9/22/16
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1D
No way man
JOSE
2D
___ of Solomon
ODES
3D
Athlete’s sudden loss of ability, informally
YIPS
4D
Percentage
CUT
5D
See 21-Across
EMPIRE
6D
Italian ten
DIECI
7D
Philosopher with a razor
OCCAM
8D
Sole end?
TOE
9D
Chekov, e.g., on “Star Trek”: Abbr.
ENS
10D
Secure
OBTAIN
11D
Voicer of Aslan in “The Chronicles of Narnia”
LIAM NEESON
12D
Bloviation
GAS
13D
Part of D.A.D.T.
ASK
18D
Bruckner’s Symphony No 7 ___ major
IN E
22D
Throat ailment, briefly
STREP
23D
Provide the juicy bits
DISH
24D
Lit
AFIRE
25D
Range of notice
RADAR
26D
Insecure person’s query
IS IT ME?
27D
Bad decision makers may have lost theirs
SENSES
28D
Consequence
RESULT
29D
Less bumpy
EVENER
30D
Part of the Dow
TECH SECTOR
33D
Big name in chain saws
STIHL
34D
Difficult struggle
THROE
35D
Portuguese king
REI
38D
Provides enough for
SATES
39D
Flower whose name means “rainbow”
IRIS
44D
Star-filled night
OSCARS
45D
Porter supporters?
STEINS
47D
Summit on Crete where Zeus was born
MT IDA
48D
Irk
EAT AT
49D
Agcy that funds major research
NSF
52D
Whip
FLOG
53D
Ferber who wrote “Giant”
EDNA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54D
French/Belgian river
YSER
55D
Bronx attraction
ZOO
56D
Common URL ending
EDU
57D
Run smoothly
HUM
58D
Operate
USE
59D
Job listing inits.
EOE
1A
Writer whose wife said he’s a “genius, but what a dirty mind he has”
JOYCE
6A
Act the grandparent, perhaps
DOTE
10A
Batman villain known as “Queen of the Cossacks”
OLGA
14A
Deep dislike
ODIUM
15A
Something to mouse over
ICON
16A
A.C.L.U target
BIAS
17A
A number of stage items in a French play?
SEPT PIECES (“set pieces”)
19A
What you might be taken to
TASK
20A
It’s twisted
ESS
21A
With 5-Down, creator of 24,000+ miles of road before 1600
INCA
22A
The West Wing speechwriter
SAM
23A
A number of cocktails in Berlin?
DREI MARTINIS (“dry martinis”)
28A
Secure, as loosened shoelaces
RETIE
31A
Palazzo ___, architectural gem of the Renaissance
FARNESE
32A
Typical after-work times, for short
EVES
33A
Take big steps
STRIDE
36A
Strauss’s “___ Heldenleben”
EIN
37A
A number of Freudians in Freiburg?
SECHS THERAPISTS (“sex therapists”)
40A
The Wildcats of the N.C.A.A., for short
UNH
41A
Less stuffy
AIRIER
42A
Olympics host after Melbourne
ROME
43A
Its capital is Maseru
LESOTHO
45A
Trig functions
SINES
46A
A number of chemical rarities in Madrid?
TRES ELEMENTS (“trace elements”)
50A
IV measures
CCS
51A
Shock, in a way
TASE
52A
Tina who won a Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
FEY
55A
Epsilon follower
ZETA
57A
A number of grain-producing sites in Normandy?
HUIT FIELDS (“wheat fields”)
60A
Dumpster attribute, often
ODOR
61A
Org inspecting 64-Across
USDA
62A
Who has won more Olympic medals than Michael Phelps
NO ONE
63A
Willa Cather’s “One of ___”
OURS
64A
Inspection target of the 61-Across
MEAT
65A
E C ___, creator of Popeye
SEGAR