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Note to solvers: The dashes are only used to represent the scratched-
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1 Rock involved in fracking
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6 Furry red monster
2 A large group, perhaps of goblins or zombies
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10 Competent
3 Model and singer Appiah
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14 Vagabonds riding the rails
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15 Knight’s drink of choice, perhaps
5 Time zone for DC and NYC
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16 Belmont Stakes 2022 winning jockey
6 Actress Stone
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17 Construct
7 Shakespeare’s tragic king
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8 Shopping centers frequented by teens
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19 What the event mentioned in 16-Across was
9 May be written to joy or to Billie Joe
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20 Cape-hating designer Mode
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21 English nobleman
11 Janet’s bumbling fiancé in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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22 With “Ring”, 2022 video game
12 Tie (one’s shoes)
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23 Less messy
13 Paradise
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25 Indian dress
21 A long time ago, poetically
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27 Salt named for an English town
22 An age or epoch
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30 Exactly correct
24 Fencing weapon
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34 Animal’s winter coat
26 Assassinated Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
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37 Gas used to make fuel
28 Electrical resistance unit
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39 Money in Spain or Germany (but not England)
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40 Furious
31 Blast of wind
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42 Fear of Flying singer
32 Cookie with a name great for crossword making
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43 A useful quality
33 Might be musical or post-it
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44 Exchange fee
34 Italian luxury car brand
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45 Completely emptied
35 Insist
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47 Can be big or pinky
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48 Type of bowling
38 Nothing, en espanol
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41 The best of the best
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52 A beginner, slangily
43 Copied
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54 An extremely handsome man
45 One more than 38-down
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46 Russia’s ____ Mountains
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61 Payment for Charon, perhaps
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64 A wooden box designed for holding sake
51 One-piece outfit
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65 A terrified and hasty retreat
53 Space Oddity singer David
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66 Used butterfly or breaststroke
55 Nigerian currency
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67 Beelike
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68 Guitarist Clapton
57 Omori’s protagonist
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69 They can be found underground or clogging your pores
58 Two more than 45-down
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70 Played again (especially on TV)
59 Of olden days
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71 Comedian Meyers
60 A club, diamond, heart, or spade
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72 Department store chain founded in 1888
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73 Singer Chapman
63 Russian city
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66 Cry forcefully
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67 What this crossword puzzle is themed around
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Clipboard text:
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- Painting is "Crossword Puzzle
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No. 1 in Black and White" by Victor Romeo . Apparently, he used to be a NATO officer.
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- We're supposed to restore these things, but I can only find half of each...
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1. A sitcom actor (? 5)
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2. A food company (? 5)
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3. A boxer (? 5)
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4. Something a bat might do (? 6)
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5. A label (? 4)
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6. A Guns N' Roses song (? 4)
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7. A transportation company (? 8)
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8. A piece of sports equipment (? 4)
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9. A "Star Wars" actor (? 5)
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