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13 14 15
16 17 18
19 20 21
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25 26
27 28 29 30 31
32 33 34 35
36 37 38
Across 1. Beetle juice? 4. Rottweiler, for one
7. Wicked nation, in the Torah
13. King Louie in“ The Jungle Book,” e. g.
14. Lyft’ s debut on the NASDAQ, e. g.
15. Remote button 16. Item that accompanies
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42 43 44 45
46 47
48 49 50 51 52 53
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57 58 59
Adar boos 18. With lots of zip
19.“ Able was ___ saw Elba”( famous palindrome)
21. Leaves out
22. Jerusalem neighborhood, with“ The”
25.“ Eh, I didn’ t care about that anyway”
26. Islamic Chinese ethnic group
27.“... like ___ of bricks!” 28. Part of the Kach logo 29. Bee follower?
32. Netflix show that ended on 12 / 31 / 2025... or an alternative title to this puzzle based on 16, 22, 42, & 50-Across
36.“ Ni ___!”(“ Hello,” in Chinese)
37. Baklava pastry 38. Aborted mission words 39. Hi-tech film FX 40. Hotel upgrades 42. Lashon Hara talker
46. An edition of Shakespeare’ s plays
47.“ Keep your ___ the ground
48.( Jason) Bourne’ s creator Robert
50. A son of Moshe 54. Come up with a plan
55. NCAA basketball champs of 2000
56. Sense of wonder 57. One of 54 readings 58. Had a bite
59. New England Revolution’ s org.
Down 1. Kind of order
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2. Passover mo. 3. Shark’ s milieu
4. Belonging to the Honey Smacks frog
5. Met offerings
6. Rav Shlomo of the Six Day War
7. Colorado NHLers 8. Obelisk, e. g. 9. Avis alternative
10. Werewolf friend of Dumbledore
11. Ineffective, as a threat
12. Southernmost locales in the continental US
17. The Ramban’ s birthplace in Spain
20. Perhaps the greatest hitter of all time
22.“ Ya ___ believe!”
23. What Mexican Olympians go for
24. Banish from office
25. Former NBA MVP Steve
28. The King of Spain 29. $ 100 bill, in slang
30. Certain Halloween mischief maker
31. Those, in Mexico
33. Division for the Carolina Panthers
34. 1958 Best Picture winner
35. Swordfighter Montoya, and others
40. Like the worst loser 41. Like a lie 42. Cheese variety 43. Wiser’ s partner 44. Eliot’ s miser Marner 45. Molten igneous rock 46. Decide with a coin 49. ___ culpa
51. You won’ t find it at kosher markets
52. Nocturnal flier 53. Some MIT grads