9/12/16
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1D
Makes a difference
HELPS
2D
”I won’t tell __!”
A SOUL
3D
Buffalo hockey player
SABRE
4D
Title venue for Hemingway’s old man
THE SEA
5D
Sported
WORE
6D
Kindle download
APP
7D
Wall St. debut
IPO
8D
Volleyball barrier
NET
9D
SeaWorld star
SHAMU
10D
Backyard bash
LAWN PARTY
11D
Jai __
ALAI
12D
String-around-your-finger toy
YO-YO
14D
Cooking appliance
STOVE
17D
Explore caves
SPELUNK
20D
Sailor’s word of obedience
AYE
22D
Information that ruins the ending
SPOILER
23D
Costner/Russo golf film
TIN CUP
24D
Basilica recess
APSE
26D
Water down
DILUTE
28D
Bank claim
LIEN
29D
Salinger’s “With Love and Squalor” girl
ESME
30D
Palindromic pop group
ABBA
31D
Study all night
CRAM
32D
Keats or Byron, e.gD
LYRIC POET
34D
Pageant title with 51 contestants (the 50 states plus D.C.)
MISS USA
36D
Roe source
SHAD
42D
Partners’ legal entity: AbbrD
LLC
43D
Madison Ave. bigwig
AD EXEC
44D
Most TV “operas”
SOAPS
46D
Sounds from sties
OINKS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48D
”Mutiny on the Bounty” captain
BLIGH
49D
Slow movement
LENTO
50D
Perfumer Lauder
ESTEE
51D
Four-note lights-out tune
TAPS
52D
Singles
ONES
53D
Prefix with care
MEDI-
55D
Collectors’ albums and a hint to six puzzle answers
LPS
56D
Gallery collection
ART
57D
Chihuahua uncle
TIO
1A
Is blessed with, as talent
HAS
4A
Creator of Finn and Sawyer
TWAIN
9A
Leave rolling in the aisles
SLAY
13A
That, in Spain
ESA
14A
”Olde” store
SHOPPE
15A
Ring over an angel
HALO
16A
Crustacean catcher
LOBSTER POT
18A
Out of town
AWAY
19A
Intent
PURPOSE
20A
OB/GYN procedure
AMNIO
21A
Hiding spot for a cheater’s ace
SLEEVE
22A
Put off bedtime
STAY UP
25A
Weapon in Clue
LEAD PIPE
27A
Brewery product
ALE
30A
”Defending our rights” orgA
ACLU
33A
Electrified atoms
IONS
34A
Scans for injured athletes, briefly
MRIS
35A
__ Mawr College
BRYN
36A
Piece of pizza
SLICE
37A
To-do list entry
ITEM
38A
Worse-than-one’s-bite quality
BARK
39A
Online TV giant
HULU
40A
Since, in a holiday song
SYNE
41A
Fifi’s friend
AMI
42A
Slip for a tardy student
LATE PASS
45A
Like the Arctic, compared to most of the planet
COLDER
47A
Two-base hit
DOUBLE
51A
Debate issue
TOPIC
53A
Illness characterized by a red rash
MEASLES
54A
Soon, to a bard
ANON
55A
Decorator’s wall prettifier
LATEX PAINT
58A
Subtle look
PEEK
59A
Lion groups
PRIDES
60A
Former AT&T rival
GTE
61A
Former fast planes
SSTS
62A
Unemotional
STOIC
63A
Bladed gardening tool
HOE