5/5/18
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1A
___ and pans (cookware)
Pots
5A
Turf
Sod
8A
Police officers enforce them
Laws
12A
Formally declare
Avow
13A
You could’ve left that out in texts
TMI
14A
My Little Pony: Friendship Is ___
Magic
15A
Prefix for physical or carpal
Meta
16A
Feel sick
Ail
17A
Barclays Center in Brooklyn for one
Arena
18A
Harvard iconography expert featured in the Dan Brown novel Angels & Demons: 2 wds.
Robert Langdon
21A
Classic deli sandwich for short
BLT
22A
Caustic cleaning agent
Lye
23A
Wise elders
Sages
26A
Suit and ___ (formal attire)
Tie
28A
Henson who created the Muppets
Jim
31A
Angels & Demons sequel that became a best seller and a Tom Hanks movie: 4 wds.
The Da Vinci Code
35A
Vegetable similar to a sweet potato
Yam
36A
Caribou’s cousin
Elk
37A
Secretive romantic rendezvous
Tryst
38A
Creations of sculptors and painters
Art
40A
___ you! (attention-getting shout)
Hey
41A
Third book in Dan Brown’s series about 18-Across: 3 wds.
The Lost Symbol
48A
Roof edges that gutters are attached to
Eaves
49A
Device for cash withdrawals: Abbr.
ATM
50A
___ of expertise (what someone is good at)
Area
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52A
Parts of a constellation
Stars
53A
No ___ intended
Pun
54A
Droplet of sweat
Bead
55A
Simple portable shelter
Tent
56A
Actors Westwick and O’Neill
Eds
57A
Musician and activist Ono
Yoko
1D
Brand of cooking spray
Pam
2D
Eggs ___ easy
Over
3D
Terrier on the Yellow Brick Road
Toto
4D
Mopped a ship’s deck sailor-style
Swabbed
5D
Onset
Start
6D
Leave unmentioned
Omit
7D
To Kill a Mockingbird boy who shares his name with an herb
Dill
8D
Big
Large
9D
Got older
Aged
10D
All-day drinker of cheap Chablis perhaps
Wino
11D
Digitize as a document
Scan
14D
How ___ roads must a man walk down … (Bob Dylan lyric)
Many
19D
Anna’s sister in Frozen
Elsa
20D
Actor Guinness of Star Wars
Alec
23D
Place for piglets
Sty
24D
I finally figured it out!
Aha
25D
Expensive stone
Gem
26D
Don’t Stop ___ You Get Enough (#1 hit for Michael Jackson)
Til
27D
Liquid squirted by a cuttlefish
Ink
28D
Glee
Joy
29D
Cards that show your birth date often: Abbr.
IDs
30D
Encountered
Met
32D
People who have served in the military for short
Vets
33D
Line-___ veto
Item
34D
Infantile person who’s always blubbering
Cry Baby
38D
Red ___ (state of emergency)
Alert
39D
Flagmaker Betsy
Ross
40D
Religious songs
Hymns
41D
Crash ___ dummy
Test
42D
Dislike to the max
Hate
43D
Broadway musical Dear ___ Hansen
Evan
44D
Cassette
Tape
45D
What a successful racehorse may eventually be put out to
Stud
46D
Cookie brand that’s similar to Hydrox
Oreo
47D
What something that isn’t waterproof might do
Leak
51D
Much ___ About Nothing
Ado