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1D
Play
FROLIC
2D
Fair, e.g.
RATING
3D
Key
ISLET
4D
Gem
STONE
5D
Place for a long run, maybe
BROADWAY
6D
Big ___ Conference
EAST
7D
Summer Olympics event
EPEE
8D
A Prairie Home Companion broadcast site
ST PAUL
9D
Becomes a traitor
TURNS
10D
Where Is the Life That Late ___? (“Kiss Me, Kate” number)
I LED
11D
One with connections to traveling speakers?
CAR RADIO
12D
Largest sesamoid bones
KNEECAPS
13D
Et ___ (footnote abbr.)
SEQ
14D
Not one’s best effort, in coachspeak
B GAME
21D
Ache
BE SORE
23D
They can turn red in a flash
EYES
26D
Contract employee?
HIT MAN
27D
Actor with the title role in “Robin Hood: Men in Tights”
ELWES
28D
Loan figs.
APRS
29D
Beam
GRIN
30D
Some linemen: Abbr.
RTS
31D
Just do it
ACT
32D
Baseball exec Epstein
THEO
33D
What to call Judge Judy
HER HONOR
34D
Words of longing
I MISS YOU
35D
Some help from above
AIRDROPS
39D
Southernmost city on I-35
LAREDO
40D
Looms
IS NEAR
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
41D
Wolverine of Marvel Comics, e.g.
MUTANT
42D
Derisive reaction
SNORT
44D
Reno, for one
JANET
46D
They’re not pros
ANTIS
47D
Animal in un parc zoologique
TIGRE
49D
Old “Red, White & You” sloganeer
COKE
50D
Small nail
BRAD
51D
River to the Seine
OISE
52D
What you can get away with, according to Andy Warhol
ART
1C
Ultimate necessity
FRISBEE
8C
Needs grease, maybe
STICKS
14C
Cup holder
BRA STRAP
15C
School whose mascot is Riptide the Pelican
TULANE
16C
Became untied
GOT LOOSE
17C
Intro to Comp Sci, for Data Structures, e.g.
PREREQ
18C
Push away
ALIENATE
19C
Giant in sports entertainment
ANDRE
20C
Made new?
MINTED
21C
Something you might take a pass on
BUS
22C
Valuable diamond
ACE
24C
Hosp. readout
ECG
25C
Bigwig
WHEEL
28C
One ___ (multivitamin)
A DAY
29C
Highly sought-after things
GRAILS
31C
Foucault’s “This Is Not ___”
A PIPE
32C
This
THIRTY-TWO ACROSS
36C
Certain powerful engines, briefly
HEMIS
37C
Warrants
MERITS
38C
Newswoman Burnett
ERIN
39C
Guiding light?
LASER
40C
Writes to briefly?
IMS
43C
Replies of understanding
OHS
44C
Month with two natl. holidays
JAN
45C
Auto name discontinued in 1986
DATSUN
48C
One is a prize for scoring
OSCAR
50C
Endowed with from the start, as money
BORN INTO
52C
Nobody special
ANYONE
53C
Mace and shield, e.g.
RIOT GEAR
54C
Took for a ride
ROOKED
55C
Hopeful
ASPIRANT
56C
Closely following
TRUE TO
57C
Order that’s rarely followed?
DESSERT