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1A
“You can ____ your bottom dollar”
Bet
4A
“___ Love You” (Beatles song): 2 wds.
Psi
7A
____ pickings (few options)
Slim
11A
Yes, to a Parisian
Oui
12A
“Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” band
ACDC
14A
Tree that produces turpentine
Pine
15A
Stuff that’s picked from a mine
Ore
16A
Helmsman on the USS enterprise
Sulu
17A
To the right, on a map
East
18A
German tennis star who coached 30-Across from 2013 to 2016: 2 wds.
Boris Becker
21A
The Baltic or the Bering, for example
Sea
22A
Youngster
Kid
23A
His murder is described in Genesis 4:8
Abel
26A
Actor Cheadle of “Hotel Rwanda”
Don
27A
See 38-Down
Ali
30A
Serbian tennis star who has won 12 Grand Slam singles titles: 2 wds.
Novak Djokovic
34A
Legal drinking ___
Age
35A
Agency with 1040EZ forms: Abbr.
IRS
36A
“___ Marmalade” (#1 hit in 1975 and 2001)
Lady
37A
“Baa, baa, black sheep, have you ____ wool?”
Any
38A
Internet connection problem
Lag
40A
American tennis star who became 30-Across’s coach in 2017: 2 wds.
Andre Agassi
45A
Percocet, for one
Drug
47A
“___ the Air” 2009 George Clooney film): 2 wds.
Up In
48A
Black roofing material
Tar
49A
“I can’t believe my ____!” (“Did you really just say that?”)
Ears
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
50A
Longest river in Africa
Nile
51A
Chicken ___ king: 2 wds.
Ala
52A
Achievement
Feat
53A
Sound from a raven
Caw
54A
Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers
Ben
1D
Word meaning “nincompoop” that reads the same forward and backward
Boob
2D
Currency of Ireland and France
Euro
3D
Wedding cake layer
Tier
4D
No longer fashionable
Passe
5D
Gear for an ocean diver
Scuba
6D
Go nowhere while the engine’s running
Idle
7D
Need for ___ (street racing video game franchise)
Speed
8D
Person whose words can’t be believed
Liar
9D
Know the ___ and outs
Ins
10D
New York baseball player
Met
13D
___ clock (timepiece containing a noisy bird)
Cuckoo
19D
“Now You See Me” actress Fisher
Isla
20D
Stiffness in the neck that might require a massage
Kink
23D
Woman in “Fifty Shades of Grey,” for short
Ana
24D
Marshland
Bog
25D
“New Year’s ___” (Jessica Biel movie)
Eve
26D
Wedding reception music managers: Abbr.
DJs
27D
Alicia Vikander’s role in 2015’s “Ex Machina”
Ava
28D
Jar cover
Lid
29D
Coated with frost
Icy
31D
Benevolent
Kind
32D
Dress rehearsal: 2 wds.
Dry Run
33D
Actress Kurylenko of “Quantum of Solace”
Olga
37D
Uneasy feeling
Angst
38D
With 27-Across, female boxer who retired undefeated
Laila
39D
Nixon’s first vice president, Spiro ____
Agnew
40D
Personal energy field that a psychic might claim to “read”
Aura
41D
Colossal film
Epic
42D
Stick a fork into
Stab
43D
Even when coupons might not be honored
Sale
44D
Country on the Persian Gulf
Iran
45D
____ Leppard (English rock band)
Def
46D
Issa ____ (creator and star of HBO’s “Insecure”)
Rae
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