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LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “Title Role”
Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a famous movie of the 1990s.
Answer: THE LION KING
Correct entries: 573, of which 552 were solo solves

Several creatures from the Disneyfied Serengeti found a natural habitat in this grid:

17-A: [Trial feature, often] = EXPERT TESTIMONY

26-A: [Goes too far] = GETS CARRIED AWAY

42-A: [You hear two before Blue Jays games] = NATIONAL ANTHEMS. Both “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “O, Canada” since the Blue Jays are the only Canadian team in the league.

54-A: [Might not be quite fair] = SEEMS IMBALANCED

Each of those conceals a character from Disney’s 1994 classic “The Lion King,” making that our contest answer. A nudge also from 55-D: [Charles ___ (he’s crowned today)], who crosses Lion King SIMBA at the III.

And here’s the Lion-el King:

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

This week’s contest answer is five letters long.

NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for submitting entries to this meta is Thursday, May 18th, at noon ET.

Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.