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- 0% in New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware
- #1 on Wired magazine's list of the 10 most influential video games of the 2010s
- 1/2 cup, freshly grated
- 11th of a noted 12
- 1976 Fleetwood Mac hit said to be inspired by a Welsh witch
- 1980s chart-topping band with a semi-duplicative name
- 1990s comedy inspired by "Emma"
- 8-) or ;-P
- A boatload
- A little rusty, perhaps
- A microwave might use one when running
- A satisfying meal, informally
- "Abso-freaking-lutely!"
- Abstract
- Accidentally burn, perhaps
- Act like yourself, perhaps?
- Act of Judas
- Acting like a sore loser, informally
- Actor Fishburne of "The Matrix"
- Ado
- Advertising handouts
- AFTER (Deck 1): Slackers
- AFTER (Deck 2): Noted quality of the Fonz
- AFTER (Deck 3): Crucial moment in a tennis match
- *Afternoon socials
- Again and again, in verse
- Aid for a violin player
- Air sign?
- Airline headquartered in Dubai
- Alimony recipients, say
- All-out boxing match
- Alternate nickname for the "Hollywood of the South"
- Alternative to a fingerprint, maybe
- "Am I invisible or what?!"
- Amigo
- Amphibian with specialized toe pads
- "And so forth"
- Animated TV series set in the 31st century
- Ape-man's introduction
- Appeal
- Appears to be going down the drain
- Aquaman's domain
- "Are you ready for this?"
- Area on which to eat or play cards
- Artist Henri de ___-Lautrec
- Aspiring actor's submission
- Assembles in proper order
- At peak pique
- Athlete from Cleveland or the University of Virginia
- Baby sitter?
- Backs out, say
- Baking sheets, cake pans, muffin tins, etc.
- Balloon pilot, say
- Band with the 6x platinum album "American Idiot"
- Base of a statue
- Basketball attempt that uses the backboard
- Be super-successful, in slang
- ___ bee
- BEFORE (Deck 1): Slackers
- BEFORE (Deck 2): PlayStation and Switch
- BEFORE (Deck 3): Quarry
- Benjamin Franklin invention of the 1780s
- Best performances by an actor in a short film?
- Beverage featured in "A Christmas Story"
- Bibliography listing
- Bit of Chinese food
- Bit of internet writing
- Blossom in a lei
- Blue stop sign?
- Blueprints
- Bogeymen
- Bolognese, Parmesan, etc.
- Borderline
- *Bosun's whistled call signaling a shift change
- Boundaries between areas with different amounts of coverage
- Bra straps might cause them
- Brand of oven-baked crackers
- Break for a few minutes
- Bring dishonor upon
- Bring three suitcases to a weekend trip, say
- Broth that might come from a dissolved cube
- Budding actresses
- Cadbury confection
- Cafeterias
- Calls to court
- Came out of bankruptcy, say
- Canine guard?
- Capital city known as the "Jerusalem of the Balkans"
- Carnival game depicted in this puzzle
- Case opener
- Castle fortifications
- Castle in "Hamlet"
- Catchphrase of this puzzle's subject
- Cause a mess, as with frying oil
- Caustic
- Caves
- Ce n'est pas du fast food
- Certain brain freezers
- Certain hockey and soccer infractions … or a hint to this puzzle's circled and shaded squares
- Certain particle accelerator
- Certain pickleball shot
- Challenge to a potential investor
- Challenges
- Changing genetically
- Chartreuse or brandy, e.g.
- Cheep trills?
- Chevy S.U.V.
- Chill pill, essentially
- City west of Knoxville
- Clark Kent has one
- Classic arcade game with bull's-eye rings
- Classic Easter treat
- Classic internet prank
- Cleared, as snow
- Coast
- Combo meal, usually
- Comes into one's own
- Comfortable
- Complete fiasco, slangily
- Compound in some soaps
- Computer model inputs
- Concern for a gymnastics judge
- Condiment sometimes known as rooster sauce
- Condition that can be caused by excess earwax
- Conditionally released
- Conduct inciting an insurrection
- Conflicts over Wikipedia content
- Cook outside?
- Cooking surface
- Cooking term whose name is composed of two synonyms for "criticize"
- Cowboy's kerchief
- Crime writer Mickey who created the Mike Hammer stories
- Croupier's query
- Crustaceans sometimes called "mudbugs"
- Cry in response to a doorbell
- Cuban dance style
- Cut out the middleman, for delivery
- Cynophilist
- Dance move also known as a backslide
- Dawdle
- Dawdler
- Dear
- Decorated with a raised design
- Deep and full
- Defeat in competition
- Defensive fortification
- Deny responsibility for
- Despair
- Detaches from the frame, perhaps
- Dilapidated
- Direction in many a spaghetti western
- Disney's Ariel and her sisters
- Distraction-limiting lifestyle trend
- Dodger's comeuppance
- Doesn't care for
- Doing some theater work
- "Don't involve me anymore"
- Doubtful
- Drama series co-starring Pamela Anderson
- *Drift with the natural flow of currents
- Drifters at sea
- Drive
- Dunks
- Early Google algorithm for determining the importance of websites
- Eases
- Easily detached
- Easily moved
- "Easy-peasy!"
- Eavesdrop from afar, maybe
- Element of a certain belt
- Element of a dating profile?
- Element used in bulb filaments
- "Eleven plus two" and "twelve plus one," e.g.
- Eleven plus two, or twelve plus one
- Elf, say
- Emerge once more
- Endless TikTok scrolling or Tetris playing, e.g.
- "Enough already!"
