themeless 27 { solution! }
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| 1. | On the loose |
| 8. | Dumped in a bowl, as porridge |
| 15. | Poetic pause |
| 16. | Take a load off |
| 17. | Proclaims |
| 18. | Entered furtively |
| 19. | Gloomy |
| 21. | Band of badgers |
| 22. | Loser |
| 26. | Big name in erotica |
| 27. | Western landscape features |
| 28. | Crazy as ___ |
| 29. | Believe it or not |
| 30. | Sunrise direction, in Saxony |
| 31. | Legendary Las Vegas crooner Robert |
| 33. | Gone |
| 35. | Slugger's stat. |
| 38. | Colorado team, to fans |
| 39. | Classic Leonard Cohen song |
| 41. | Comparative ending |
| 42. | Comprehend |
| 43. | Sprawled on the sofa |
| 44. | Use a Hula Hoop |
| 46. | Take legal action |
| 48. | Any of the Osmond siblings, for short |
| 50. | Traces |
| 51. | Jellyfish woe |
| 53. | Kauai keepsake |
| 54. | Like runny custard |
| 55. | Part of the NHL |
| 56. | Costar of Streep and Moore in The Hours |
| 58. | Lake fed by the Niagara River |
| 60. | It can get in the way, emotionally |
| 65. | Two outs left in the inning |
| 66. | Rubbed off |
| 67. | Neurological weakness |
| 68. | "Need I ___?" |
| DOWN | |
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| 1. | Mil. HQ subdivision |
| 2. | Letters next to 10W-30 |
| 3. | Wax: comb. form |
| 4. | Botanist Gray |
| 5. | Spoof on |
| 6. | Mahler's "Das Lied von der ___" |
| 7. | Poland Spring competitor |
| 8. | Little ___ (UFO passengers) |
| 9. | Well-trimmed, as a sirloin steak |
| 10. | Suffixes for ethan- and retin- |
| 11. | Whole parts |
| 12. | They get yielded to |
| 13. | 1996 role for Madonna |
| 14. | Hungarian-born conceptual artist Agnes |
| 20. | Broke up, like the Beatles |
| 22. | The Twilight movies and others |
| 23. | Bit of garlic |
| 24. | One might keep the lights on when no one's home |
| 25. | Rounders actress Gretchen |
| 27. | Drooling for dollars? |
| 32. | Your, in Verona |
| 34. | H.S. course |
| 36. | Jezebel actress Davis |
| 37. | "___ my case!" |
| 40. | Way more than you can shake a stick at |
| 45. | Start of a dog star's name |
| 47. | Empty a freighter |
| 49. | The Lion King and namesakes |
| 51. | Pry |
| 52. | Detective played by Robert Urich on Vega$ |
| 56. | New Zealand bird |
| 57. | Rubáiyát rhyme scheme |
| 59. | Dnieper River feeder |
| 61. | Pod |
| 62. | Fuss |
| 63. | Portable Mongolian hut |
| 64. | Palindromic Dutch city |
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