Themeless 69

Words:  70

Average Length:  5.43

Originally, 22 Across and 5 Down were going to be theme answers in a puzzle about barriers, real and metaphorical, but I couldn’t come up with three more decent themers to make it work.  Presto change-o, I repurposed them as the seeds for this themeless. 

I’ve wanted to work 30 Across into a puzzle for a while and managed to do so here.  As for the clues to 31 Down and 50 Down, I’ve been doing a lot of reading/singing with my granddaughter.  Hopefully this puzzle won’t go bumpety-bump-bump while you’re solving it!

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