9/5/16
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1D
Shoot for the stars
GO BIG
2D
Counting devices
ABACI
3D
I read you, in radio lingo
ROGER
4D
Plead
BEG
5D
Thorn’s site on a rose
STEM
6D
I totally agree!
OH YES!
7D
Worthless stuff
DRECK
8D
Japanese food
SUSHI
9D
Orthodontist’s deg.
DDS
10D
Pass-the-baton track events
RELAYS
11D
Energetically starting one’s day
UP AND AT IT
12D
Mobster John
GOTTI
13D
Descriptive of some bills or hills
STEEP
18D
Celebratory cheers
YAYS
22D
Connected, as a bath to a bedroom
EN SUITE
25D
Den
LAIR
27D
Yule tune
NOEL
29D
Mailing charge
POSTAGE
31D
Late, great boxing champ
ALI
32D
You reap what you ___
SOW
33D
Like some tennis grips
TWO-HANDED
35D
The “p” of r.p.m.
PER
36D
He’s next to Teddy on Mount Rushmore
ABE
37D
___ pasa?
QUE
39D
Bill with Washington’s face
ONE
40D
The Wizard of Oz studio
MGM
42D
Castaway’s spot
ISLE
43D
Mon ___!
DIEU
48D
Insistence
URGING
50D
Dog’s bark
WOOF
51D
Scoring high on Rotten Tomatoes
FRESH
52D
Jouster’s weapon
LANCE
53D
Open, as a toothpaste tube
UNCAP
54D
Prefix with transmitter
NEURO-
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
55D
Celestial cool red giant
S STAR
57D
Couple’s answer to “Who’s there?”
IT’S US
58D
Article of apparel with styles found at the starts of 17- 26-, 41-, 51- and 66-Across
JEANS
59D
Egypt’s Sadat
ANWAR
62D
Male foal
COLT
65D
Jockey purchase, informally
TEE
67D
It might give you the chills
FLU
1C
Apparel
GARB
5C
Installs, as a lawn
SODS
9C
Prilosec and Prozac
DRUGS
14C
Double-reed woodwind
OBOE
15C
Drive-___ window
THRU
16C
Bus station
DEPOT
17C
Facial sign of sleep deprivation
BAGGY EYES (“baggy jeans”)
19C
Roof material
SLATE
20C
Decorate, as a cake
ICE
21C
Actor Don of “Trading Places”
AMECHE
23C
Pony up, in poker
ANTE
24C
Like outfits with ruffles and lace
GIRLY
26C
Bathe in the buff
SKINNY-DIP (“skinny jeans”)
28C
Symbol of royalty in ancient Egypt
ASP
30C
Baseball’s Slammin’ Sammy
SOSA
31C
Sparkling Italian wine
ASTI
34C
Hard to see through
OPAQUE
38C
Male turkey
TOM
41C
It has only a few stories
LOW-RISE BUILDING (“low-rise jeans”)
44C
Battle of ___ Jima
IWO
45C
Springsteen’s E ___ Band
STREET
46C
Thing
ITEM
47C
Luau dance
HULA
49C
Lamb’s mother
EWE
51C
Distress signal producers
FLARE GUNS (“flare jeans”)
56C
Board for a séance
OUIJA
60C
Telephoned
RANG
61C
Romanian composer Georges
ENESCO
63C
Number of lords a-leaping
TEN
64C
Break off a relationship
END IT
66C
Tool for severing a steel cable, maybe
CUT-OFF SAW (“cut-off jeans”)
68C
And ..C#___! (director’s cry)
SCENE
69C
Asia’s diminishing ___ Sea
ARAL
70C
Moth whose name is Latin for “moon”
LUNA
71C
Not give a definitive answer
HEDGE
72C
City with piers
PORT
73C
America’s Cold War foe, for short
USSR