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AS PER UNUSUAL
By: Brendan Emmett Quigley
Across
1 Time off from the daily grind
6 Mountain in the Karakoram range
10 Back
14 Slip away from
15 “___ talk”
16 Event with booths
17 Protection for a broad-ended cravat?
19 Selene’s Roman counterpart
20 “The White Lotus” actress Aimee ___ Wood
21 Turntable meas.
22 Behind bars
24 Greek cheeses that aren’t stationary?
28 Flash drive shaped like a door opener
30 Targets of otoplasties
31 Winter forecast
32 “You’d think that, wouldn’t you?”
34 Promise to return
37 With 39-Across, unbendable Egyptian snakes?
38 Nasal cavity
39 See 37-Across
40 Planks muscles
41 Letter-shaped sink fitting
42 Samurai’s weapon
43 Sought damages
44 2017 film The Playlist called “‘The Goodfellas’ of figure skating”
45 Where Lewinsky worships?
50 “Carrie” star
51 Comcast or Google Fiber, e.g.
52 Bounding body
55 Workstation
56 Concepts for stairs?
60 Said out loud
61 Gen Z male on TilTok
62 Intelligence director Gabbard
63 Retailer’s ploy
64 Brown shades
65 Lock boxes
Down
1 ___ saltimbocca
2 “One more thing”
3 Raita ingredient
4 It’s a big deal
5 To this day
6 “Sing Sing Sing” drummer Gene
7 Back up squad on the field, say
8 Killing time?
9 Worn denim
10 Depends (on)
11 Rejoice greatly
12 Sleeping challenge
13 Fork settings?
18 “Fifty Shades of ___”
23 Picked haircut
25 Gave the green light to
26 Seasoned pro
27 Abate
28 Second lady Vance
29 Chunk of concrete
32 Swallows, say
33 El Pais article
34 Doesn’t act phony
35 Grand Ole ___
36 Food certification org.
38 Box of knives
39 Way off base
41 Purplish brown
42 “Interstate Love Song” band, briefly
43 Tool on the Angolan flag
44 Little buggers
45 Windows precursor
46 Classical show
47 Like Willie Nelson’ voice
48 Affix, as a string
49 Jimmy V Award for Perseverance and Best Record-Breaking Performance
53 Relative comfort
54 Warts and all
57 Scheduling letters
58 “___ early days”
59 “Levitating” singer Lipa
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