2/23/16
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1D
Sermon giver: Abbr.
REV
2D
Tic-tac-toe loser
O-X-O
3D
Actor Gibson
MEL
4D
Puncture prefix
ACU-
5D
Likely will, after “is”
APT TO
6D
Attach with string
TIE ON
7D
Tennis period since 1968 OPEN
ERA
8D
Trivial
MERE
9D
Bee’s knees equivalent
CAT’S MEOW
10D
Gets the better of
ONE-UPS
11D
Video game pioneer
ATARI
12D
Microwave beeper
TIMER
13D
Composer’s creation
SCORE
18D
Washington MLB team
NATS
22D
Drawer openers
KNOBS
23D
Dog-__: folded at the corner
EARED
24D
Belgian city where the In Flanders Fields Museum is located
YPRES
25D
Window framework
SASH
26D
James of jazz
ETTA
29D
German cries
ACHS
31D
Tilt
LEAN
32D
Indian metropolis
DELHI
33D
Paintbrush bristles material
NYLON
34D
James of the Old West
JESSE
36D
Small talk
IDLE CHAT
37D
Change course suddenly
VEER
39D
__ and kin
KITH
42D
Breathe
RESPIRE
44D
Peer Gynt Suite dancer
ANITRA
45D
Part of NBA: Abbr.
ASSN
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46D
Seasonal gift giver
SANTA
47D
Curved moldings
OGEES
48D
Deliver a speech
ORATE
50D
Stomach problem
ULCER
51D
Microwaved
NUKED
53D
Lit. collection
ANTH
56D
Band equipment component
AMP
57D
Blemish
MAR
58D
Pilot’s prediction: AbbrD
ETA
59D
Bashful
SHY
1C
Egg-shaped tomato
ROMA
5C
Molecule part
ATOM
9C
Winter outerwear
COATS
14C
Suit on a board
EXEC
15C
Plumber’s piece
PIPE
16C
Playful trick
ANTIC
17C
One raising a hand (TN)
VOLUNTEER
19C
Pedro’s “I love you”
TE AMO
20C
Answer (for)
ATONE
21C
More confident
SURER
22C
Wedge-shaped arch piece (PA)
KEYSTONE
26C
Byzantine or Roman (NY)
EMPIRE
27C
Many California wines
NAPAS
28C
Motel charges
RATES
30C
Hockey legend Bobby et al.
ORRS
31C
Milk: Pref.
LACTO-
32C
Abbr. for some Garden State senators
D-NJ
35C
Piled-high hairdo (UT)
BEEHIVE
38C
Fictional Korean War surgeon Pierce (IA)
HAWKEYE
40C
’60s radical gp.
SDS
41C
Loved ones
DEARS
43C
Tribulations
ILLS
44C
Coeur d’__, Idaho
ALENE
45C
One of the Musketeers
ATHOS
46C
At an earlier date (OK)
SOONER
49C
Word in a fair forecast (FL)
SUNSHINE
52C
Part of USDA: Abbr.
AGRIC
53C
Top grade
A-PLUS
54C
Below, poetically
NEATH
55C
What seven puzzle answers are with reference to abbreviations in their clues
NICKNAMES
60C
Colorful tropical fish
TETRA
61C
Genealogy diagram
TREE
62C
Course with ratios
MATH
63C
Save me __
A SEAT
64C
Ranch group
HERD
65C
Seek divine intervention
PRAY