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1D
Military authority: Abbr.
CMD
2D
Beijing’s river basin
HAI
3D
Nurse settings, briefly
ERS
4D
Flow back
EBB
5D
Skiing event with gates
SLALOM
6D
Dulles airport designer Saarinen
EERO
7D
Goes in up to one’s knees, say
WADES
8D
Hide in the shadows
SKULK
9D
Fights, as war
WAGES
10D
Direction opposite nord
SUD
11D
Problem with lifting?
KLEPTOMANIA
12D
Belly button type
INNIE
13D
With 51-Down, description of the shaded answers?
LAYER
21D
Enthusiastic
RAH-RAH
22D
Sam-___ (Seuss character)
I-AM
24D
Passport certification
STAMP
25D
Golfer Palmer, informally
ARNIE
26D
Another nickname for the Ocean State
LITTLE RHODY
27D
Big name in luxury bags
VUITTON
29D
Bunglings
FOUL-UPS
31D
H.M.O. doctor designations
PCPS
35D
Southwest Indian
UTE
36D
Virgil described its eruption in the “Aeneid”
MT ETNA
37D
Tiny storage unit
BYTE
39D
Drop heavily
PLUNK
40D
The Metamorphosis protagonist
SAMSA
48D
Slap handcuffs on
NAB
50D
Can’t do it
NO SOAP
51D
See 13-Down
CAKES
52D
Carne ___ (Mexican restaurant order)
ASADA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
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Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53D
Black flower in a Dumas title
TULIP
54D
Let me repeat …
I SAID …
55D
In ___ paratus (ready for anything)
OMNIA
59D
Muscles above the abs
PECS
61D
Part of DOS: Abbr.
SYS
64D
___-Magnon man
CRO
65D
Suffix with north
ERN
66D
Nutmeg-topped drink
NOG
67C
Summer on the Seine
ETE
1C
It’s often said with a smile
CHEESE
7C
Madrid-to-Lisbon dir.
WSW
10C
Black & Decker competitor
SKIL
14C
Medium for Michelangelo
MARBLE
15C
Characters on a wanted poster
AKA
16C
Bone parallel to the radius
ULNA
17C
Remove from practice
DISBAR
18C
Loved, as archaeological work?
DUG
19C
Forbid
DENY
20C
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes blonde
LORELEI
23C
Word with cream or cutie
PIE
24C
Volley
SALVO
28C
Inquires about
ASKS AFTER
30C
Come out on top
TRIUMPH
32C
Call on a dairy farm
MOO
33C
Non-pro?
ANTI
34C
Tiniest leftover
CRUMB
38C
Ones watching their plates?
UMPS
41C
2012 election name
MITT
42C
One of two in a Big Mac
PATTY
43C
___ land
LA-LA
44C
Bombard
PELT
45C
Makeshift ghost costume
SHEET
46C
One for Caesar?
UNUM
47C
Countless centuries
EON
49C
Bowling
TENPINS
51C
Pink shade
CARNATION
56C
One terminus of a Japanese bullet train
OSAKA
57C
Former ember
ASH
58C
Aids for some urban commuters
BUS MAPS
60C
Evil “Get Smart” group
KAOS
62C
Office PC setup
LAN
63C
Epoch when modern mammals arose
EOCENE
68C
It’s a small whirl after all
EDDY
69C
Sundial three
III
70C
Stick punishment :: ___ reward
CARROT
71C
Simon ___
SAYS
72C
BlackBerry, e.g., briefly
PDA
73C
Freeloader
SPONGE