9/16/16
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1D
Section of a botanical garden
CACTI
2D
School zone?
OCEAN
3D
Top of the winter
PARKA
4D
Swords, in Sèvres
EPEES
5D
PC-linking program
TELNET
6D
It’s hard to find in a crowd
ELBOW ROOM
7D
8:00-9:00 on TV, e.g.
SLOT
8D
Proverbial certainty
TAXES
9D
Shakespeare character who coins the term “primrose path”
OPHELIA
10D
Winner of back-to-back Best Rock Instrumental Grammys in 1980 and 1981
THE POLICE
11D
The ordinary folk
HOI POLLOI
12D
Scientists dream about doing great things___ do them: James A Michener
ENGINEERS
13D
Capacity
ROLE
15D
Gigli and pici, for two
PASTAS
23D
Dear ___ (1960s-’70s radio program)
ABBY
25D
Longtime “Voice of the New York Yankees”
ALLEN
27D
Easter stock
DYES
28D
Does some grilling
ASKS
29D
Quarters’ quarters?
COIN PURSE
30D
Group that almost can’t fail?
HONOR ROLL
31D
Added to a plant
ENGRAFTED
33D
Treat with violent disrespect
DESECRATE
35D
Become dull
FADE
38D
Lives the high life
JET SETS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
39D
Go downhill
WORSEN
42D
Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard
ROEPER
44D
Soft options?
SODAS
46D
Brainy high school clique
NERDS
47D
Cosmic path
ORBIT
48D
Former Trump Organization member
IVANA
49D
Like Ziegfeld girls
LEGGY
50D
Thick of things, in a manner of speaking
SWIM
52D
Kid Cudi’s “Day ‘n’ ___”
NITE
1A
Handle things
COPE
5A
Try out
TEST
9A
Additional
OTHER
14A
With nobody playing, say
A CAPPELLA
16A
Retro stereo component
PHONO
17A
Life preserver?
CEREAL BOX
18A
Katherine of NBC’s “State of Affairs”
HEIGL
19A
Observes closely
TAKES NOTE
20A
Girl adopted by Silas Marner
EPPIE
21A
Anxious
IN A STEW
22A
Anti-___ League (Progressive Era organization)
SALOON
24A
Blade brand
ATRA
26A
On the program
BILLED
28A
Feels deep sympathy
ACHES
32A
Site of Oscar Wilde’s trials
OLD BAILEY
34A
By and by
SOON
35A
Sound effects pioneer Jack
FOLEY
36A
Mandatory courses
CORE
37A
Eponym of Bible history
KING JAMES
39A
Ehrich ___ a.k.a. Harry Houdini
WEISS
40A
Was unconsciously disturbing?
SNORED
41A
I, Claudius figure
NERO
43A
Blathers
PRATES
45A
Component of some biodiesels
CORN OIL
50A
Ones coming ashore
SURFS
51A
Put away for someone
ON RESERVE
53A
Drafted
WROTE
54A
One with changing needs
DIAPER BAG
55A
It may be off the charts
ISLET
56A
Like some physicians
ATTENDING
57A
Fuses
MELDS
58A
Person offering you a fortune
SEER
59A
Command that a dog shouldn’t follow
STAY