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Crossword clues, hints, and answers

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  1. 1. Try to delay — Answer: STALL
  2. 6. Transcript figs. — Answer: GPAS
  3. 10. Nickname for Yale attendees — Answer: ELIS
  4. 14. Alphabet quintet — Answer: AEIOU
  5. 15. French or Italian bread? — Answer: EURO
  6. 16. Circus shelter — Answer: TENT
  7. 17. Authority figure in Yellowstone or Grand Teton — Answer: PARKRANGER
  8. 19. Oscar winner Malek — Answer: RAMI
  9. 20. Jigsaw puzzle element — Answer: PIECE
  10. 21. Like the ending of "Hamlet" or "King Lear" — Answer: TRAGIC
  11. 23. Hair goo — Answer: GEL. Hint: A sticky styling product that helps keep your hairstyle in place 💇
  12. 25. Iconic basketball move of Kobe Bryant — Answer: REVERSEDUNK
  13. 28. "The ____" (Tyler Perry series set in the White House) — Answer: OVAL
  14. 30. Emmy winner Edebiri of "The Bear" — Answer: AYO
  15. 31. A strawberry has about 200 of these — Answer: SEEDS
  16. 32. Actress Richards of "The World Is Not Enough" — Answer: DENISE
  17. 35. Sicilian peak that's a UNESCO World Heritage Site — Answer: ETNA
  18. 37. Hues unlikely to cause clashes — Answer: NEUTRALCOLORS
  19. 42. Slip gently (into) — Answer: EASE
  20. 43. Gobble down — Answer: DEVOUR
  21. 45. Before's opposite — Answer: AFTER
  22. 49. "Weekend Update" show, in brief — Answer: SNL
  23. 51. Thailand's continent — Answer: ASIA
  24. 52. Annoy to a maddening extent — Answer: DRIVEINSANE
  25. 56. Place to get cash — Answer: ATM
  26. 57. AM/FM devices — Answer: RADIOS. Hint: Tune into music and broadcasts with these devices. 📻
  27. 58. Word following time or screen — Answer: SAVER
  28. 60. "Right away, boss!" — Answer: ONIT
  29. 61. Downer feeling — Answer: LOWSPIRITS
  30. 66. Drink with a polar bear mascot — Answer: ICEE
  31. 67. Antioxidant-rich berry — Answer: ACAI
  32. 68. Soccer shoe attachment — Answer: CLEAT
  33. 69. "___ of the D'Urbervilles" (Thomas Hardy novel) — Answer: TESS
  34. 70. Ocular woe — Answer: STYE. Hint: A small, painful eyelid bump can cause this irritating eye trouble. 👁️
  35. 71. Easily annoyed — Answer: TESTY

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  1. 1. Sticky tree stuff — Answer: SAP
  2. 2. Long Island iced ___ — Answer: TEA
  3. 3. 1980 disaster comedy film with an exclamation point in its title — Answer: AIRPLANE
  4. 4. Trickster in Norse myth — Answer: LOKI
  5. 5. Enticing one — Answer: LURER
  6. 6. Swiss city famous for hosting peace conferences — Answer: GENEVA
  7. 7. Curly-tailed dog — Answer: PUG
  8. 8. Exist — Answer: ARE. Hint: A basic verb describing presence or being alive. 🌱
  9. 9. Categorizes, as laundry — Answer: SORTS
  10. 10. Online investment brokerage — Answer: ETRADE
  11. 11. The "L" of N.F.L. — Answer: LEAGUE
  12. 12. Thought of and considered — Answer: INMIND
  13. 13. Units of dynamite — Answer: STICKS
  14. 18. Super serve — Answer: ACE. Hint: In tennis, this unbeatable serve leaves your opponent watching the ball fly past! 🎾
  15. 22. Flea market deal — Answer: RESALE
  16. 23. Supreme being — Answer: GOD
  17. 24. Balanced — Answer: EVEN
  18. 26. Part of a microscope or telescope — Answer: EYELENS
  19. 27. Campus military program, for short — Answer: ROTC
  20. 29. Lucy of "Kill Bill" — Answer: LIU
  21. 33. Music player — Answer: STEREO
  22. 34. The Roaring Twenties, for one — Answer: ERA
  23. 36. Say yes without words — Answer: NOD
  24. 38. Professional org. — Answer: ASSN
  25. 39. Eggs, in ancient Rome — Answer: OVA
  26. 40. Prayer beads — Answer: ROSARIES
  27. 41. Spades or diamonds — Answer: SUIT
  28. 44. Head-butt — Answer: RAM
  29. 45. Dexterous — Answer: ADROIT
  30. 46. Land of Napoleon — Answer: FRANCE
  31. 47. Neatens up — Answer: TIDIES
  32. 48. Digital party announcements — Answer: EVITES
  33. 50. Timmy's dog on 1950s TV — Answer: LASSIE
  34. 53. Cuba y Puerto Rico — Answer: ISLAS
  35. 54. 40 winks — Answer: NAP
  36. 55. Oust, as a tenant — Answer: EVICT
  37. 59. Author and lawyer ____ Stanley Gardner — Answer: ERLE
  38. 62. 10th mo. — Answer: OCT
  39. 63. Tactic — Answer: WAY
  40. 64. Bit of body art, in brief — Answer: TAT
  41. 65. Porcine habitat — Answer: STY

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