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1D
Like some tuxedo shirts
RUFFLED
2D
Usually
AS A RULE
3D
Hand-held cleaner, briefly
MINI-VAC
4D
Summit-ending agreement
PACT
5D
TV channels 2 to 13
VHF
6D
Place for a ring
EAR
7D
Iron alloy
STEEL
8D
Like the bikini in a 1960 1 hit
TEENIE
9D
Burton of “Roots”
LEVAR
10D
Gridiron squads
ELEVENS
11D
Delicate handling
FINESSE
12D
Extension on an unformatted document file
TXT
15D
Of assistance
HELPFUL
17D
It’s said that he said, “I never said most of the things I said”
YOGI
21D
25% of M
CCL
24D
”Absolutely!”
AMEN!
25D
Campus mil. group
ROTC
26D
Won at musical chairs
SAT
32D
Toothpaste-endorsing gpD
ADA
34D
”__ what I mean?”
SEE
36D
Start of a sequence ending in “thx”
PLS
38D
Stuck (to)
ADHERED
39D
Watering aid
HOSE
40D
Feed the kitty
ANTE
41D
”Stillmatic” rapper
NAS
42D
Eponymous electrical current principle
OHM’S LAW
43D
1970 John Wayne film
RIO LOBO
46D
Call for pizza, say
ORDER IN
47D
Like Dumbledore and Santa Claus
BEARDED
48D
Lends a hand
ASSISTS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51D
Nile snake
ASP
52D
Summer treat
ICE POP
54D
It used to be plenty
ENOW
57D
Actress Mila
KUNIS
58D
Arrive at
REACH
62D
”Slithy” thing in “Jabberwocky”
TOVE
63D
Works at a museum
ART
65D
One called Miss
SHE
66D
Sty mother
SOW
1C
Skatepark feature
RAMP
5C
Tuxedo part
VEST
9C
Flew the coop
LEFT
13C
Old Voice of America overseer: AbbrC
USIA
14C
Dislike intensely
HATE
15C
Twisted shape
HELIX
16C
Without a care in the world
FANCY-FREE (“free pass”)
18C
Olympics segment
EVENT
19C
Dipped chip
FRITO
20C
Vatican City is one
ENCLAVE
22C
Sweetie, in dialect
LUV
23C
Clove crusher
GARLIC PRESS (“press pass”)
27C
She, in São Paulo
ELA
28C
”I think,” in chats
IMO
29C
Pointy hat wearer
ELF
30C
CIA relative
NSA
31C
Prefix meaning “ten”
DECA-
33C
Fictional visitors from space
ETS
35C
Surprise victory
UPSET
37C
Big band venue
DANCE HALL (“hall pass”)
41C
U.S.-Canada defense system
NORAD
44C
Quite a long while
EON
45C
Buckwheat noodle of Japan
SOBA
49C
Tuna at a sushi bar
AHI
50C
Okinawa okay
HAI
53C
Fr. holy woman
STE
55C
Hi-__ image
RES
56C
Deceptive measure
SMOKE SCREEN (“screen pass”)
59C
Courtroom VIPs
DAS
60C
Frozen convenience store offering
SLURPEE
61C
Funny Cheri
OTERI
63C
Solitary
ALONE
64C
Log-on needs and, literally, what the ends of 16-, 23-, 37- and 56-Across can be
PASSWORDS
67C
Gung-ho, as a fan
RABID
68C
Cuatro y cuatro
OCHO
69C
__ Cong
VIET
70C
Rare bills
TWOS
71C
”That was a close one!”
PHEW!
72C
Odds partner
ENDS