Becomes unlocked? Crossword Clue

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UNLOCKED (adjective)
1. not firmly fastened or secured

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Across

1. Fruit with medjool and ajwa varieties

5. Subculture celebrated at San Francisco’s Folsom Street Fair: Abbr.

9. Blown away

14. Condition whose symptoms can include difficulty focussing and impulsivity, for short

15. Noteworthy periods

16. Callas played by Angelina Jolie in a 2024 bio-pic

17. Like a string bean

18. Most successful, in a way

22. Supervisors

23. U-turn from NNW

24. Web address

25. Home for a houseplant

26. Seed used in ouzo

28. Sliding-scale provider?

33. Glutamate’s flavor

34. Peeked (at)

35. Offspring of two different big cats

36. Arabic for “festival”

37. Jacqueline known for her performances of Elgar’s Cello Concerto

38. Youth-sports categories

40. Real jerks

41. “Dude, I totally agree”

42. ___ alcohol

43. Texting format briefly

44. “Single Lady” comic Wong

45. Indian lentil stew

47. Decides that one will

51. Brunch order at a trattoria

53. Item that gets tossed after a tumble

55. Form of exercise that involves spurts of vigorous activity and brief rests: Abbr.

56. Start of a Tibetan religious title

57. Baby photographer Geddes

58. Can’t complain

59. Seal creator

60. Contracts mandating confidentiality, for short

61. Scottish word in a holiday song

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Down

1. University of Georgia athletes, familiarly

2. “Bye for now, chica!”

3. Toddler with ’tude

4. Breyers rival

5. Word of foreboding

6. "You know the ___"

7. Milieu for giant worms, in “Dune”

8. Internet portal that uses the search engine Bing

9. “Could do way worse!”

10. Says “Just checking in!” too much, e.g.

11. Bellicose member of the Greek pantheon

12. Like a good mentor

13. Satisfies a certain craving

19. Discontinued Apple laptop

21. Occasion to put a suit in one’s suitcase

25. Pokes

27. Comment after realizing that people born in 2007 can vote

28. ___ de Jouy (patterned cotton fabric)

29. React to making a gaffe

30. "Ruh-roh"

31. “Our shared last name is a complete coincidence”

32. Squeaks (out)

33. State whose borders are all straight lines

34. Abounds (with)

39. Celebration from a Spanish tennis player

42. Privileged sorts

44. Concert venue

46. Food fried in oil to honor a Maccabean miracle

47. Chances

48. Twit, to a Brit

49. South African singer with the 2023 hit “Water”

50. Line of clothing

51. Ward (off)

52. Not that

54. Largest Chinese ethnic group

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