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1 "No ___, ands or buts!"

  4 Singles

  8 Turn into a musical, say

 13 College administrator

 15 Catan or chess, e.g.

 16 Michelin Man makeup

 17 "Serial" genre

 19 Parasite used in early medical procedures

 20 Creative way to change your mind?

 22 Artist Salvador who designed the Chupa Chups logo

 23 Honking birds

 24 "Get me out of here!"

 26 Lightning McQueen, e.g.

 27 Ave. crossers

 28 Karaoke bar needs

 32 Greatest

 34 Hairstyle that can take twelve hours to do

 36 Beyonce's alter ego

 37 "I'll be right there!"

 38 ___ diet (certain keto plan)

 39 Egyptian snakes

 40 Like ramen but not gazpacho

 43 Shriek of fear

 44 Shriek of pain

 46 Work similar to a sung-through musical

 48 Birdbath gunk

 50 "Royalty" at many gay clubs

 54 November birthstone

 56 "Since you mentioned it ..."

 57 Game you're likely to lose

 58 When doubled, an African chili sauce

 59 Fill completely

 60 Grilled corn served with cotija

 61 ___ shows (performances by some Black sororities)

 62 Like Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, as of July 2022

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1 Dog collar attachments

  2 Animal bred to hunt rabbits

  3 Browns

  4 Beastly monster

  5 Alternative to sugaring

  6 Tennis star Raducanu

  7 Oozes

  8 City with the world's busiest airport: Abbr.

  9 Ran out of battery

 10 Phone number part

 11 School period where you might play cone ball

 12 Top worn in 11-Down

 14 Pickleball dividers

 18 Reactionary field?

 21 "Oh, hey, sleepyhead!"

 25 Begins

 29 "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" protagonist Crane

 30 Apt rhyme for "jam"

 31 "Chef" actress Vergara

 33 Cinderella's helpers

 34 Pupusa dough

 35 Storage boxes

 36 Flatter

 37 Snoopy's alias when wearing sunglasses

 38 Get snuggly

 40 Donkey's sound

 41 Like rococo architecture

 42 Sampled

 45 Kati rolls and burritos, e.g.

 47 Animals that might have their own Instagram accounts

 49 Actor Smith who played The Doctor

 51 Help with a crime

 52 Feature of slasher films

 53 Witty remark

 55 "High Fidelity" actress Kravitz