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January 5th, 2025
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Across
1. Summer beverage
4. Not cis
15. Email address component
16. Actress in "Grumpier Old Men"
17. Bit of Morse code
18. Those who inquire
19. The ____ of Liberty
21. Finishes up
22. Simplified
25. Appeared
29. Screenwriter's award, perhaps
32. My, in Milan
34. "Spirited Away" genre
35. Suffix with "mouth" or "help"
36. Kind of room
39. Fall
40. Medieval estate
42. Imperial
43. Boundary
44. List-ending abbr.
45. Sawfishes' snouts
47. Aquatic bird
48. "Don't Know Why" singer Jones
50. ____ Francisco
51. Welsh footballer Griffiths
53. Dusty floor cleaner
55. Earns
57. "The Boys" co-star Moriarty
59. Perfect
63. Mom's mom
68. Palindromic woman's name
69. Sensitive (to)
70. These, in France
71. Taken back, as a home
72. Treatment for some 4-across individuals, in brief
Down
1. Puts on
2. Get the task done
3. ___ James (Beyonce role in "Cadillac Records")
4. Carpenter's tool
5. Good-for-nothing
6. Simian
7. British medical org.
8. Something to build on
9. Acquisitions
10. Aquarium plant also called waterweed
11. Hogwash
12. Dr. ___
13. Poetic contraction
14. Hospital VIPs who work alongside MDs
20. Hot or iced beverage
23. Hosts
24. Outline
26. Not as chilly
27. Asylum seeker, perhaps
28. Rely (on)
29. Make mad
30. Romeo, to Juliet
31. "Ramona the Pest" novelist Beverly
33. "Just Putting It Out There" comedian Nancherla
37. Some SAT takers
38. Dropped name ending for Pam, Gabi, and Dani, maybe
41. Foot-stamping Spanish dance
46. Bad-mouthed
49. Large numbers
52. Behind
54. Brit trip-hoppers Sneaker ___
56. American telecommunications entrepreneur and political commentator Foster
58. Record
60. Kind of support
61. At any time
62. Take a load off
63. Got Some Relaxtion, in brief
64. "You'll ____ the day!"
65. Certain snake
66. "___ the season"
67. NFL ball carriers

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