10/24/16
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1D
Electric guitar effect
WA-WA
2D
Letter-shaped beam
I-BAR
3D
__ Bora: Afghan region
TORA
4D
Scrooge’s “Nonsense!”
HUMBUG!
5D
Worry about something, slangily
SWEAT IT
6D
Cloak-and-dagger orgD
CIA
7D
Animated bug film
ANTZ
8D
Bar mitzvah toast
L’CHAIM
9D
What fries are fried in
DEEP FAT
10D
Ukr. or Lith., once
SSR
11D
Actor Foxx
JAMIE
12D
Freeway off-ramps
EXITS
13D
Savage sort
BEAST
18D
Tipplers
WINOS
22D
Cockpit figure
PILOT
24D
”I’m __ human”
ONLY
26D
Little lie
FIB
27D
First fairy tale word
ONCE
28D
Second fairy tale word
UPON
29D
Trampled (on)
TROD
30D
’80s-’90s crime boss John
GOTTI
34D
Mission Control orgD
NASA
35D
Benevolent fraternal group
ELKS
36D
Salty expanses
SEAS
38D
Center of power
LOCUS
40D
Bygone phone feature
DIAL
43D
Pal of Piglet
ROO
44D
Radio City Music Hall design style
ART DECO
46D
Cursory looks
GLANCES
47D
Long-legged wader
EGRET
50D
” near and __ my heart”
DEAR TO
51D
Assailed verbally, with “out”
LASHED
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52D
Surprise win
UPSET
53D
Bright signs
NEONS
54D
Press conference format, briefly
Q AND A
58D
Degs. for choreographers
MFAS
60D
Old Roman robe
TOGA
61D
Future D.A.’s exam
LSAT
62D
Sicilian volcano
ETNA
64D
D.C. big shot
POL
65D
Morn’s counterpart
EVE
1A
”Handle __ care”
WITH
5A
Burns with hot liquid
SCALDS
11A
Ex-Florida governor Bush
JEB
14A
”__ Ben Adhem”
ABOU
15A
Reacts facially to a bad joke, say
WINCES
16A
Chopping tool
AXE
17A
What snowbirds seek in winter
WARM WEATHER
19A
”Mamma __!”
MIA
20A
Mecca’s peninsula
ARABIA
21A
Heat in a microwave
ZAP
22A
Indy service areas
PITS
23A
”Do __ others “
UNTO
25A
Most doubtful
IFFIEST
27A
Ready-to-send correspondence
OUTGOING MAIL
31A
Network with regular pledge drives
NPR
32A
D-Day French city
ST LO
33A
Steak orders
T-BONES
37A
Calm under pressure
COOL
39A
Since Jan. 1, in accounting
YTD
41A
Folksy account
TALE
42A
”Bewitched” witch
ENDORA
45A
Buster Brown’s dog
TIGE
48A
Jamaican music genre
SKA
49A
Liqueur holder
CORDIAL GLASS
52A
Last word of a verbally cited passage
UNQUOTE
55A
”Doctor Zhivago” heroine
LARA
56A
Potpie veggies
PEAS
57A
Hydroelectric facility
DAM
59A
Quik maker
NESTLE
63A
Dad, to grandpa
SON
64A
Ideal party thrower described by the first words of 17-, 27- and 49-Across
PERFECT HOST
66A
Cutoff point
END
67A
C to C, in music
OCTAVE
68A
Richard of “A Summer Place”
EGAN
69A
Org. with a PreCheck Program
TSA
70A
Sets free
LOOSES
71A
Facts and figures
DATA