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1A
____ player (machine you might attach to a TV)
DVD
4A
Evaluate
Rate
8A
“E.T.” singer Perry
Katy
12A
“___ the land of the free ..”
Oer
13A
Leave unmentioned
Omit
14A
Soothing stuff for the skin
Aloe
15A
“Aw, shucks”
Gee
16A
“_____ the explorer”
Dora
17A
Dan Rather delivered it
News
18A
Actress who played sheriff Will Kane’s wife in “High Noon”: 2 wds.
Grace Kelly
21A
Bovine sound
Moo
22A
Writer fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper”
Aesop
26A
Had a meal
Ate
27A
Dog sound
Bark
30A
Lemon meringue ____
Pie
31A
Director of “High Noon” (who won two Oscars, for directing “A Man for All Seasons” and “From Here to Eternity”): 2 wds.
Fred Zinnemann
34A
“I can’t ___ thing with my hair!”: 2 wds.
Do A
35A
Finishes
Ends
36A
Noah’s ___
Ark
37A
“___ one” (words on a theater ticket)
Admit
39A
Salon application by a colorist
Dye
40A
Actor who played sheriff Will Kane in “High Noon”: 2 wds.
Gary Cooper
46A
Rival of Compaq and Gateway
Dell
49A
Hawaiian island where Waikiki Beach is
Oahu
50A
“___ you calling me a liar?”
Are
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51A
Classic Nabisco cookie
Oreo
52A
Joe’s ____ Shack (seafood restaurant chain)
Crab
53A
“Baby back” rack piece
Rib
54A
Peacekeeping alliance based in Brussels: Abbr.
NATO
55A
Create a wool sweater, for example
Knit
56A
AriZona or Lipton beverage
Tea
1D
Rapper Snoop ____
Dogg
2D
Change course suddenly
Veer
3D
1992 US Olympic men’s basketball squad, with “the”: 2 wds.
Dream Team
4D
Competition with steer wrestling
Rodeo
5D
Run ___ (go berserk)
Amok
6D
Product made by Bridgestone
Tire
7D
And others: 2 wds.
Etal
8D
“Bound 2” rapper West
Kanye
9D
Newcastle Brown brew
Ale
10D
____-away zone
Tow
11D
“You betcha!”
Yes
19D
For boys and girls
Coed
20D
Superior or Victoria, for example
Lake
23D
Replacement for a faulty component: 2 wds.
Spare Part
24D
Sow sound
Oink
25D
Quill, ofr one
Pen
26D
Youngest major leaguer to reach 500 home runs, for short: Hyph.
Arod
27D
Coal container
Bin
28D
“Sense ___ Sensibility” (Emma Thompson / Kate Winslet film based on an Austen novel)
And
29D
They work with doctors with hospitals: Abbr.
RNs
31D
Vaccine-approving group: Abbr.
FDA
32D
Catherine ____-Jones
Zeta
33D
Creamy condiment, for short
Mayo
38D
Arctic house
Igloo
39D
No ____ (Gwen Stefani’s band)
Doubt
41D
“30 _____” (Tina Fey sitcom)
Rock
42D
Spin a ___ (tell a story)
Yarn
43D
Indian spiced tea
Chai
44D
Great Lake bordering New York
Erie
45D
Country singer McEntire’s 2001-2007 sitcom
Reba
46D
Late game show announcer Pardo
Don
47D
Baseball pitcher’s statistic: Abbr.
Era
48D
“___ me get back to you”
Let