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Crossword clues, hints, and answers

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  1. 1. In "The Tempest," when Miranda says "O brave new world, That has such people in't!" — Answer: ACTV
  2. 5. Middlemen in illicit transactions — Answer: FENCES
  3. 11. Last over the line, say — Answer: SLT
  4. 14. Sushi wrapper — Answer: NORI. Hint: This edible seaweed sheet keeps tasty sushi rolls neatly bundled. 🍣
  5. 15. Waikiki welcomes — Answer: ALOHAS
  6. 16. Indigenous people of the Great Basin — Answer: UTE
  7. 17. Forbidden idol — Answer: GRAVENIMAGE
  8. 19. "American ___" — Answer: PIE
  9. 20. Neighborhood watering hole — Answer: LOCAVE
  10. 21. Subj. for one aspiring to become bilingual — Answer: ESL
  11. 22. Particularly fine examples — Answer: GEMS
  12. 23. Tolkien's Treebeard, for one — Answer: ENT
  13. 24. Cards — Answer: IDS
  14. 26. Shamash holder — Answer: MENORAH
  15. 28. Really rips into — Answer: ASSAILS
  16. 31. Become enamored with — Answer: TAKETO
  17. 32. Beguile — Answer: ENTICE. Hint: Think of winning someone over with irresistible charm. 😉
  18. 34. Bob who narrated "How I Met Your Mother" — Answer: SAGET
  19. 35. Historic Bulgarian ruler — Answer: TSAR
  20. 38. Faux flattery — Answer: SMARM
  21. 40. Bob who hosted PBS's "The Joy of Painting" — Answer: ROSS
  22. 41. Broad-shouldered Titan — Answer: ATLAS
  23. 43. Most senior — Answer: ELDEST
  24. 45. Italian liquor distilled from winemaking leftovers — Answer: GRAPPA
  25. 47. Downward dog and others — Answer: YOGOSES
  26. 50. Exactly as desired — Answer: LICHARM
  27. 52. 151, once — Answer: CLI
  28. 53. Discouraging words — Answer: NOS
  29. 55. They come in black, Belgian and double varieties — Answer: IPAS
  30. 56. Path to spiritual harmony — Answer: TAO
  31. 58. Bring out — Answer: ELICIT
  32. 60. Lillehammer's land: Abbr. — Answer: NOR
  33. 61. Large retail establishment ... and a hint to four squares in this puzzle — Answer: BIGBOXSTORE
  34. 63. Part of the conjugation of "être" — Answer: EST
  35. 64. Candy heart phrase — Answer: BEMINE
  36. 65. Where "the man gave names to all ... the birds in the sky and all the wild animals" — Answer: EDEN
  37. 66. "Told you!" — Answer: SEE. Hint: A smug little phrase used when your prediction comes true. 😏
  38. 67. Containers in orchards — Answer: CRATES
  39. 68. Run into — Answer: MEET

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  1. 1. It's a matter of degrees — Answer: ANGLE
  2. 2. Beer brand with the slogan "La Playa Awaits" — Answer: CORONA
  3. 3. Political leaflets — Answer: TRACTS
  4. 4. "The Four Seasons" composer — Answer: VIVA
  5. 5. Altered excerpts of a film posted to social media, say — Answer: FANEDITS
  6. 6. Sons of ___, exemplars of biblical wickedness — Answer: ELI
  7. 7. Site of an 1899-1909 gold rush — Answer: NOME
  8. 8. Deep fissure — Answer: CHASM
  9. 9. Bald youngster? — Answer: EAGLET
  10. 10. Montreal-to-Boston dir. — Answer: SSE
  11. 11. Freudian censor — Answer: SUPEREGO
  12. 12. Conservative guesses — Answer: LTIMATES
  13. 13. Links openings? — Answer: TEESHOTS
  14. 18. Imported beverage brand — Answer: EVIAN
  15. 22. Pint-size racers — Answer: GOKARTS
  16. 25. ___ mold — Answer: SLIME
  17. 27. "It Ain't Hard to Tell" rapper — Answer: NAS
  18. 29. Six-winged angels — Answer: SERAPHS
  19. 30. Like the appearance of armadillos and anacondas — Answer: SCALY
  20. 33. Many a character on "The Pitt," informally — Answer: ERDOC
  21. 35. "Just Do It" and "Think Different" — Answer: TAGLINES
  22. 36. Fashion photographer's direction — Answer: STRIPOSE
  23. 37. Not prix fixe — Answer: ALACARTE
  24. 39. Movie theaters with many screens — Answer: MEGLEXES
  25. 42. Fancy hotel amenity — Answer: SPA
  26. 44. Nursery purchases — Answer: SOILS
  27. 46. More pretentious — Answer: ARTIER
  28. 48. Disguise, in a way — Answer: ENCODE
  29. 49. Fancy affair — Answer: SOIREE. Hint: Think of an elegant evening gathering with a touch of glamour. ✨
  30. 51. Soft rock? — Answer: MAGMA
  31. 54. Tube placed during angioplasty — Answer: STENT
  32. 57. Article that might be prewritten, informally — Answer: OBIT
  33. 59. Bullet point — Answer: ITEM. Hint: A single entry on a list fits this description. 📌
  34. 61. Airer of "The Graham Norton Show" — Answer: BBC
  35. 62. Small square — Answer: ONE

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