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August 5, 2026

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1.Like a sage4 letters 5.Sparks joy in6 letters 11.Fashionable3 letters 14.Each4 letters 15.Beverly Cleary title character6 letters 16."___ you sure?"3 letters 17.Secretary of labor, for example11 letters 19.Plumber's vehicle, perhaps3 letters 20.Plains tribe5 letters 21.Syllable of disapproval3 letters 22.Left4 letters 23.T. ___ Price (investment firm)4 letters 25."Crocodile Hunter" Steve5 letters 28.Letter after Oscar in the NATO alphabet4 letters 31.Some sleeveless garments10 letters 35.Muslim leader4 letters 36.Singer Rita3 letters 37.Fish out of water6 letters 38.Like the Olympic cauldron, during the opening ceremony3 letters 39.Public place with Wi-Fi7 letters 41.Virtue for a musician3 letters 42.4.2 years, on average, for American siblings6 letters 44."South" in Spanish3 letters 45.Of sound mind4 letters 46.Cooking vessels also known as caquelons10 letters 48.Play thing?4 letters 49.Yarns5 letters 50.Distribute, as cards4 letters 52.Major League Baseball All-Star Game's month4 letters 54.Prefix with "conscious"3 letters 56.Corn5 letters 60.Cable network with a patriotic name3 letters 61.Certain intersection ... and the second words in 17-, 31-, 39- and 46- Across, collectively?11 letters 64.Morning coat3 letters 65.Zealous6 letters 66.Sharpen4 letters 67.OR VIPs3 letters 68.Have a leisurely look6 letters 69.Harness for oxen4 letters

Down

1.Home to Baylor University4 letters 2.Light-colored beers, for short4 letters 3.Noodles in a Japanese New Year's Eve dish4 letters 4.Brief and clever saying7 letters 5.Before, poetically3 letters 6.Creativity in a cup8 letters 7.Sound boosters4 letters 8.Accepted what one had coming6 letters 9.Lowest Navy officer: Abbr.3 letters 10.Rode the bench3 letters 11."Rest assured"10 letters 12.1979 revolution site4 letters 13.Cooped (up)4 letters 18.Prefix meaning "new"3 letters 22.Metaphoric marbles4 letters 24.___ cushion (prank item)7 letters 26.Contrition7 letters 27.Legal order4 letters 28.Middle Eastern rice dish5 letters 29.Buddy, in Bolivia5 letters 30.Intellectual property concerns10 letters 32.Rodeo rope5 letters 33.Baby grand, e.g.5 letters 34.Throat ailment5 letters 39.Lug4 letters 40.Insulting remarks8 letters 43.Aussie greeting4 letters 45.Attention-grabbing7 letters 47.False start?6 letters 51.Poehler of "Parks and Recreation"3 letters 52.Wynonna or Naomi of country music4 letters 53.Type of error or interface4 letters 55.Flight staff4 letters 57.Langston Hughes classic4 letters 58.Crash, with "out"4 letters 59.Fencing blade4 letters 61."Dynamite!"3 letters 62.Hockey legend Bobby3 letters 63.Noshed3 letters

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