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   LEO

   5D Regulus's constellation

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   NESS

   42A Cape

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   ELF

   31D Brownie

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   PEN

   58D Flair, e.g.

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6. 5
   ELMO

   23A Pollster Roper

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7. 6
   SPF

   33A Tanning lotion letters

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   ALIEN

   53A Outsider

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   180
9. 8
   KALE

   18A Dough

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    BOO

    32A It may give you a good start

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    YER

    37A "___ out!"

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    DENT

    25A New car owner's worry

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13. 12
    GPS

    56D H.M.O. listing

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14. 13
    MATE

    21A Bad news for the king

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15. 14
    OBIE

    29D Annual award

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16. 15
    ELIS

    22A Ivy Leaguers

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17. 16
    AMPS

    47A Roadie's responsibility

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    ENAMEL

    10D Crown covering

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    REPEL

    24D Gross out

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    SNORE

    50D Sound asleep?

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    STEAL

    7D Plagiarize

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    ITEMS

    46A Points

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    AHS

    53D Sighed sounds

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    FUN

    9D Clowning

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    ANKH

    51A Ancient cross

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    LARVA

    19A Grub

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    MUNI

    27D Certain bond, informally

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    SHREDS

    45D Prepares wheat, in a way

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    TRA

    38A Skipper's syllable, maybe

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    ATREST

    4D Still

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    PETES

    61A "___ Dragon" (1977 Disney musical)

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    IMSURE debut

    41D "Yeah, right"

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    BSA

    15D Explorer's org.

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    SNARES

    17A Bags

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    OMELETS

    26A Some are Spanish

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    KEDS

    52A Converse competitor

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    REPOS

    24A Some takebacks

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    MINSK

    48D Louis B. Mayer's birthplace

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    PEETE

    49D Quarterback Rodney

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    TOETOTOE

    12D In direct confrontation

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    REELIN

    3D Land

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    ENZYME

    43D Pepsin, for one

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    VOODOO

    20D Kind of doll

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    USURPS

    59A Takes over

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    ASSESSOR

    13D Taxing job?

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    MURALIST

    1A One who works on walls

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    KEENNESS debut

    62A Acuity

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    ENOUGH

    55A "Can it!"

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    ABALONE

    36A Sea-ear

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    MATTS

    28D Swimmer Biondi and others

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    NATHAN

    42D Lane with lines

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    SKATES

    44D Pair for pairs

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    THERM

    8D 1,000 large calories

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    CHEROKEE

    16A Iroquoian language

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    PRETENSE

    34D Make-believe

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    TINFOIL

    39A Leyden jar lining

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    TZAR

    54A Autocrat: Var.

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    FESTA

    9A Roman holiday

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    ONETENTH debut

    14A Agent's fee, often

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60. 59
    RECITED

    40A Rattled off

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    VANDAL

    30D Part of a wrecking crew?

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    MOCKED

    1D Ridiculed

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    NEOPHYTE

    57A Apprentice

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    STRIKEUP debut

    33D Initiate

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    FACEDOUT debut

    35D Had a visible front

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    INKLE debut

    6D Trimming tape

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    SCRAPEBY debut

    11D Barely make it

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    STREAMED debut

    60A Ran

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    BUNCOS debut

    15A Scams

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    MOVEDUP debut

    28A Accelerated

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    UNHALE debut

    2D In poor health

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