Can you believe it?

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Puzzle by Jerrie Starck
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Across

5.Filmmaker Ang or Spike
6.Songwriter Gershwin, brother of George
8.Disney who founded an empire
9.Just a few ticks
11.Numeral, or a toe
12.Choreographer Abdul
14.Maybelline's French parent company
15.One's worldly possessions after death
17.Pressure into compliance
18.Extra latitude
19.Group of geese on the ground
25.Desert plant with spines
31.Sway unsteadily
32.Provoke, as suspicion
33.Rest, as on a condition
34.Desktop pointing device
35.Pilings over water
36.Rubber disk on ice
37.Conjoined twin paired with Chang
38.New Hampshire university, briefly

Down

1.Of the abdominal region, medically
2.Stovetop whistler
3.Banish, as fears
4.Oil up
5.Pilsner, for one
7.Severe, as pain
8.Send money electronically
10.Shredded cabbage salad
11.Hairdo, in slang
13.___ time (speed unit lead-in)
20.Relaxed sigh
21.Firm hold
22.Wish-granting lamp dweller
23.Key explaining map symbols
24.Vigor and vitality
25.University property
26.In the vicinity
27.Living-room seating
28.Elephant's protruding tooth
29.Put to work
Constructor's Notes

I made this by starting with a criss-cross puzzle, and then using the "block" mode to tear it apart and make something unique!

— Jerrie Starck

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