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1D
Root beer container
MUG
2D
Like the verb “to be”: AbbrD
IRR
3D
Attorneys’ orgD
ABA
4D
What a landslide political victory confers
MANDATE
5D
Poor
INDIGENT
6D
God, in the Torah
ADONAI
7D
Fancy party spread
PATE
8D
Flies, to spiders
PREY
9D
Weekend Update show, for short
SNL
10D
There you have it!
ET VOILA!
11D
*1963 Steve McQueen epic, with “The”
GREAT ESCAPE
12D
Rom-com or horror
GENRE
13D
Drops off at the post office
SENDS
18D
QVC alternative
HSN
21D
Airline’s base of operations
HUB
22D
Immature stage
LARVA
23D
Nail the test
ACE IT
24D
*2004 documentary about fast food
SUPER SIZE ME
25D
___ boom (what a jet may create)
SONIC
28D
*1956 James Dean western
GIANT
29D
Bert’s sister in “The Bobbsey Twins”
NAN
31D
Scrabble rackful
TILES
34D
What colanders and Swiss cheese both have
HOLES
35D
Brewer’s fermenting agent
YEAST
38D
Perch for a golf ball
TEE
39D
Eschew Uber, say
CALL A CAB
42D
Have a go at
ATTEMPT
45D
Strengthen
BOLSTER
47D
Get ___ of (throw away)
RID
48D
Visit
STOP BY
50D
Dump emanations
ODORS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51D
Deck with 78 cards
TAROT
53D
___ Baba and the 40 Thieves
ALI
55D
Bob of TV’s “This Old House”
VILA
56D
Hunchbacked assistant of film
IGOR
58D
TV channel established under a royal charter
BBC
59D
Springsteen’s “Born in the ___”
USA
60D
Go beyond ripe
ROT
61D
Short albums, for short
EPS
1C
Home of the N.F.L.’s Dolphins
MIAMI
6C
iPhone purchases
APPS
10C
Objects of an Easter hunt
EGGS
14C
Of the city
URBAN
15C
Shoot!
DARN!
16C
Squirrel’s home
TREE
17C
*1932 Greta Garbo classic
GRAND HOTEL
19C
___ diagram
VENN
20C
It acquired Lucasfilm in 2012
DISNEY
21C
Squirrel away
HOARD
22C
Garfield’s favorite food, in the comics
LASAGNA
25C
Upscale business accommodations
SUITES
26C
Like the accent in “é”
ACUTE
27C
Dishonorable
IGNOBLE
30C
Apologize for one’s sins
REPENT
32C
007 creator Fleming
IAN
33C
Pale as a ghost
ASHY
36C
Contend
VIE
37C
*Winner of 11 1997 Oscars
TITANIC
40C
Iowa’s ___ College
COE
41C
Sister brand of Gillette’s Sensor
ATRA
43C
Sportscaster Berman
LEN
44C
Jewish mysticism
CABALA
46C
Sidewalks line them
STREETS
49C
Easy runs
LOPES
50C
Ear trouble
OTITIS
52C
Like the Burj Khalifa among all the buildings in the world
TALLEST
54C
Seeing stars
DAZED
55C
Orchestra section next to the cellos
VIOLAS
57C
City near Provo Peak
OREM
58C
Long view or what the answer to each starred clue is?
BIG PICTURE
62C
Easy win
ROMP
63C
Amoeba’s shape
BLOB
64C
The Tortoise and the Hare fabulist
AESOP
65C
Editor’s “Let it stay”
STET
66C
Leading man Grant
CARY
67C
Temper tantrum throwers
BRATS