8/18/16
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1D
Caribbean vacation spot
ARUBA
2D
Fast-food pork sandwich
MCRIB
3D
Twinges
PANGS
4D
*Dramatic gridiron pass
LONG BOMB (“dirty bomb”)
5D
Bass output
ALES
6D
Hiddleston who plays Loki in “Thor”
TOM
7D
Cycle starter
TRI-
8D
Motorcycle cop, perhaps
ESCORT
9D
Unvarnished or like the ends of the answers to starred clues?
DOWN AND DIRTY
10D
Largest Mississippi River feeder by volume
OHIO
11D
Civil wrong
TORT
12D
__ terrier
SKYE
14D
Giza neighbor
CAIRO
20D
*Put in long hours
WORK LIKE A DOG (“dirty dog”)
22D
Show off, in a way
FLEX
24D
*Shopping area loiterer
MALL RAT (“dirty rat”)
25D
”As a result “
AND SO D
28D
Flood survivor
NOAH
29D
Pilot, or a prefix with pilot
AUTO
30D
Escalator part
STEP
31D
One who is often disorderly
SLOB
32D
New Rochelle college
IONA
33D
Dressed
CLAD
35D
Words on Alice’s cake
EAT ME
39D
*”The Vampire Chronicles” novelist
ANNE RICE (“dirty rice”)
42D
Joplin pieces
RAGS
46D
Not for kids
R-RATED
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48D
Mary-in-mourning sculpture
PIETA
51D
Stud
HE-MAN
52D
Prepare to start over, perhaps
ERASE
53D
Answers briefly?
RSVPS
54D
Free ticket
PASS
55D
Liver nutrient
IRON
56D
Pop
COLA
57D
Screen signal
BLIP
60D
Make a misstep
ERR
61D
Mauna __
LOA
1C
Sound check item
AMP
4C
Barista offering
LATTE
9C
Colon pair
DOTS
13C
Alicia Keys record label
RCA
14C
Silver and gold
COLORS
15C
”Now I get it”
OH OK
16C
Large server
URN
17C
Lacking energy
ANEMIC
18C
Lean and strong
WIRY
19C
VIPs
BIGWIGS
21C
Famous
OF NOTE
23C
Take in
ABSORB
24C
Gibbs of “The Jeffersons”
MARLA
26C
Pooh pal
ROO
27C
They catch a lot of waves
ANTENNAS
31C
Ailing
SICK
34C
Canasta play
MELD
36C
Deleted
X’D OUT
37C
Do nothing
LOLL
38C
Modeling material
BALSA
40C
Match.com goal
DATE
41C
”Live” sign
ON AIR
43C
”__: Legacy”: sci-fi sequel
TRON
44C
Blue-roofed restaurant chain
IHOP
45C
Cosmic payback
BAD KARMA
47C
”Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!” airer
NPR
49C
Long-plumed fisher
EGRET
50C
One of the two
EITHER
54C
Photobucket alternative
PICASA
57C
Ice cream brand introduced in 1866
BREYERS
58C
Slugger with the most career grand slam HRs
A-ROD
59C
”Let’s hear the story!”
TELL IT!
62C
Big D pro
MAV
63C
Helpless?
SOLO
64C
1805 Beethoven premiere
EROICA
65C
Egyptian snake
ASP
66C
Glitch
SNAG
67C
Hang
DRAPE
68C
Early video game letters
NES