Crossword for Wed, 11/Dec/2024

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Across
1: Vegan's staple

5: 'I'm better than you' sort

9: Bustle

13: Change shape

14: Express mail carrier?

15: Mottled mare

16: Testy

18: Member of the crew team

19: Amethyst or tourmaline

20: Really hard on the eyes

21: Revolving gun mount

22: Place in battle formation

24: Outspoken

25: Peak stat

26: Least wild

27: Quartz varieties

30: Principal residences

31: Label

34: Place for a pat?

35: Frolics

36: City near Scottsdale

37: Cartridge contents

38: Metrical units

39: Gangling

40: Fencers' moves

42: Minor player, so to speak

43: Second look, on 'Monday Night Football'

44: 'No kidding?'

47: Books in hotel drawers

48: Made a donation

49: Touch of winter

51: In progress

52: Take turns

54: Arm bones

55: Song for two

56: Way off

57: Property title

58: Eton alphabet enders

59: Peck partner

Down
1: Branchlet

2: Rowed the boat

3: Physique

4: At bats

5: Keg feature

6: In a regal manner

7: Just

8: Tournament exemption

9: Nordic wonders or hazards

10: Not on the books, as a law

11: Spirited horse

12: Put into piles

15: Dried fruits containing vitamin A

17: Selects carefully

21: Breaks, in a way

23: Bosom buddies

24: Sleeps under the stars

26: The Pyramids, essentially

27: 'Shogun' sash

28: Groaner

29: It's between the shin and the foot

30: Cozy and comfortable

32: 'Shoot'

33: 'Honor Thy Father' author Talese

35: Some Hindu music pieces

36: Conjurer

38: Coves

39: Company dodger

41: Send to a mainframe, e.g.

42: Strongly desires

43: Biathlete's burden

44: Despised

45: Muddle

46: Influential person

47: Data transmission rate

48: Sandpaper component

50: Sprightly

52: Wood-dressing tool

53: 'Uh uh'





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