Exploding stars Crossword Clue

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Across

1. Zip

5. Water park ride with floating logs

10. Preach!

11. Toy bricks

12. What political science majors study: Abbr.

13. Not cool

14. "Hold My ___" (2022 Lady Gaga hit)

16. Where the six states circled in this puzzle are located geographically (in their proper places!)

22. N.F.L. group crouching before the snap, informally

23. The Raven poet

24. Reject, as a bill from Congress

25. Buddhist principle of cause and effect

27. Performs at a studio lot

28. ___ Tuck (Robin Hood's friend)

29. Eye irritation

30. They might keep you in bed

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Down

1. Zig's opposite

2. Music genre that emerged from the '80s D.C. punk scene

3. Fire (up)

4. Exactly right

5. Tossed with force

6. Ivan ___, eight-time Grand Slam tournament winner from 1984 to 1990

7. "Well, this isn't great"

8. 'Excusez-__!'

9. Mind-reading ability, for short

15. Suffix with hex- or prop-

17. Vote into office

18. Quick with punny responses, say

19. Its showers bring May flowers, in a saying

20. Wanderer

21. Sweeties

25. Fast-food chain that follows exactly 11 accounts on X, as a nod to the 11 herbs and spices in its secret recipe

26. Certain queer identity, in brief

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