8/17/16
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1D
Affirmative, ___, I read you (line in “2001: A Space Odyssey”)
DAVE
2D
Pioneering computer operating system
UNIX
3D
Stock watcher’s network
CNBC
4D
Starting progress, metaphorically
TOEHOLD
5D
Not be a tightwad
SPEND
6D
Guard one’s bets
HEDGE
7D
Wine variety
ROSE
8D
States of pique
IRES
9D
Thousand G’s
MIL
10D
T
PASTRIES (Tarts)
11D
P
MOVIE ROLES (Parts)
12D
Runaway G.I.
AWOL
13D
Seder celebrants
JEWS
21D
What’s brewing, maybe
ALE
23D
Santa ___ winds
ANA
25D
All fired up
AMPED
26D
I knew it all ___
ALONG
27D
Upstanding
MORAL
28D
D
PUB PASTIME (Darts)
29D
Recital pieces
SOLOS
30D
Pianist Gilels
EMIL
31D
Occupied, as a lav
IN USE
32D
At the Milliner’s painter
DEGAS
34D
Holy text
TORAH
35D
Part of the Olympics logo
RING
38D
What sorcerers practice …or a hint to interpreting five clues in this puzzle
DARK ARTS
42D
Blunder
MISSTEP
44D
Cacophony
DIN
45D
One of 2,297 for Hank Aaron, in brief
RBI
47D
Actor Burton
LEVAR
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48D
Church chorus?
AMENS
49D
Since
AS OF
50D
Something you might hear in an empty building
ECHO
51D
Off-color, paradoxically
BLUE
52D
Big nits
LICE
53D
Hangover feeling
HAZE
54D
Lead-in to zone
EURO-
55D
Musial in Cooperstown
STAN
58D
Years and years
EON
1C
Airway or pipe
DUCT
5C
Gulf Coast catch
SHRIMP
11C
___ gen.
MAJ
14C
Part of A.D.
ANNO
15C
Where Caterpillar is headquartered
PEORIA
16C
Carry a balance
OWE
17C
Intangible feeling, informally
VIBE
18C
Cars introduced with much fanfare on “E Day”
EDSELS
19C
I do, e.g.
VOW
20C
M
EXCHANGES (Marts)
22C
It has a 50% chance
TAILS
24C
Shoppe descriptor
OLDE
25C
Composer Thomas
ARNE
26C
Generous
AMPLE
29C
Like much of Montana
SEMIARID
33C
Forte, on a score
LOUD
34C
___-l’oeil (illusion)
TROMPE
36C
Opening number
ONE
37C
Sphere
ORB
38C
Dining table decorations
DOILIES
39C
Big oaf
LUG
40C
Fail as a night guard, say
NAP
41C
Traitor in the Revolutionary War
ARNOLD
42C
Spanish for “table”
MESA
43C
Party clothes
GLAD RAGS
45C
Gains, as in the stock market
RISES
46C
Punjabi for “disciple”
SIKH
47C
Chocolate dogs
LABS
49C
Hartford-based insurance giant
AETNA
51C
W
BLEMISHES (Warts)
56C
Part of STEM: Abbr.
SCI
57C
Experience anew
RELIVE
59C
Lacking slack
TAUT
60C
Resistance unit
OHM
61C
Bird on a Froot Loops box
TOUCAN
62C
___ Taft Benson (1980s-’90s Mormon leader)
EZRA
63C
Adversary
FOE
64C
Dismissive looks
SNEERS
65C
Common laborer
PEON