10D. This one made me laugh out loud. Instead of referring to the ice cream flavor, this clue hints at pavement. The ingredient that might make a road rocky is ASPHALT. 28D. A [Colleague who might be solutions-oriented?] might be someone who likes to fix problems, but one’s LAB PARTNER would more likely be involved with chemical solutions.

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DIGIT (40A) is the word for a [Finger or toe]. But it’s also, [when read as two words, what you can do to the ends of 17- and 62-Across and 10- and 34-Down]. Here’s where that hard G comes in: DIG IT.

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