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| 1. | Ginger, for one |
| 6. | BP acquisition of 1998 |
| 11. | Backpacker's shelter |
| 14. | Float ___ (supply financing) |
| 15. | Certain legumes |
| 16. | UN agcy. charged with sea safety |
| 17. | Does a dreamy occupation? |
| 19. | Unknown offering in TV Guide, briefly |
| 20. | "Thank You" singer and others |
| 21. | Built a beehive |
| 23. | Words of Spanish assent |
| 26. | "A for effort!" |
| 27. | Artists' pigments |
| 28. | Bad thing to do at the computer? |
| 29. | Big birds of South America |
| 30. | Cusack and Sutherland, to name two |
| 31. | Bus sta. info |
| 34. | Startling sounds |
| 35. | 1974 hit for Barry Manilow |
| 36. | "All ___ it should be" |
| 37. | Longtime Richard Petty sponsor |
| 38. | He went for the gold |
| 39. | They hold a lot of corn |
| 40. | A successful doctor, for example |
| 42. | Altogether |
| 43. | Ran under the broiler |
| 45. | More candid |
| 46. | Put leftovers back in the foil |
| 47. | A's and Angels |
| 48. | "___ Window", Carl Sandburg poem |
| 49. | Fluffy snake? |
| 54. | Sound of raised hackles, perhaps |
| 55. | Trials for would-be attys. |
| 56. | It might be streamed live |
| 57. | Bricks and mortar item |
| 58. | Shopping site aimed at kids |
| 59. | Saber-rattling display, in headlines |
| 1. | Took in, as a show |
| 2. | Mahmoud Abbas' grp. |
| 3. | Everything, percentage-wise |
| 4. | Crater Lake and others |
| 5. | They may have high turnover rates |
| 6. | She played opposite Bogart in The Maltese Falcon |
| 7. | Scale where quartz is a 7 |
| 8. | Start of a 1970 hit for Santana |
| 9. | Like many a team mascot |
| 10. | Bony |
| 11. | Makes a soft landing? |
| 12. | Relative of 27 Across |
| 13. | Fawner |
| 18. | Brouhahas |
| 22. | It's used to transfer VHS recordings to a computer |
| 23. | Whitty pears |
| 24. | Apple's Messages predecessor |
| 25. | Comedian with good material? |
| 26. | Tall blooms, for short |
| 28. | Fishfinder feature |
| 30. | Worn-down |
| 32. | It may be set or cleared |
| 33. | Ancient Mesopotamian: abbr. |
| 35. | Racetrack marker |
| 36. | Settles, in a way |
| 38. | Cuff |
| 39. | He makes a clean sweep |
| 41. | Hub that's located half in Elizabeth, NJ |
| 42. | Small brown singer |
| 43. | "Erin go ___!" |
| 44. | Like some advertising |
| 45. | Brush companion |
| 47. | Ben Matlock or Jackie Chiles, e.g. |
| 50. | Rational route, in the East |
| 51. | Decrepit ending? |
| 52. | Notes before dos |
| 53. | Type of button or dog |
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