant life
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242526272841. Ultimate weight loss from zinc and iron rations28. Idiot blows $100... f***
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2930313233343543. Strange lichen or salt ingredient31. Frontiersman is a blessing, reportedly
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36373847. You once subtracted three from three32. Put up kind of poster with no margins
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3940414248. Hot place is cool place, front to back33. Weakling's unfinished task takes in grand
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4344454650. Kapow! Excellent criticism34. Fire up program's final test
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474849505152. Miss Montana, at heart, is a girl35. Perseids break apart, spread out
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52535453. Soft drink brand changes penultimate yearly celebration?36. Formally is angry malice, full of wrath at last
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555654. Love in Spanish/Italian city returned37. Sauce spot on one's face
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575855. With deep respect, let inside party before end of day38. Some collecting vehicle payment
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56. Piece-of-s*** former attorney general's effects42. Gets drunk, drops hard bit of pastry
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57. All mixed up in some unfinished downhill descent44. Chicken with sodium coloring in skin
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58. Swimmer's firsts: one, two, three... um...45. Naughty Dick's not bearing a cross
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46. Shook oddly to form state
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48. Hear as loud ovation starts to ring
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49. Loads up biological contents of rocket?
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50. Piece of information at ends of text file
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51. Morning doughnut with special cereal nuts
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