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Across
1 B*g o*******a b***s i*********s
6 S*y o*g. t**t c******s d**a
9 "___ D**n T**e" (2022 L***o s**g)
10 W****n s***k t**t p*****s a b**t or k***k
11 E***a p****d by J***e A*****s, in "My F**r L**y"
13 F***y w*****s l**e J******n S***t
14 [UNCLUED]
15 B*****r of J***b, in the B***e
17 O**s w*o a*e p***e to m**e a*l o**r t*e p***e
22 B*d b****s?
23 H**f-y**r, at a c*****e like H*****d or Y**e
Down
1 T***y-t**y b**s
2 G****n s*b in W**I
3 J**n W****s ___ (c*******r in S*****n S*******'s "A*******s")
4 C******o w*o v****d M***a in t*e D****y m***e "M***a"
5 T*-**s or a**s
6 On t*e f***e (3 wds.)
7 M****p of t*e o***n (s***e it has a l*t of N**l)
8 G***k g*d w**'s t*e c*********t of M**s
12 L**e v*m a*d v***r (2 wds.)
16 ___ M***e (s**p t**t s**k in H****a H****r in 1898)
17 F*m. S*'s
18 "___ y*u n*t e*********d?" ("G*******r" q***e)
19 W**t m*y h**d b**k a r***r
20 ___ in t*e h**e (h****n a*******e)
21 K-**p g***p w**h t*e s**g "D******e"