12/29/16
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1D
Like a magician’s hands
DEFT
2D
“__ and Louis”: 1956 jazz album
ELLA
3D
Element 10
NEON
4D
Smelly sealant
TAR
5D
Render senseless
BENUMB
6D
Number after dix
ONZE
7D
Seeping slowly
OOZY
8D
Old Sprint rival
MCI
9D
One often seen with a crook
SHEPHERD
10D
Stand up for
DEFEND
11D
Ground-breaking team, at times
OXEN
12D
Lunch order
MELT
13D
Drain swirl
EDDY
18D
Best Championship Performance and Best Team
ESPYS
19D
Sparkle
GLINT
23D
Carnivore’s target
PREY
24D
Goes around
SKIRTS
25D
Buzzing cloud
SWARM
26D
Self-named 2002 country album
TANYA
27D
From an earlier time
OLDER
28D
Statuettes that were made of painted plaster during WWII
OSCARS
29D
1939 Leigh role
O’HARA
30D
Bucky Beaver’s toothpaste
IPANA
31D
Edged (out)
NOSED
32D
Former goslings
GEESE
37D
Mastermind
ENGINEER
38D
Certain dieter’s concern
CARB
40D
Made public
AIRED
41D
Shop tag
LABEL
43D
Godlike
DIVINE
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44D
Hall of Famer Reese
PEE WEE
47D
Coolidge Dam’s river
GILA
48D
Highbrow, perhaps
SNOB
49D
Morales of “NYPD Blue”
ESAI
50D
Years in Rome
ANNI
51D
“Family Guy” mom
LOIS
52D
Dutch export
EDAM
53D
French Toaster Sticks brand
EGGO
54D
One of 33-Across’ national emblems
LEEK
56D
Mauna __
KEA
57D
Starter’s stat
ERA
1A
Little bit of progress
DENT
5A
Mike supports
BOOMS
10A
Capitol cap
DOME
14A
Zeno’s home
ELEA
15A
Great-grandfather of Noah
ENOCH
16A
Struck (out)
EXED
17A
Producer of lavish revues
FLORENZ ZIEGFELD
20A
Catch some rays
TAN
21A
Chop __
SUEY
22A
More than enough
PLENTY
23A
Pollutant concentration meas.
PPM
24A
Splint site
SHIN
25A
Where everything turns out all right
STORYBOOK ENDING
33A
Part of Great Britain
WALES
34A
Jersey, for one
SHIRT
35A
“The Purloined Letter” writer
POE
36A
British tennis star Murray
ANDY
37A
Internet greeting
E-CARD
38A
Lawyer’s job
CASE
39A
Ham may be seen on it
RYE
40A
“What I dream of is __ of balance … “: Matisse
AN ART
41A
Track divisions
LANES
42A
New Orleans spectacle
MARDI GRAS PARADE
45A
Spring bloom
IRIS
46A
Recede
EBB
47A
International economic bloc
G-SEVEN
50A
Sheltered at sea
ALEE
52A
Epitome of slipperiness
EEL
55A
Privileged information demonstrated by this puzzle’s circles
INSIDE KNOWLEDGE
58A
Advance
LOAN
59A
Start of a kid’s rhyme
EENIE …
60A
Boil over
RAGE
61A
Irish Rose’s guy
ABIE
62A
Bring up
RAISE
63A
Out of control
AMOK