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The Nuclear Age

by Evelyn Woods

Wow! This is harder than it looks. I have a newfound respect for this art.

Warning: there is a bunch of nerd garbage in here, AND the clues are cheeky. I am not sorry.

Warning: there are a couple awkward answers in here. I am somewhat more sorry for those.

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1 Gaming service, for short
4 Bottom tier of the hierarchy of needs
8 Tile
12 Reminiscent of Quaker
13 Cry of a torrenter?
14 HTTP client
15 Outcome of an unyielding crystal?
18 Current discourse subject
19 Errs
20 Cell near N2
21 _____ fjord bank glyphs vext quiz
22 Common heart problem
23 Night goddess
24 Crossroads of all dimensions
25 Middle
28 Trails
30 Agrees
33 Popular fan portmanteau... and a hint to five answers in this puzzle
36 Taking it will give you a fraction
37 SSH _____
38 Result of being left hanging
42 Catgirl locale, for short
43 Where one might sell crafted items offline?
46 Celeb, of a sort
48 DX competitor
49 Kind of predator
51 Kind of waterfall?
53 Popular crossword nation
55 Searches for the source of the problem
57 Treefolk
58 Outcome of a glowing crystal?
59 Cell updates
60 HTTP client
61 Slide into DMs
62 Gecko security libs.
  
1 Mother's second daughter
2 You should use it when available
3 One who might be slut-shamed
4 "Hey, up to anything?"
5 Film parrot
6 Outcome of a cool crystal?
7 Common poison
8 Radio software framework, for short
9 Outcome of a tasty crystal?
10 Twitter annihilates it
11 He fills these
12 Imaginary friends
16 Type of error
17 Apple bought it
24 _____ facto
26 It makes phantoms more fearsome
27 Bland yet popular snack
29 Some vowels
31 Rating system
32 Important Rubik's Cube maneuver
33 It summons a ride, and has nothing to do with the theme
34 Noted fashion designer
35 JavaScript library
36 Putting a round peg in a square hole
37 Frustrating error from classic games
39 REers may have several installed
40 Outcome of a common crystal?
41 Forgets about
44 Busy waits
45 Notable GDQ sponsor
47 Map, except I misspelled it and now it's too late to fix it lol sorry
50 It won't work with 1-Across
52 Serpentine shape
54 Extreme suffix
56 Native sort