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In the Spotlight

7×7
Featuring familiar words with surprising second acts.
This puzzle shines a spotlight on words with multiple meanings, challenging your vocabulary and wordplay skills.
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Across

  • 1A
    Bowling triumphs or labor walkouts.
  • 5A
    Totally cool, or inspiring dread.
  • 9A
    Spring's feeling or a library card's re-up.
  • 10A
    Put into order, as a bouquet or a song.
  • 11A
    Ancient outdoor clock casting shadows.

Down

  • 2D
    It might lean in Pisa.
  • 3D
    Familiar or acknowledged.
  • 4D
    Ancient upright stone slab, often commemorative.
  • 5D
    Many Mideasterners.
  • 6D
    Houston firm that became a byword for scandal.
  • 7D
    It can be Red or Dead.
  • 8D
    Molten rock beneath the surface.