Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally / SAT 12-6-25 / Having a good aura, in slang / Classic arcade game with a pyramid / Ratty is one in “The Wind in the Willows” / Portrayer of Glinda in 2024’s “Wicked,” to fans / Singer with the top 10 albums “Crash” and “Brat” / Warning preceding some “madness” during March Madness / Source of rhythm in electronic music / Title film character with a “lucky fin” / Chinese surname transliterating “Zuo”
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Side effect after a BBQ meal, informally / SAT 12-6-25 / Having a good aura, in slang / Classic arcade game with a pyramid / Ratty is one in “The Wind in the Willows” / Portrayer of Glinda in 2024’s “Wicked,” to fans / Singer with the top 10 albums “Crash” and “Brat” / Warning preceding some “madness” during March Madness / Source of rhythm in electronic music / Title film character with a “lucky fin” / Chinese surname transliterating “Zuo”

Constructor: Marshal HerrmannRelative difficulty: EasyTHEME: none Word of the Day: RENÉ Coty (20D: Former French president ___ Coty) — ...
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First Eurodance hit in the U.S. / SUN 11-30-25 / Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one / Noodling in a jazz tune / Anti-mob law acronym / John who painted “Backyards, Greenwich Village” / Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine / Noodling in a jazz tune / Diamonds can sometimes be found in them / 2022 sequel to “Knives Out” / Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast / Historical Dutch settler / Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha / 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show
Puzzles

First Eurodance hit in the U.S. / SUN 11-30-25 / Gay rights activist Marsha P. Johnson, for one / Noodling in a jazz tune / Anti-mob law acronym / John who painted “Backyards, Greenwich Village” / Mantou or bao, in Chinese cuisine / Noodling in a jazz tune / Diamonds can sometimes be found in them / 2022 sequel to “Knives Out” / Former Portuguese colony on the Malabar Coast / Historical Dutch settler / Ancient drinker of the fermented beverage chicha / 1999 Ron Howard film about a reality show

Constructor: Natan LastRelative difficulty: Easy-MediumTHEME: "Hog Wild" — the grid illustrates the biblical idiom PEARLS BEFORE / SWIN...
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