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Crossword: Freeze Out

10343 freezeout grid
The blanks of the Vol. 144 Issue 4's crossword, Freeze Out.
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech
10344 freezeout solution
The solutions of Vol. 144 Issue 4's crossword, Freeze Out.
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech

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Across
1    Beau   
10    "For real!"   
15    Mysterious character in "To Kill a Mockingbird"   
16    Govt. security   
17    M. Night ________   
18    Feuding   
19    What characters try to get in many teen comedies   
20    ___ Sea (shrinking lake)   
22    Roll call call   
23    Thrill   
25    Arcane   
27    Winter weather phenom   
29    Dead ___    
32    Focused, perhaps   
33    At fault, possibly   
37    "Not ready to joke about that yet"   
39    Lesser known song   
40    "The Origins of Totalitarianism" author Hannah   
41    Alerted   
42    ExtraCare card chain   
43    Poisonous plants   
46    Reduce   
49    One place to love from   
51    One way to run   
52    Melt   
54    Deceased actor Rickman   
56    Cast a ballot   
58    Uranus, for one   
61    "A Room with a View" setting, partly   
62    "Sesame Street" baby cousin   
63    Heavy   
64    Backed off   

Down
1    Small ammo   
2    Sounds of approval   
3    Oscillates   
4    Zenni purchase   
5    Soup tidbit   
6    Civil rights activist ___ B. Wells   
7    Jazz great Fitzgerald   
8    Most intimate   
9    Shah, e.g.   
10    Moral judgement on Reddit   
11    Worthy of notice   
12    Quake   
13    _____ Breakout (classic game)   
14    "Life: A User's Manual" author   
21    Leaves out?   
24    Message accompanying a DEAD DOVE label, say   
26    Test question type   
28    Acquire   
29    Google Maps offering   
30    Common logic gate   
31    Scale starter, maybe   
34    Covertly loop in, shortly   
35    "___ the Tour" (Veeze song)   
36    They're not from around here, shortly   
38    Reef exploration gear   
39    Nighttime phone setting, say   
41    It could be a lot   
44    Paler   
45    Leaves, in Latin?   
46    Famed work of art carved by Michelangelo   
47    Ham it up, say   
48    Trig ratio   
50    Rehearsed, as in a theater   
53    Took off   
55    Bird named after its call   
57    Tie-___   
59    A pop   
60    Talk type