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- "___ time no see"
- Word with "Island" or "division"
- __ Horse; or Live Free .. Die Hard star Justin
- Like Rip's beard
- Fighting a common viral illness
- With 42- and 66-Across, words to an old friend, whose end is a hint this puzzle's grid and theme
- Extending far
- Desire strongly or persistently
- Crave, hanker
- Of elongated shape
- That fellow was a poet
- Not short
- Want to be not a bit short
- Loaf in France is