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Rising Action

Every answer reaches for the stars

Ascend through pop culture icons, global geography, and wordplay celebrating excellence and upward momentum.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

2.A-lister's status
7.Hispanic heritage
8.Explanations
9.Onew's K-pop group
13.Sendai's region
15.Level of excellence
16.Desert deception
17.Verizon's field

Down

1.Have a ___ (great time)
2.Vegas nickname, with 'the'
3.Three-eyed Dragon Ball fighter
4.Without oxygen, as exercise
5.Went up
6.All-encompassing prefix
10.U.S. and Canada, for short
11.More than great
12.Surfer's ride
13.Newsweek competitor
14.Sub shop option?

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