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Crossword: Figure Painting

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The blank of the Vol. 143 Issue 15's crossword, Shapeshifts.
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech
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The solutions to the Vol. 143 Issue 15's crossword, Shapeshifts.
Manaal Mohammed–The Tech

This is a lightly challenging themed puzzle. Play the interactive version online here.

ACROSS
01     Menthol pain relieving balm with an apt name
07     Pang
11     Water bottle ingredient that causes reproductive harm, shortly
14     It might be heard in the herd    mooing
15     Present
16     Sam _____ (Dr. Seuss character)
17     Activity for four couples
19     Acme Corp. wares (for Wile E. Coyote)
20     Hoechlin and Posey 
21     Malign
23     Stimulate (as interest)
26     Bonds
28     Jane Austen novel titled as the main character’s name
29     PC brand
30     Relationship fallout, often
32     Hawaiian welcome item
33     Net
34     Center for some sports, shortly
35     “Dig in!”
37     Picasso and Braque, e.g.
41     Tool used to pierce leather
42     Old letter
43     ___-tzu (philosopher)
44     Discussion where those involved agree with each other to the point of redundancy, in modern slang
48     Like some fiction
49     “Then again,” in text
50     Singer Ora
51     Ottomans, for some
52     Region known as the “Las Vegas of Asia”
54     Go out briefly?
56     Type of forest game
57     Change into another form ... or like 17-across, 30-across, and 44-across structurally
62     Draw
63     A few
64     Leafs
65     ERP might help treat it
66     Understanding, maybe
67     Boston suburb (not Worcester) (not Arlington) (not Roslindale) (...)

DOWN
01     Contacts on Slack, say
02     ___ au
03     [reading this]
04     Work break
05     Where to put pastrami
06     Neutrogena shampoo offering
07     Islamic canon law
08     More taut
09     Curve
10     Honeytrappers
11     “Dig in!”
12     It might come before Canal or Papers
13     Acela provider
18     Abhor
22     French thanks
23     It might be seen near a mall
24     “Makes sense!”
25     Left
27     White’s style partner
30     A shaman, for one
31     ___ Rexha
33     Wail (as a cat might)
36     ____ Baron Cohen, “Borat” creator
37     Tastefully select
38     Run one’s mouth, maybe
39     It might be sweet
40     Soaks, as bread in soup
42     Shot again
44     Wake up
45     Crooked type?
46     Oscillated
47     Spanish tuber
48     They’re larger in the dark
51     Popular lake destination in Northern California
53     Group that sent the first animal into space
55     Link warning letters
58     Shed tool
59     Wear for the day, informally
60     Also
61     Tax ID digits