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1D
Tinged
HUED
2D
Having the skills
ABLE
3D
Actor/singer Garrett
LEIF
4D
They’re on the house
FREEBIES
5D
Prepares to have one’s tongue depressed
SAYS AH
6D
Healthy berry
ACAI
7D
Griffin of game show fame
MERV
8D
”Auld Lang __”
SYNE
9D
Skating danger
THIN ICE
10D
Texas __: poker game
HOLD ‘EM
11D
Big Australian bird
EMU
12D
Gun, as an engine
REV
13D
The Spartans of the NCAA
MSU
21D
Part of NFL: AbbrD
NATL
22D
TurboTax option
E-FILE
25D
Hardwood tree that drops acorns
RED OAK
26D
Fisher who plays Princess Leia
CARRIE
27D
Come in
ENTER
28D
”Queen of Soul” Franklin
ARETHA
29D
Equip anew, as a machine shop
RETOOL
30D
Ben Stiller’s mom
MEARA
31D
Really bother
EAT AT
32D
Clichéd
TRITE
33D
Nike competitor
ASICS
37D
Superman’s birth name
KAL-EL
38D
Sci-fi classic that introduced Princess Leia
STAR WARS
40D
Regains consciousness
COMES TO
41D
Poet Silverstein
SHEL
43D
Frequent John Wayne persona
COWBOY
44D
A cannonball makes a big one
SPLASH
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48D
Shepherd’s charge
LAMB
49D
Lamp-to-plug line
WIRE
50D
Improve text
EDIT
51D
Same: PrefD
EQUI-
52D
Skating jump
LUTZ
53D
Cut with light
LASE
54D
Fitting
APT
55D
Rock’s __ Speedwagon
REO
56D
Genesis boat
ARK
1C
24 minutes, in the NBA
HALF
5C
Giant among wholesale clubs
SAM’S
9C
Heat unit
THERM
14C
Rideshare app
UBER
15C
__-deucey
ACEY
16C
Great Lakes mnemonic
HOMES
17C
Author Wiesel
ELIE
18C
Improbable tale
YARN
19C
Candy heart message
I LUV U
20C
Position of football lineman J.J. Watt
DEFENSIVE END (“end well”)
23C
Sound heard by a shepherd
BAA!
24C
Intense, as a competitor
FIERCE
28C
Average, in math
ARITHMETIC MEAN (“mean well”)
33C
Unsteady on one’s feet
AREEL
34C
Country rocker Steve
EARLE
35C
”__ & the Women”: 2000 Gere film
DR T
36C
Divisions of tennis matches
SETS
37C
Actress Holmes
KATIE
38C
Ticked off
SORE
39C
”How was __ know?”
I TO
40C
Diamond weight
CARAT
41C
Word before Master or case
STAIR
42C
Fountain treat with Bosco, maybe
CHOCOLATE SHAKE (“shake well”)
45C
Biblical dancer
SALOME
46C
For each
PER
47C
Echoic remark before “What do we have here?” whose words can follow the ends of 20-, 28- and 42-Across
WELL, WELL, WELL
54C
Many Mideast residents
ARABS
57C
Verdi opera set in Egypt
AIDA
58C
Color similar to turquoise
AQUA
59C
’90s candidate Ross
PEROT
60C
Hosp. scans
MRIS
61C
Road grooves
RUTS
62C
Japanese capital
TOKYO
63C
Literary sister of Amy, Meg and Jo
BETH
64C
Magnitude
SIZE