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| Talladega" singer who goes by his middle name, not first name (Kenneth): 2 wds. |
| The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit |
| Alphabetical Jackson 5 hit |
| Would you like to see ___?" (waiter's question) |
| Editing (text) |
| Gather (crops) |
| 1929 Ethel Waters hit whose title is a question |
| 1973 Rolling Stones #1 hit |
| 1984 top ten Duran Duran hit |
| ___ Pet (kitschy plant) |
| First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f |
| Soft, silvery-white element |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Questions idiot describing kindergarten (4) |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| Nagging (husband) |
| Expel (barrister) |
| 1950's White House nickname |
| All ___!" (courtroom phrase) |
| A check inside? (Abbr.) |
| Amphitheatre's central space |
| Animated character who graduated from CalTech (Calcutta Technical Institute) and Springfield Heights Institute of Technology (SHIT) |
| Wind (prefix) |
| Long-lasting (illness) |
| Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads |
| Architectural pilaster |
| ___ the world (asleep) |
| Work (dough) |
| Fighter craft shooter marketed to white people? |