10/4/16
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1D
Soul singer Redding
OTIS
2D
See 59-Across
BANA
3D
The “A” of B.A.
ARTS
4D
___ scale (measure of hardness)
MOHS
5D
Had dinner
ATE
6D
Rebound on a pool table
CAROM
7D
___ acid (protein builder)
AMINO
8D
Photocopier powder
TONER
9D
Naughty!
TSK!
10D
Is a romancer, old-style
PITCHES WOO
11D
Former “S.N.L.” comic Cheri, whose last name rhymes with her first
OTERI
12D
Bridle rein, e.g.
STRAP
13D
Promotes, with “up”
HYPES
18D
Weight-loss program
DIET
22D
Show hosts, in brief
MCS
23D
Skim or 2%
MILK
24D
Chinese money
YUAN
25D
Signs, as a contract
INKS
26D
Jets quarterback Smith
GENO
27D
Grand work
OPUS
28D
Street vendors selling Mexican food
TACO TRUCKS
31D
Senator Cruz
TED
32D
Made in ___
USA
33D
Place of service for John McCain, briefly
NAM
35D
Bit of smoke
WISP
36D
Aftereffect from working out
ACHE
37D
___ ends here! (fighting words)
THIS
39D
Of the flock
LAIC
40D
Unit of force
DYNE
45D
GPS calculation: Abbr.
RTE
46D
[Ah, me]
SIGH
47D
Oldest of the Three Stooges
SHEMP
48D
___ Antoinette
MARIE
49D
Getting into a gray area?
AGING
50D
Eyes: Lat.
OCULI
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51D
Words after “like it” and “ready”
OR NOT
52D
Singer Musgraves who won a 2013 Grammy for Best Country Album
KACEY
55D
Heavyweight champ Riddick
BOWE
56D
Headstrong animals
OXEN
57D
Do 10 crosswords in a row, say, with “out”
NERD
58D
Questions
ASKS
60D
Once around the track
LAP
61D
Oh, before I forget …, in a text
BTW
1A
President who ended “don’t ask, don’t tell”
OBAMA
6A
Women’s suffrage leader Carrie Chapman ___
CATT
10A
Swanky
POSH
14A
Fortuneteller’s deck
TAROT
15A
Famous snack maker
AMOS
16A
Teeny
ITTY
17A
Overboard, to a sailor
IN THE DRINK
19A
Maryland athlete, for short
TERP
20A
Talk back to
SASS
21A
Actress Skye of “Say Anything …”
IONE
22A
Jazz vocalist Carmen ___
MCRAE
23A
Data storage devices
MEMORY CHIPS
25A
Let me take care of that
I GOT IT
29A
Function
USE
30A
Kathmandu’s land
NEPAL
31A
Chicken of the Sea product
TUNA
34A
___ team (police unit)
SWAT
38A
Punch in the mouth, slangily
KNUCKLE SANDWICH
41A
Neither good nor bad
SO-SO
42A
To whom God said “For dust you are and to dust you will return”
ADAM
43A
Nintendo character who hatches from an egg
YOSHI
44A
Prefix with athlete
TRI-
46A
Website that investigates urban legends
SNOPES
47A
Bright sort
SMART COOKIE
53A
International court site, with “The”
… HAGUE
54A
Jagged cliff
CRAG
55A
___ fide
BONA
59A
With 2-Down, star of 2003’s “Hulk”
ERIC
60A
Backpack containers where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 38- and 47-Across
LUNCH BOXES
62A
No-longer-fashionable fur
MINK
63A
Common ingredient in lotions
ALOE
64A
Dance move added to the O.E.D in 2015
TWERK
65A
Things to hang coats on
PEGS
66A
What a ___! (“Too bad!”)
PITY
67A
Meanders
WENDS