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1C
Salt’s “Halt!”
Avast
6C
Social goofballs
Nerds
11C
Scavenger hunt aid
Map
14C
Boiled-potato processor
Ricer
15C
Exorbitantly priced
Steep
16C
Profs email suffix
Edu
17C
U.S. coin introduced in 1916
Mercury Dime
19C
Put a dent in, say
Mar
20C
Ranch topper
Stetson
21C
Sergeants, e.g., for short
Noncoms
23C
Occasional laundromat loss
Sock
25C
Say “!@#$22
Curse
26C
Literary prince of Denmark
Hamlet
30C
Mystery writer Queen
Ellery
33C
Fields of study
Areas
34C
Less constrained
Freer
35C
Word on a 17-Across
God
38C
Decked out
Clad
39C
Jay Silverheels TV role
Tonto
40C
Alternative to an Uber
Taxi
41C
Heyerdahl’s ” -Tiki”
Kon
42C
Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt
Ceres
43C
Mayberry resident Pyle
Gomer
44C
The Negev’s land
Israel
46C
Stir up, as trouble
Foment
47C
Author who went through Hell
Dante
49C
Voice of the iPhone
Siri
51C
Not playing hooky
In Class
54C
Cocktail party bites
Canapes
59C
In the past
Ago
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
60C
Business agenda entry
Meeting Time
62C
Matchsticks game
Nim
63C
War correspondent Pyle
Ernie
64C
Pitch-black
Unlit
65C
Extra-wide, on a shoebox
EEE
66C
Two-thumbs-up flasher, e.g.
Rater
67C
Open-mic readers
Poets
1D
Some black market wares
Arms
2D
Cong
Viet
3D
North 40 unit
Acre
4D
Old Order Amish, for one
Sect
5D
Ties up tightly
Trusses
6D
Timberlake’s boy band
Nsync
7D
Scheduled takeoff time (Abbr.)
ETD
8D
Bridle part
Rein
9D
Audition CD
Demo
10D
Princess Diana’s family name
Spencer
11D
Concentration, notably
Memory Game
12D
“Dilbert” cartoonist Scott
Adams
13D
Boxer’s earnings
Purse
18D
Part of a hair
Root
22D
Mean mutt
Curse
24D
Unpopped popcorn
Kernels
26D
Break into, as a computer
Hack
27D
Folkie who sang of Alice
Arlo
28D
Household economic statistic
Mean income
29D
Young shaver
Lad
31D
Answer to “Shall we?”
Lets
32D
Many an August birth
Leo
34D
Links warning
Fore
36D
Yoked pair
Oxen
37D
Gossip that’s “dished”
Dirt
39D
Earl Grey, e.g.
Tea
40D
Glavine in Cooperstown
Tom
42D
Coffee-mate is one
Creamer
43D
Elevator operator’s question
Going Up
45D
Cardinals cap letters
STL
46D
Drescher of “The Nanny”
Fran
47D
Sawyer of TV news
Diane
48D
1973 Rolling Stones chart-topper
Angie
50D
Not as cordial
Icier
52D
Blood fluids
Sera
53D
Snail-mailed or emailed
Sent
55D
cost (gratis)
At No
56D
Carpet feature
Pile
57D
Give off
Emit
58D
Gets firm
Sets
61D
Reason for sudden death
Tie