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1D
Halt!
STOP!
2D
Sharpen, as skills
HONE
3D
Grp. that includes Iraq and Qatar
OPEC
4D
Alternative to bubble wrap
PEANUTS
5D
Slippery, as winter roads
ICY
6D
One who gives tips (and gets tips?) at a country club
PRO
7D
Arrested suspect, informally
PERP
8D
Roma’s country
ITALIA
9D
Daisies and dahlias
FLOWERS
10D
Sign of a well-worn trail
RUT
11D
Eight: Sp.
OCHO
12D
Polling bias
SKEW
13D
Lebanese city that was once the center of Phoenician civilization
TYRE
15D
Lavish party favors
SWAG
18D
Inquisitive
NOSY
23D
___ the night before Christmas …
‘TWAS
24D
Cushiony
SOFT
26D
Readily accept
EAT UP
27D
1960s dance craze
TWIST
28D
Cowboy’s workplace
RANCH
29D
Stomach woe
ULCER
31D
Given to crying
WEEPY
32D
Golfer’s gouge
DIVOT
33D
Goodnight girl of song
IRENE
34D
Missouri river or tribe
OSAGE
36D
10 things in an Olympic swimming pool
LANES
40D
Falafel bread
PITA
41D
Scissor cut
SNIP
44D
Lipton products
TEA BAGS
46D
Hop to it!
GET BUSY!
48D
Thin but strong
WIRY
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49D
Most-wanted groups for parties
A-LISTS
53D
Transmitted
SENT
54D
Aide: Abbr.
ASST
55D
Toy on a string
KITE
56D
W.W. II foe
AXIS
58D
Other: Sp.
OTRA
60D
Common Core dept.
EDUC
61D
Duck-hunting attire, informally
CAMO
62D
Syringe, for short
HYPO
64D
Freshly painted
WET
65D
British ref. work
OED
66D
French seasoning
SEL
1A
Penny Dreadful channel, for short
SHO
4A
___ Longstocking, girl of children’s literature
PIPPI
9A
Poet Robert who spoke at J.F.K.’s inauguration
FROST
14A
Highly classified
TOP SECRET
16A
Like four-leaf clovers, supposedly
LUCKY
17A
Somehow
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER
19A
Nut popular in ice cream
PECAN
20A
Apparatus pulled by oxen
PLOW
21A
Have a mortgage, e.g.
OWE
22A
Intestinal fortitude, informally
GUTS
25A
Ah, now it’s clear
I SEE
27A
Play about Capote
TRU
30A
Walkie-talkie
TWO-WAY RADIO
35A
Something that may be hidden behind a framed picture
WALL SAFE
37A
Mixes
STIRS
38A
Ancient Peruvian
INCA
39A
Stairs
STEPS
42A
Eye part with the iris
UVEA
43A
Odor
SCENT
45A
Table tennis
PING-PONG
47A
Rare occurrence on “Jeopardy!”
THREE-WAY TIE
50A
Prop for a golf ball
TEE
51A
Sheet on a mast
SAIL
52A
Co-ops, maybe: Abbr.
APTS
54A
Abbr. before an alias
AKA
57A
Pizazz
BRIO
59A
Nut-bearing tree
BEECH
63A
Completely …with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47-Across
SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY
67A
Larsson who wrote “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
STIEG
68A
Sign of a beaver’s activity, maybe
TREE STUMP
69A
Exams
TESTS
70A
Alas …
SADLY …
71A
Dove’s sound
COO