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across

1

“Oscar” of the French film industry

CESAR
6

Feeling after a long hike

ACHE
10

Singer/composer Bareilles

SARA
14

Prematurely

ALL TOO SOON
16

Many a fund-raising target, informally

ALUM
17

“We have a mutual friend?!”

SMALL WORLD!
18

Smurf who is more than 500 years old

PAPA
20

With 19-Across, swing dance originating in Harlem

LINDY
21

They’re cut to defuse an explosive

WIRES
22

Cue … or queue

LINE
23

Only player to win three Super Bowl M.V.P. awards before turning 30

MAHOMES
25

Reducing to rubble

RAZING
28

Apt anagram of NOTES

TONES
29

Hockey infraction

ICING
30

Breezy things enjoyed at the beach

EASY READS
34

Doesn’t go at full speed

TROTS
35

Sack

AXE
36

Walk-on

EXTRA
37

They might make you one with everything

ZEN STATES
39

“La Tulipe Noire” novelist, 1850

DUMAS
40

Party poppers

CORKS
41

Makes fun of mercilessly

ROASTS
42

Fall sign

SCORPIO
45

Agitate

ROIL
46

Hits

TOKES
47

Won’t let it go

STEWS
49

Zendaya’s role on “Euphoria”

RUE
52

Fictional manufacturer of a Do-It Yourself Tornado Kit

ACME
53

“Can you catch me up?”

WHAT
55

Time of day either way

NOON
56

Author of “All I Did Was Ask

C
57

Barriers to entry, in a way

DAMS
58

Unravel at the edges

FRAY
59

Variety of cold brew

NITRO

down

1

It is king, in a phrase

CASH
2

Redheaded monster on TV

ELMO
3

Thwack

SLAP
4

Birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.

A
5

Road maneuvers featuring lazy braking

ROLLING STOPS
6

Without dissenting voices

AS ONE
7

It’s cut after birth

CORD
8

“Yowzers!”

HOLY MOSES!
9

What a circle lacks

END
10

Someone attracted to intellect over looks, say

SAPIOSEXUAL
11

Dream interrupter

ALARM
12

Currency in The Legend of Zelda

RUPEE
13

Hoard

AMASS
15

Outstanding, in a way

OWING
21

Eager buyer’s question

WHERE DO I SIGN?
22

Traps in a laundry room

LINT SCREENS
24

Not a particular one

ANY
25

Snack brand since 1934

RITZ
26

It might be a lot

ACRE
27

Last U.S. national park, alphabetically

ZION
28

Return payments?

TAXES
30

Adhere to the kashrut dietary rules

EAT KOSHER
31

They’re filled with bacon

ATMS
32

“Curses, foiled again!”

DRAT!
33

Guff

SASS
38

Co-star of 2025’s “Wicked

F
41

Neither demure nor mindful

ROWDY
42

Come to attention, in a way

STAND
43

Powder in a pantry

COCOA
44

Child’s agreement

OK, MOM
45

Avoid rage-quitting, perhaps

RETRY
48

Longtime college basketball coach VanDerveer

TARA
49

Run amok

RIOT
50

Hammer-and-sickle land, for short

USSR
51

Gas brand whose name sounds like two letters of the alphabet

ESSO
53

“R U KIDDING ME?!”

WTF?!
54

Way to look inward, in brief?

MRI

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