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Unit of farmland | Acre |
1A
Officials on a sports field, for short
Refs
5A
___-up (slow Internet connection)
Dial
9A
Desktops that aren’t Macs: Abbr.
PCs
12A
Openly proclaim
Avow
13A
Unit of farmland
Acre
14A
“____ La La” (Britney Spears song)
Ooh
15A
Actor who wore contacts he couldn’t see through to play a blind villain in “Blade Runner 2049”: 2 wds.
Jared Leto
17A
Groom’s wedding promise: 2 wds.
I Do
18A
Organization featured in Netflix’s “Narcos”: Abbr.
DEA
19A
Chew on, as a bone
Gnaw
20A
Actress who met her current husband amid a natural disaster, mirroring her recent role in “The Mountain Between Us”: 2 wds.
Kate Winslet
26A
Country that was once known as Persia
Iran
27A
Tooth’s hard coating
Enamel
29A
Extra money for a barber
Tip
30A
“Gee whiz!”
Golly
32A
Punctuation mark in a Web address
Dot
34A
Go into ___ (describe thoroughly)
Detail
36A
Actress Ellen who made her first foray into horror with the “Flatliners” reboot
Page
37A
Country singer whose latest album, “I Believe In You,” is geared toward children: 2 wds.
Dolly Parton
40A
Slender part of a wineglass
Stem
42A
___ Young Band (country group)
Eli
43A
___-tac-toe
Tic
44A
Actress who’s costarred with Robert Redford four times in the past 50 years, most recently in “Our Souls at Night”: 2 wds.
Jane Fonda
50A
Boat built by Noah
Ark
51A
“Rebel Yell” singer Billy
Idol
52A
Gosling who costars with Harrison Ford in “Blade Runner 2049”
Ryan
53A
Positive response
Yes
54A
Get a ___ on (hurry up)
Move
55A
Ship out, as a package
Send
1D
TV pal of Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard
Raj
2D
“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” actress Green
Eva
3D
Fishing ___ compliments
For
4D
Country whose capital is Stockholm
Sweden
5D
___ Lama (Tibetan religious title)
Dalai
6D
What hockey players skate on
Ice
7D
Pieces in a museum
Art
8D
“War and Peace” author Tolstoy
Leo
9D
Aimed a finger toward: 2 wds.
Pointed At
10D
Concluding section of a song
Coda
11D
Former “Melrose Place” actor Grant who’s now starring on the CW’s “Dynasty” reboot
Show
16D
Morning moisture on the lawn
Dew
19D
It might be called “precious” or “semiprecious”
Gem
20D
“Game of Thrones” star Harington who recently announced his engagement to costar Rose Leslie
Kit
21D
Very dry, climate-wise
Arid
22D
Old stereo components that play cassettes: 2 wds.
Tape Decks
23D
“Say It Right” singer Furtado
Nelly
24D
Program for which Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon recently won Emmys: Abbr.
SNL
25D
Get the ___ of the land
Lay
28D
Audi’s four rings, for example
Logo
30D
Guy’s partner at a square dance
Gal
31D
Fuel shipped in supertankers
Oil
33D
Perfect score on “Dancing with the Stars”
Ten
35D
Rock legend Petty who died at age 66 on October 2
Tom
36D
Criminal’s former offenses, on a rap sheet
Priors
38D
“Get Out” director Jordan
Peele
39D
1980s sitcom whose title character was an alien
Alf
40D
Dog owner’s “hold it right there” command
Stay
41D
Spare ___ (item in a car trunk)
Tire
44D
Actor Parsons who’s an advocate for GLSEN, working to create safe schools for LGBTQ youth
Jim
45D
Major commotion
Ado
46D
Election Day month in the US: Abbr.
Nov
47D
“Bill ___ the Science Guy”
Nye
48D
“The Da Vinci Code” author Brown who just published “Origin,” his fifth Robert Langdon novel
Dan
49D
Bed ___ breakfast
And
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