1985 song by John Cougar Mellencamp Crossword Clue

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COUGAR (noun)
1. large American feline resembling a lion

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Across

1. Package under a Christmas tree

5. Old-fashioned butter maker

10. Branded cotton swab

14. Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan

15. In on, as a trend

16. Big coffee containers

17. 1972 song by Elton John

19. Luxury auto whose logo is four overlapping rings

20. In progress

21. :), ;), 😀 and others

23. Formal "you," in Spanish

25. Comedian Wong

26. Projects, as a shadow

34. Comes to light

36. X minus III, in old Rome

37. Cosmonaut Gagarin

38. Held the reins

39. Spot for a massage

41. R&B singer whose album "SOS" spent 100+ weeks in the Billboard top 10

43. Element used in bronze

44. Sporting blade

46. Draft pick?

48. Firstborn

50. 1987 song by Billy Joel and Ray Charles

53. Midsection measurement

54. Apt rhyme for "shriek"

55. Martial arts studios

57. Disheveled

61. Caribbean island with a liqueur named for it

65. Gently persuade

66. Capital of Arkansas … or a description of 17-, 29- and 50-Across?

68. In ___ land (daydreaming)

69. 'I wish I could ___ that'

70. A second helping, say

71. Excuse me ...

72. Things shifted on a bicycle or in a car

73. Winter coaster

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Down

1. ___ Jail (space on a Monopoly board)

2. Sign me up!

3. Vampire's tooth

4. Auditions

5. "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!," e.g.

6. Movable joints on a door

7. ___ code (what most product packages have)

8. Google Maps options: Abbr.

9. Bring into the mainstream

10. Counterpart of quantity

11. Factual

12. Where the N.F.L.'s Colts play, informally

13. Letters before omegas

18. Insults

22. Springfield is its capital: Abbr.

24. Org. with notoriously long lines

26. Biblical spy for Moses

27. South American flatbread

28. Lesser-played part of a 45

30. ChatGPT and Google Gemini, for two

31. Word before space or Mongolia

32. Spot to find a pulse

33. Final inning, typically

35. Device for starting an engine

40. In the style of

42. Former vice president who won a Nobel Peace Prize

45. Test taken at the 24-Down

47. Finale

49. Wins over with charm

51. Jewel

52. Pete who directed "Up," "Inside Out" and "Soul"

56. Novelist Verne

57. The N.C.A.A.'s Bruins

58. Biblical ark-builder

59. Dark, leafy green

60. Fork prong

62. Chilly

63. Surveyor's measure

64. Gave a thumbs-up

67. Airport screening grp.

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