- Epitome of slowness
- Erasure
- Establishments selling craft products?
- Evidence of burning rubber
- Exaggerated the merits of
- Exceptionally hard timber
- *Exercise experts
- *Exposure for an internet company?
- Extend
- Extreme boastfulness
- Faddish 1980s plush toy
- Family members
- Fandom identities often with fluffy tails and ears
- Farm structure in which ears are stored
- Feature of a spy film
- Fellow fellows
- Field for both Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Figure in Greek mythology who was brought up by a bear
- Figure in sci-fi's "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman," e.g.
- Filled
- Find a spot for, as on a schedule
- Find one's way
- Fire in one's belly
- First and last, say
- First country to elect a female prime minister (1960)
- First filmmaker to receive the Order of Culture in Japan
- First out
- Flavor of Frangelico liqueur
- Flavor of some cough drops
- Fleetwood Mac hit named for a Celtic goddess
- Flight restriction?
- Flowed (from)
- Flower found along a metaphorical path of ease
- Folks who enjoy a well-aged beef?
- Folksy?
- "Forget it!" ... or a phonetic hint to aligning seven answers in this puzzle with their starred clues
- Former big name in browsers
- Forrest Gump, for one
- Forwent
- Foundation of music?
- Free copy of a film sent to awards show voters
- Free spirits?
- Frequent visitor to websites with "r/" in their names
- Freudian censor
- Fried cornbread concoctions
- From one tone to the next adjacent tone, in music
- Funeral home professional
- Game
- Game in which sound effects are banned
- Game show figure
- *Gangster a.k.a. Scarface
- Ganja
- Gate
- Gathering with grills and grilles
- Gawker
- Gelded
- Gemstone with gold-yellow bands
- Gently scolded
- Geraldo Rivera uncovered his "vaults" on live TV
- Get 40 winks in 20 minutes, say
- Get ready for dinner, say
- Get the better of
- Get to know a little better, say
- Gets more expensive
- Gets started the wrong way?
- Giant, as a mattress
- Give a tut-tut, e.g.
- "Give me a break!"
- Gives one's approval, in a way
- Globelike shape
- Go *clunk*
- Go in the wrong way?
- Go to ___
- Go-getter's opposite
- Goes downhill at the Olympics, in a way
- Good sportsmanship
- Got off the ground, as a start-up company
- "___ Got Talent"
- Graph of y = ax^2 + bx + c, for example
- Great depression?
- Great illustrations
- Green Day or Pink Floyd
- Green spaces
- Grizzly or black bear (but typically not a panda)
- Grocery stores?
- Harps on
- "Have a safe trip"
- Have serious plans
- *Having a perfect record
- Having a sharp outline
- Having added nutrients
- Headquarters
- Heat, as peanuts
- High place to view a high art
- Highest-grossing movie of the 1970s
- Highly controlling?
- Honey boo-boo?
- Honey is high in this
- Horse's ancestral line
- Hot pepper named for Cuba's capital
- Hounds that can run up to 35 m.p.h.
- How one might dress in a professional setting
- How people get into a swimming pool, typically
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- ___ Howard, Oscar-nominated actor for 2005's "Hustle & Flow"
- Hummus bean
- "I think you should leave"
- "I'll pass"
- I, O, U and Y, but not A or E
- Idealist
- Illegal
- Improviser at a workbench
- In a gloomy way
- In position
- Incredibly committed
- Independent thinker
- Induct into a hall of fame, perhaps
- Infamous Russian mystic
- Informational repository
- Insects named for when they emerge
- Instrument heard at Rosh Hashana services
- Instrument in a bell tower
- Instrument with a Renaissance-era ancestor called a sackbut
- International competition in math, science and other disciplines
- Invigorate
- "Is it bigger than a ___?"
- "Is it not?"
- It has a light bulb
- It may bring out the kid in you
- *It may precede or follow "a million"
- It might be at the end of the road
- It might hang during the summer
- It's not exactly fast food
- It's off the wall!
- Italian sparkling wine
- Item in a miniature collector's collection
- Japanese city that's home to the Chinese Sofukuji Temple
- Jean-Bertrand ___, 1990s Haitian leader
- "Just Do It" and "Think Different"
- "Keep it together!"
- Kicks back, in a way
- Kid with a route
- Kim Cattrall's role on "Sex and the City"
- Kind of coating applied to metal
- Kind of effect that deflects motion in one direction in the Northern Hemisphere and the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere [with a hint to this puzzle's shaded squares]
- Kind of instinct
- Knockouts
- Kudo
- Lack of light
- *Lack of pulchritude
- Lacking constraints
- Lady-killer
- Large mall space
- Large storage unit
- Largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area
- Lead-in to "except after C"
- Leader of the Sharks in "West Side Story"
- Least hale
- Led the charge
- Less laissez-faire
- "Let me go first"
- *"Let's pick up the pace!"
- Life partner, perhaps?
- Like a biased presentation
- Like a black mamba vis-à-vis a python
- Like a certain artery
- Like a dish of veal or chicken dipped in egg and breadcrumbs, then fried in butter
- Like a lake on a breezy day
- Like black and white
- Like much Ikea furniture
- Like phone numbers in infomercials
- Like photons, but not protons
- Like pickles and some potato salads
- Like raw footage vis-à-vis enhanced footage
- Like sheep, so to speak
- Like some fat
- Like the cultivation of land
- Like the Millennium Problems of the Clay Mathematics Institute
- Like the most pedantic pedant
- Like the national dish tavë kosi (baked lamb with yogurt sauce)
- Like the period known as the Middle Ages
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