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Visiting the Zoo — Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023

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Title	Setter	Preamble
Explanations	Copyright	Questions

1	Octagon inscription STOP.
5	Wrath RAGE.
9	One of two Amherst departments in Grosvenor House SWAG.
13	Like many fast-food orders TOGO.
14	Cuts and pastes, say EDITS.
16	Overhead light? HALO.
17	Bushy hairstyle AFRO.
18	Overcooks, in a way BURNS.
19	Cookie from 1912 OREO.
20	Ape-like military conflict GUERRILLAWAR.
23	Aardvark's morsel ANT.
24	Sign near a freeway entrance MERGE.
28	Approach the summit ASCEND.
32	Start to freeze? ANTI.
35	Chapter in history ERA.
36	Casual negatives NAHS.
37	Revolutionary Trotsky LEON.
38	Insult, slangily DIS.
39	Deer-ly loved dessert CHOCOLATEMOUSSE.
44	Laugh syllable HAR.
45	Irritate RILE.
46	Put up for auction SELL.
47	Italian hour ORA.
48	Sign of sorrow TEAR.
49	You may write them on books ESSAYS.
51	"Lord of the Flies" protagonist RALPH.
53	Fire proof? ASH.
54	Night-mare-ish laryngitis HOARSETHROAT.
62	It may be mined or crunched DATA.
65	Cat-like mammal from Madagascar FOSSA.
66	Qualified ABLE.
67	Many moons AGES.
68	Card worth a fortune TAROT.
69	Gritty film genre NOIR.
70	Finished DONE.
71	Like yellow bananas RIPE.
72	Lion, Tigers, or Bears TEAM.

1	Harry Potter's patronus STAG.
2	Vegetarian's protein source TOFU.
3	Fairytale fiend OGRE.
4	Robin Hood's beneficiaries POOR.
5	Repair a book spine REBIND.
6	18-year-old, by law ADULT.
7	Woman of the future? GIRL.
8	Europe's tallest volcano ETNA.
9	View from a beach house SHORE.
10	One of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse WAR.
11	Ginger ___ ALE.
12	Sticky substance GOO.
15	Opposite of NNE SSW.
21	Campaigned or sprinted RAN.
22	Essential acid AMINO.
25	Suez Canal's southern end REDSEA.
26	Frightful GRISLY.
27	Supporters of the arts? EASELS.
28	Something that's thrown out while used ANCHOR.
29	It makes up roughly one third of Africa SAHARA.
30	Like Beethoven's Ninth Symphony CHORAL.
31	Corner key ESC.
32	Change ALTER.
33	Word before a maiden name NEE.
34	Male turkey TOM.
40	Position like "meta" or "para" in chemistry ORTHO.
41	Piece of fiction? LIE.
42	Pie ___ mode ALA.
43	Battleship letters USS.
49	Subject of a will ESTATE.
50	Call for quiet SHH.
52	Waxing crescent, for example PHASE.
53	Early describer of animal AESOP.
55	Back of the boat AFT.
56	Lion's warning ROAR.
57	Class of medication often used to tread depression, Abbr. SSRI.
58	Rave's partner RANT.
59	Instrument to which an orchestra tunes OBOE.
60	Et ___ (and others) ALIA.
61	Six years, for a senator TERM.
62	June honoree DAD.
63	In the past AGO.
64	Number of Canadian provinces TEN.

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