Twin Peaks Tavern

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Twin Peaks Tavern

Hyle, you removed the words from the end of each themed clue in my crossword? How are they supposed to solve it with half the themed clues missing?!

I didn’t “remove” them, Hand! I just put them in the middle as the answer! I even highlighted it for them! So all they need to do is solve the answer, and then they can see the questions they’re supposed to solve! Piece of cake!

Note: For any date-related references in this puzzle, "today's date" should be considered to be January 27, 2024 (the date of the original Who Killed Ickey? contest).

This landmark gay bar in the Castro District removed its window coverings in 1972, hoping for a future free of anti-gay bias.

Hyle has removed the last two words of the boldfaced, starred clues and replaced them with ellipses (the three dots)… then he

replaced the longest central answer (the yellow squares) with those same two words! Can you figure out what they are?

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Across Clues

1. Terminal through which the electric cart beeps, in Chapter 3

5. mp3s' predecessors

8. Donahue who was on TV in 1977

12. Its Dumbo dispenser was introduced in 1977

15. Source for mail-order rocket skates, etc.

16. Thrilla in Manila winner

17. Capitol Hill gofer

18. ___-Wan who first appeared in 1977

19. *49 days...

22. "Smoking or ___?" (Hostess' frequent question in 1977)

23. B&O & Short Line, e.g.

24. Apply

25. Backstreet Boys rivals

27. Its capital is Oranjestad

30. 54-Across - to - Beirut dir.

32. "Say ___"

33. Imitators

35. Father's granddaughter's brother, perhaps?

37. Samoa's capital

41. Lil ___ X

42. *305 days...

45. How a printer might describe an increase in a dash's length

48. EVOO component

49. Congressman having a cow on Twitter?

50. Words removed by Hyle from the clues for 19A, 42A, 60A, 81A, and 26D, and this puzzle's answer.

54. Israeli port city (no, despite the book's title, it's not Jerusalem)

56. Sphere

57. Attach, in a way

60. *331 days...

64. Band that released Out of the Blue in 1977, for short

65. Catchall category (abbr.)

66. Down with the lingo, to a '30s "cat"

67. 1966 hit for Fontella Bass

70. Satan Exulting over ____: 1795 painting on which the book cover is based.

72. Anger

73. "No. As ___ Jerusalem. Enith and I are Ickey's parents." --Chapter 9

74. Dish with a lot of culture?

77. Clean air org.

79. Going problem?: Abbr.

80. Western native

81. *17 days...

88. Yo! ____ Raps!

89. The Shah was still its leader in 1977

90. Op or pop follower

91. Gutter site

92. It fits some remote ctrls.

93. Scratch's partner

94. Chairman who wasn't still China's leader in 1977

95. The Starjammers first appeared in 1977 in this comic book series.

Down Clues

1. Pas' partners

2. SAT alternative

3. Naughty child

4. Close

5. Mustangs, e.g.

6. Half of MCII

7. [Not our goof!]

8. Bid alternative in bridge

9. Get down?

10. Activist Wells

11. Transgender actress Bloom

12. Pay (up)

13. Black, to Blake

14. Last Centrum ingredient, alphabetically

20. ___ II (Gillette razor brand)

21. It comes five letters before 63-Down

26. *135 to 137 days...

27. Teen travail

28. Horse of a different color?

29. The only toilet the purser claims to have used in Chapter 4

30. Advanced degree?

31. Fed. hush-hush group

32. Director Lee

34. "Christ," Ded thinks in Chapter 9, "Was that guy shooting ___?"

35. Less than 2%?

36. Norway's capital

38. Air-powered toy

39. Serpent suffix

40. Garland and Sessions, for short

43. Veterans' opposites

44. About, on a memo

46. Word that nearly always precedes "Jarvis" in Chapter 3

47. J.F.K. postings

51. According to Chapter 18, Jesus' followers in this city edged out Mithraism and Manichaeism

52. "It's a ___!"

53. Hwys.

54. Serious heart cond.

55. It might be served with 59-Across

58. Ticklish Muppet?

59. Masago and ikura

61. First word of Chapter 1's title

62. Slip up

63. It comes five letters after 21-Down

68. Mention as a source

69. Ladies' alternative

71. Strikingly bright

72. MacKellen or Holm

74. Adidas spinoff

75. Crooner James

76. Adderall maker

77. Savoir-faire

78. Confined, with "up"

79. Biblical preposition

82. Exist

83. Scottish topper

84. 401(k) alternative

85. Power provider

86. "___ Maria"

87. Japanese capital?

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