Sitarist Shankar Crossword Clue

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SHANKAR (noun)
1. Indian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920)

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18. Mexican sandwich

19. Encroach on, as space

21. Land that poets call Hibernia

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24. Peridot vis-à-vis jade?

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37. Dal ___ (musical notation)

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42. Goalie's goal

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61. Showed again, in a way

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67. Weight room vis-à-vis the cardio room?

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78. "Poker Face" actress Lyonne

82. Maui vis-à-vis Oahu?

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87. Intelligence org.

88. Not on solid ground

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98. Like a bad apple

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2. Illegal thing to jump

3. Artistic designs that glow under black light

4. Mainstream sort, slangily

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6. Beefcake

7. With excitement

8. "Gandhi," ""Amadeus" or "Malcolm X"

9. Break a tie?

10. Digital party request

11. Where a congregation congregates

12. Keats wrote one to a nightingale

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14. Garlicky emulsification

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38. "I can't ___!"

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44. Notable part of "Hey Jude" or "Layla"

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47. "Heck if I know"

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50. "How was ___ know?"

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53. Copenhagen native

55. Start of an unencrypted web address

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62. "The Snowy Day" author ___ Jack Keats

63. Turn on an axis

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65. Amherst sch.

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76. Sticking point?

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