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Crossword clues, hints, and answers

Across

  1. 1. "Delightful!" — Answer: WHATATREAT
  2. 11. Cock-a-hoop — Answer: GLAD
  3. 15. "What if we just ... didn't?" — Answer: HOWABOUTNO
  4. 16. Dancer's restraint? — Answer: REIN
  5. 17. Kitchen project with minimal cleanup — Answer: ONEPOTMEAL
  6. 18. City on India's "golden triangle" tourism circuit — Answer: AGRA
  7. 19. Castaway's place, perhaps — Answer: DESERTISLE
  8. 20. Alternative to Word — Answer: DOCS
  9. 21. GPS calculation: Abbr. — Answer: RTE
  10. 22. Gavrila Derzhavin's "God," e.g. — Answer: ODE
  11. 24. Word repeated in a fit of disbelief — Answer: BUT
  12. 25. "That way ..." — Answer: THUS
  13. 28. He's credited as the director of photography for the 1967 film "Magical Mystery Tour" — Answer: RINGOSTARR
  14. 32. Female lobster — Answer: HEN. Hint: Think of a term used for a female bird, and you'll crack this crustacean's code! 🦞
  15. 33. On the topic of — Answer: ASTO
  16. 34. Hindu rule of living — Answer: SUTRA
  17. 35. U-Haul competitor — Answer: RYDER
  18. 37. GPS calculation: Abbr. — Answer: ETA
  19. 39. Some choppers — Answer: AXMEN
  20. 40. Give credit for — Answer: OWETO
  21. 41. Wee, informally — Answer: ITSY
  22. 43. "Your point being ...?" — Answer: AND
  23. 44. Defense council? — Answer: WARCABINET
  24. 47. ___ climbing a tree (Sichuan noodle dish) — Answer: ANTS
  25. 48. Musical group that went on hiatus in 2022 so its members could serve in the military — Answer: BTS
  26. 49. British ___ (colonial rule of India) — Answer: RAJ
  27. 50. Lead-in to -ology, for the study of the atmosphere — Answer: AER
  28. 52. Doesn't sit by — Answer: ACTS
  29. 54. A bit stale, say — Answer: GETTINGOLD
  30. 60. British buddy — Answer: CHAP
  31. 61. Hit the hay, to a toddler — Answer: GOBEDDYBYE
  32. 62. Its tail blows in the wind — Answer: KITE
  33. 63. "It's just me here" — Answer: IMALLALONE
  34. 64. Worry, worry, worry — Answer: STEW
  35. 65. When many rebellions emerge for the first time — Answer: EARLYTEENS

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  1. 1. "___ have thought?!" — Answer: WHOD
  2. 2. Sharpen — Answer: HONE
  3. 3. Moves a lot — Answer: AWES
  4. 4. Wanes, with "off" — Answer: TAPERS
  5. 5. Command from space command — Answer: ABORT
  6. 6. Walks with a wobble — Answer: TOTTERS
  7. 7. Persian poet who wrote the "Masnavi" — Answer: RUMI
  8. 8. "Qui ___-vous?" (French for "Who are you?") — Answer: ETES
  9. 9. Kind of clock — Answer: ANALOG
  10. 10. City between Madrid and Ciudad Real — Answer: TOLEDO
  11. 11. Person congratulated in a yard sign, maybe — Answer: GRAD
  12. 12. Toy adorned with a tiny rubber cape — Answer: LEGOBATMAN
  13. 13. That blows! — Answer: AIRCURRENT
  14. 14. Things analyzed in some forensic tests — Answer: DNASTRANDS
  15. 23. Many a political piece — Answer: ESSAY
  16. 25. Homages to a prior era — Answer: THROWBACKS
  17. 26. "Look where you're going!" — Answer: HEYWATCHIT
  18. 27. Deliberately downplay — Answer: UNDERSTATE
  19. 29. Suffix with urban — Answer: ITE
  20. 30. Out — Answer: NOTIN
  21. 31. Prom night rental — Answer: TUX
  22. 33. Like a fired-up sports crowd — Answer: AROAR
  23. 36. Multipurpose shortening? — Answer: ETC
  24. 38. Put away — Answer: ATE. Hint: Think about what you do with food when you're finished! 🍽️
  25. 42. In a quietly dignified way — Answer: STAIDLY
  26. 45. Plastic item in a lunchbox — Answer: BAGGIE
  27. 46. ___ Oluo, author of 2018's "So You Want to Talk About Race" — Answer: IJEOMA
  28. 47. Diamond pattern — Answer: ARGYLE. Hint: This classic pattern often features in stylish socks and sweaters! 🧦
  29. 51. Finish up by — Answer: ENDAT
  30. 53. Eject — Answer: SPEW
  31. 55. Way up a mountain, perhaps — Answer: TBAR
  32. 56. "Do ___ ..." — Answer: TELL
  33. 57. Light wind? — Answer: OBOE
  34. 58. Super Bowl X M.V.P. ___ Swann — Answer: LYNN
  35. 59. Diamond edges? — Answer: DEES

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