9/22/16
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1D
Garage contraption
LIFT
2D
What a light bulb may mean
IDEA
3D
Europe’s highest active volcano
MOUNT ETNA
4D
Veteran seafarer
OLD SALT
5D
Cold War Baltic patrollers
SOVIET NAVY
6D
Coaches
TRAINS
7D
Acknowledge
ADMIT
8D
Account exec
REP
9D
Angel who replaced Jill, in ’70s TV
KRIS
10D
”The Deer Hunter” setting
VIETNAM
11D
Saturate (with)
IMBUE
12D
Let off the hook
SPARE
13D
Late bloomer?
ASTER
19D
Bit of subterfuge
RUSE
24D
Entrechat, e.gD
LEAP
25D
Call at home
SAFE
27D
Lover of Psyche
EROS
28D
Ketch kin
YAWL
30D
Green sign information, traditionally
STREET NAME
32D
Suitable
APT
34D
Raise stakes in a game and a hint to a hidden feature of five Down puzzle answers
UP THE ANTE
35D
Like many apps
FREE
36D
Cop to the crime, with “up”
FESS
39D
Address with an apostrophe
MA’AM
40D
Smack
SLAP
43D
Wings eaters’ needs
WET-NAPS
46D
Aloof demeanor
ICINESS
48D
”In thy dreams!”
NE’ER!
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49D
Hung sign
BANNER
50D
Treat badly
ABUSE
51D
Zest
GUSTO
52D
Illegal firing
ARSON
54D
USDA inspector’s concern
E COLI
56D
Ph.D. hurdle
DISS
59D
Well-versed artist?
POET
60D
Deadly slitherers
ASPS
62D
Fast-forward through
ZAP
1A
It’s often a stretch
LIMO
5A
Grim, as a landscape
STARK
10A
Debit card choice
VISA
14A
Superstar
IDOL
15A
Command
ORDER
16A
Troublesome tykes
IMPS
17A
Bad-blood situation
FEUD
18A
One out for blood
VAMPIRE BAT
20A
Some browns
TANS
21A
Number in an outline, perhaps
III
22A
Put in stitches
SUTURE
23A
Variety show array
TALENTS
26A
Disdainful look
SNEER
27A
Holes in sneakers
EYELETS
29A
Cruising
ASEA
31A
Slender-stemmed palm
RATTAN
32A
Where to see a wake
AFT
33A
Botch
MUFF
37A
Lease alternative
OWN
38A
Babies, or what some babies wear
PAMPERS
41A
Historic beginning?
PRE-
42A
Kentucky Fried side
SLAW
44A
Brewery fixture
VAT
45A
In-groups
ELITES
47A
Irish New Age singer
ENYA
49A
Runs aground
BEACHES
50A
Striped quartz
AGATE
53A
Pork-filled pastry, e.gA
MEAT PIE
55A
Ruined in the kitchen
BURNED
57A
Brooke Baldwin’s network
CNN
58A
Auto parts giant
NAPA
61A
Pearl Harbor battleship
USS ARIZONA
63A
Third-generation Genesis name
ENOS
64A
Remote button with a square
STOP
65A
Capital on the Willamette
SALEM
66A
Pedometer measure
STEP
67A
Many millennia
EONS
68A
Sky scraper?
SPIRE
69A
Stage layouts
SETS