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Crossword 235: Ten-Four

George Bernard O'Neill, “Cheer up!”
George Bernard O'Neill, “Cheer up!”

I’ve already posted a puzzle entitled “Yes” (Crossword 213); here’s another that celebrates this best of all possible worlds with a hearty cry of joyous affirmation, this time in radio jargon.  Next, “You Betcha!”—a puzzle in which “you” is replaced by “tcha.”  So far I’ve got LAT CHAT  (“Shop-talk between physical trainers”); I’m sure three or four more will occur to me eventually.

(Clues to 25 Across and 50 Across were provided by test-solver Kevin Walker, whose clue-writing genius I’ve drawn on more than once already.)

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