8/21/16
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1C
Bookie’s calculations
Odds
5C
Undergarment that may be worn with a skirt
Slip
9C
Corn eater’s discard
Cob
12C
Three-person band
Trio
13C
“The Tonight Show” host, 1992-2009 and 2010-2014
Leno
14C
Tentacle
Arm
15C
“Mission: Impossible” star who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Mapother): 2 wds.
Tom Cruise
17C
____ York Jets
New
18C
More slick and greasy
Oilier
19C
“The Last Ship” cable channel
TNT
21C
Three-time Oscar nominee Cannon
Dyan
22C
Winter Olympics squad that competes in downhill and cross-country events: 2 wds.
Ski Team
26C
“Glee” actress who goes by her first and middle names, not her last name (Sarfati): 2 wds.
Lea Michele
28C
Texter’s “That’s incredible!”
OMG
31C
Texter’s “That’s funny!”
LOL
32C
Large item for catching fish
Net
33C
“Georgia on My Mind” singer who went by his first and middle names, not his last name (Robinson): 2 wds.
Ray Charles
38C
“___’s knocking at the door …” (lyric from Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Let ‘Em In”)
Someone
39C
Ernest Hemingway’s “For ___ the Bell Tolls”
Whom
42C
“Ready or ___, here I come!”
Not
43C
Charlotte NBA player
Hornet
45C
Government group with spies: Abbr.
CIA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
47C
“Red Solo Cup” singer who goes by his first and middle names, not his last name (Covel): 2 wds.
Toby Keith
50C
What many pages are in a fashion magazine
Ads
51C
Classroom test
Exam
52C
Cartoon explorer who encounters a thieving fox named Swiper
Dora
53C
Flower container
Pot
54C
Record-setting Olympic swimmer Lochte
Ryan
55C
“It’s shoveled off driveways in winter
Snow
1D
Actress Miranda of “Homeland”
Otto
2D
C-3PO or R2-D2, for example
Droid
3D
Without much brightness
Dimly
4D
“The ___ Network” (2010 movie)
Social
5D
Disparaging remark
Slur
6D
Neckwear that was handed out on “Fantasy Island”
Lei
7D
Weigh-___ (prefight events)
Ins
8D
Like ballads and sonnets
Poetic
9D
Hiker’s water container
Canteen
10D
Its capital is Salem: Abbr.
Ore
11D
German automaker known by three initials
BMW
16D
“The Intern” actress Russo
Rene
20D
To the ___ degree (as much as possible)
Nth
22D
Treat often made by campers
Smore
23D
“To ___ a Mockingbird”
Kill
24D
Samuel Adams Summer ___ (seasonal beer)
Ale
25D
Was introduced to
Met
27D
Actor Rickman or Arkin
Alan
28D
Surgery sites: Abbr.
ORs
29D
Chinese chairman from 1949 to 1976
Mao
30D
Athlete who performs on a balance beam or pommel horse
Gymnast
34D
Mark Zuckerberg’s title at Facebook: Abbr.
CEO
35D
More scorching
Hotter
36D
Short, furry “Return of the Jedi” creature
Ewok
37D
Makes into confetti
Shreds
40D
French ___ soup
Onion
41D
____ area (urban region that includes a city and its suburbs)
Metro
43D
Song sung during a church service
Hymn
44D
Early spring period when ice on the ground begins to melt
Thaw
45D
Salary ___ (team’s spending limit)
Cap
46D
“What did ___ to deserve this?”: 2 wds.
I Do
48D
Brand of acne pads
Oxy
49D
Sheep’s bleat
Baa