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Across

1A All-Star side – EAST

5A Maori dance – HAKA

9A Building blocks – LEGO

13A Pepper __ – SHAKER

14A Drop – SHED

15A Biggest city in the Cornhusker State – OMAHA

16A Sad cry from a hot potato player? – OUCH

19A Custom car made from cast-off parts – RATROD

20A Knightly honorifics – SIR

21A Formal accessory – TIE

22A Actor Corddry – ROB

24A Rented – LET

25A Sad cry from a Bananagrams player? – ZED

33A Palm fruit – DATE

34A Tool that can be made to sound like a theremin – SAW

35A Thin – RARE

36A Ballpark figs. – STATS

37A Verbal shrug – MEH

39A Valley – GLEN

40A Grinding vessel – MORTAR

43A Orecchiette shape – EAR

45A Cyberchatted, for short – IMED

46A Sad cry from a Battleship player? – MISS

49A “SNL” alum Gasteyer – ANA

50A Bother – NAG

51A “KPop Demon Hunters” voice actor Daniel __ Kim – DAE

54A “99 Luftballons” band – NENA

56A Trashes – RUINS

61A Happy cry from a Scrabble player? – QAT

64A Game consoles produced between 1983 and 2001 – NINTENDO

65A Escalator part – STEP

66A No-frills grocery chain – ALDI

67A Had in mind? – MEANT

68A Obscure – ESOTERIC

69A All-Star side – WEST

Down

1D Doha dignitary – EMIR

2D Verdi opera – AIDA

3D Feature of many a slinky gown – SLIT

4D “I lost interest” letters – TLDR

5D Relish-topped ballpark bites – HOTDOGS

6D Theater chain with MacGuffins Bar and Lounge – AMC

7D Some Korean cars – KIAS

8D __ the Hun – ATTILA

9D Check no. – LOC

10D Thai currency – BAHT

11D Hebrew symbol that translates to “living” – CHAI

12D Fill fully – SATE

15D “You are just too much!” – OHSTOPIT

17D Edible seaweed – NORI

18D Hands that handle the deck – DEALERS

23D Radiate pride – GLOW

25D Tricky pool shot – ZEDS

26D Maker of the 2600 and 5200 game consoles – ATARI

27D Tiny homes tucked in branches – TREETOPS

28D Chirp – PEEP

29D __ wave – SHOCK

30D Broadway genre – OPERA

31D Dot on a map – SPOT

32D Call for – DEMAND

33D Prefix with sexual – DATE

38D “Good one” – HHA

41D Vinyasa sequence – ASANA

42D Freshen – RENEW

44D Bureaucratic hassle – REDTAPE

47D Like kanelsnegle – SWEET

48D __ tube – TEST

51D Floppy or hard medium – DISK

52D Blessing ender – AMEN

53D Lip – EDGE

55D Not pro – AMATEUR

57D Vegetable side – RATATOUILLE

58D Result of a good pitch – SALE

59D Some football linemen – TACKLES

60D Sketch – DOODLE

62D Like sashimi – RAW

63D HS equivalency test – GED

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