"You don't have to explain your joke to us" Crossword Clue

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"You don't have to explain your joke to us" Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

EXPLAIN (verb)
1. serve as a reason or cause or justification of
2. make plain and comprehensible

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Across

1. "Adios, ___!"

6. Texter's "you tell me"

9. Sweet braided bread

14. Source of a pulse

15. Modernizing prefix

16. Ingredient in a Whopper

17. Home of many champion marathoners

18. [And just like that ...]

19. Small contribution

20. Blowout victory, metaphorically

23. Chichén ___ (Mayan archaeological site)

26. Latin "wolf"

27. Hulking brute

31. Wild backdrop for "Wuthering Heights"

32. Biblical patriarch who begat Methuselah

33. Lead-in to ever

34. Device for taking notes?

35. Verbal facepalm

36. Message meaning "I can't be reached right now"

37. "Welcome Back, Kotter" role of 1970s TV

39. Yusuf ___, adopted name of singer Cat Stevens

41. Subtle summons

42. Woman's name that becomes another woman's name when an "M" is added to the front

44. Missouri tributary

46. One part of a swimming pool

48. Beat rapidly, as eggs

49. Center

50. Something of miner concern?

52. Commotion

53. A little cute?

54. Comedy bit

55. Broadway star LuPone

57. Talent

58. Big softy, perhaps

60. Put through the self-checkout

61. Research campus in upstate N.Y.

62. With 66-Across, spooky property that might include a 20-Across and a 7-, 25- and 28-Down

64. Went underground

65. "Exit" key

66. See 62-Across

67. Country music's ___ Young Band

68. Buttonless shirt

69. Carry-___

70. Airport org

71. Intelligence org.

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Down

1. "___, and it shall be given you": Matthew 7:7

2. Recipient of Bart Simpson's crank calls

3. New York's Stonewall, e.g.

4. New York's Stonewall, e.g.

5. Mouthy?

6. Puts into play, as a basketball

7. Marvel superhero portrayed by Ryan Reynolds

8. Fermented, sweetened tea drink

9. Dinghy or dory

10. 'You said it!'

11. Two hearts, for one

12. Fish in a garden pond

13. Raggedy doll

21. Cheer for a fútbol team

22. Fireplace residue

23. Caught on camera, say

24. 1919 event that confirmed the general theory of relativity

25. Commercial property left mostly vacant by hybrid work arrangements

28. Restaurant offering delivery and pickup only

29. Spinning, feathered lures

30. Overplayed on stage

38. Clever wit

39. Actor McKellen

40. Speedometer fig.

41. Rotini and bucatini

43. Detected

45. Speech therapist's concern

47. Off-leash areas

51. Cloudbursts

53. Scary sight for a red-bellied marsh mouse

56. World's most populous country as of 2023

58. James of The Godfather

59. Speed Wagon and Flying Cloud of old autodom

62. Insurance option, for short

63. Recombinant ___

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