Backstabbers Crossword Clue

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Backstabbers Crossword Answer

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RATS

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1. Decidedly dry

5. ___ majeste

9. Felt it after yardwork

14. ___ Men ("Who Let the Dogs Out" group)

15. Asgard figure

16. Campbell on covers

17. You’re doing one now

19. Pretty poor grade

20. Apollo loved her

21. Like some fairy tale meanies

23. People for whom a sea is named

26. Kabayaki base

27. Move while avoiding detection

30. She played Mary Ann on “Gilligan’s Island”

35. Vegas request

36. Dodgers pitcher Jake

37. Like a tug-of-war rope

38. Potsdam pronoun

39. Wrench, to Brits

42. Clown’s weapon

43. Blood-carrier

45. Not much

46. Handy to have around

48. The Joker to Batman

50. It runs on gas or foot power

51. Young fellow

52. “¿Dónde ___ Corazón?” (Enrique Iglesias song)

54. Penalties for Palestine, e.g.

58. Saved, one way

62. State tree of Texas

63. Lead singer on “Magic Man” and “Crazy on You”

66. Snail trail

67. It’s a matter of interest

68. “Legally Blonde” heroine

69. Tribe leader

70. To be to Tiberius

71. Miami-__ County

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1. Multiple-choice test options

2. ___ avis

3. Chain with Chicken & Banana Pancakes

4. Fender-bender catcher

5. Put closer to the ground

6. Tokyo, once

7. Title for the knighted

8. Within: Prefix

9. One of the Apostles

10. It only covers the shoulders

11. Festival with colored water

12. Birds with big eggs

13. Spill the tea

22. Fantasy, for one

24. Think creatively

25. Far-from-perfect reputation

27. God of destruction

28. More easygoing

29. Personal standard

31. Frosty folks

32. Accept eagerly

33. Rainer with consecutive Best Actress wins

34. Horse, to poets

40. Black-and-white animal

41. People with an itinerant way of life

44. Lightning match, e.g.

47. Caressed

49. Bread maker

53. Robert who wrote “Chinatown”

54. Church recess

55. Carter with a Tony

56. Litmus paper reddener

57. Like bulls and bucks

59. Madonna's "La __ Bonita"

60. Cry accompanied by a gavel strike

61. Any of four on a zebra

64. Thumbs-down answers

65. “I Can” singer

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