12/13/16
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1D
Fed the pot
ANTED
2D
Pakistani city
LAHORE
3D
Kind of column or cord
SPINAL
4D
Dinghy blade
OAR
5D
Fly ball paths
ARCS
6D
2008 Pixar robot
WALL-E
7D
Letters before an alias
AKA
8D
Hi-__ graphics
RES
9D
Magazine VIPs
EDS
10D
Poppy narcotic
OPIUM
11D
Left the 44-Down sans permission
WENT AWOL
12D
Patsy
EASY MARK
13D
Richard Gere title role
DR T
18D
__ Lama
DALAI
22D
Fittingly
DULY
24D
The name Fred yells at the end of “The Flintstones” closing theme song
WILMA
26D
Museum manager
CURATOR
27D
Research funding
GRANT
29D
Bugs
IRKS
31D
Happy hour perch
STOOL
33D
Noble gas
ARGON
36D
Blow up
ERUPT
37D
Pained reaction
WINCE
38D
Rifle range rounds
AMMO
39D
Dyed-in-the-wool
HARDCORE
40D
Words to click on at a sweepstakes website
ENTER NOW
44D
Army outpost
BASE
45D
Cry of victory
WE WON!
49D
Jedi Master Obi-Wan __
KENOBI
50D
“Never mind” … or what one might do with the last word of 17-, 35-, 43- and 62-Across
SKIP IT
52D
Itsy-bitsy
TEENY
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54D
Open, as a parka
UNZIP
56D
Icy precipitation
SLEET
59D
Small change
CENT
61D
eBay action
BID
62D
Big Pharma watchdog: Abbr.
FDA
63D
Cleared (of)
RID
64D
Poem of praise
ODE
65D
CD-__
ROM
1A
“And another thing … ”
ALSO …
5A
Up on the latest info
AWARE
10A
Not yet paid
OWED
14A
California wine valley
NAPA
15A
Gathered, as autumn leaves
RAKED
16A
Tree fruit
PEAR
17A
Of the poorest quality
THIRD CLASS (“skip class”)
19A
The “I” in MIT: Abbr.
INST
20A
Long stretch
EON
21A
Communication syst. for the hearing-impaired
ASL
22A
Jury __
DUTY
23A
Southern speech quality
DRAWL
25A
Heart exam: Abbr.
ECG
28A
One of the five basic tastes
UMAMI
30A
Inventor Howe
ELIAS
32A
River through southern Russia
URAL
34A
Armed conflict
WAR
35A
Novel or short story, say
LITERARY WORK (“skip work”)
38A
“If I may cut in … ”
AHEM …
41A
Typically reddish-brown ape
ORANG
42A
Varieties
ILKS
43A
Fashionable dude
MAN ABOUT TOWN (“skip town”)
46A
“The A-Team” muscleman
MR T
47A
Pet food brand
ALPO
48A
Bottle parts
NECKS
51A
“Waiting for Lefty” playwright Clifford
ODETS
53A
Capote nickname
TRU
55A
Calendar periods
WEEKS
57A
Canadian tribe
CREE
58A
Sgt., e.g.
NCO
60A
Zero
NIL
61A
Dog treat
BONE
62A
Well-hit line drive, in baseball jargon
FROZEN ROPE (“skip rope”)
66A
Choice on the fairway
IRON
67A
Ruined
DID IN
68A
Big Apple stage award
OBIE
69A
Like morning grass
DEWY
70A
Well-practiced
ADEPT
71A
Politician Romney
MITT