12/6/16
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1D
Finds new players for
RECASTS
2D
One who plays without pay
AMATEUR
3D
Wrapped headdresses
TURBANS
4D
Chimney residue
SOOT
5D
Colony insect
ANT
6D
Tic-toe filler
TAC
7D
Father of Jacob and Esau
ISAAC
8D
Words on a volunteer’s badge
ASK ME
9D
Highway headache
TIE-UP
10D
Half a figure eight
ESS
11D
Late in arriving
OVERDUE
12D
Substance used for chemical analysis
REAGENT
13D
Obtains via coercion, as money
EXTORTS
18D
Part of APR
RATE
22D
Knee-deep (in)
AWASH
24D
Bach work
FUGUE
25D
Therapeutic plant
ALOE
26D
Prince Siegfried’s beloved, in “Swan Lake”
ODETTE
28D
Like pool tables
FELTED
32D
Ave. crossers
STS
33D
Swag
BOOTY
34D
Suisse capital
BERNE
35D
Newspaper page with views
OP-ED
36D
Personalize at the jeweler’s
ENGRAVE
37D
Work site supervisors
FOREMEN
38D
Bride-to-be
FIANCEE
40D
Performing in a theater
ON STAGE
41D
Dieter’s unit
CALORIE
42D
Thin
SLENDER
45D
Man who “wore a diamond,” in “Copacabana”
RICO
47D
Abu __
DHABI
48D
Realm of influence
AMBIT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49D
Holmes’ creator
DOYLE
53D
Still sleeping
ABED
55D
“Kapow!”
BAM!
56D
“__ the land of the free … ”
O’ER
57D
SSW’s opposite
NNE
1A
Rodent Templeton in “Charlotte’s Web,” for one
RAT
4A
Provide with more than enough
SATIATE
11A
Miner’s target
ORE
14A
Flightless bird
EMU
15A
Memorable Greek shipping magnate
ONASSIS
16A
Aggravate
VEX
17A
Bake sale confections made with root veggies
CARROT CAKES (“baby carrot” & “babycakes”)
19A
Finish off
EAT
20A
Chance for a hit
AT BAT
21A
Asia’s __ Darya river
AMU
22A
Cornstarch brand in a yellow-and-blue container
ARGO
23A
Chair or bench
SEAT
24A
Shine-minimizing makeup layer
FACE POWDER (“baby face” & “baby powder”)
27A
Harmonious
TUNEFUL
29A
Scare
DAUNT
30A
Soon-to-be grads.
SRS
31A
Vanity cases?
EGOS
33A
Plagues
BESETS
34A
Wireless networking protocol
BLUETOOTH (“baby blue” & “baby tooth”)
36A
Degenerate, like Agnew’s snobs
EFFETE
39A
Apt name for a Dalmatian
SPOT
40A
Mil. Academy
OCS
43A
Black, in Bordeaux
NOIRE
44A
Like the flame at Arlington National Cemetery
ETERNAL
46A
Pop’s pop
GRANDDADDY (“baby grand” & “baby daddy”)
50A
Vacation site you might sail to
ISLE
51A
Painter Magritte
RENE
52A
Managed care gp.
HMO
53A
Follow, as advice
ACT ON
54A
“Fear the Walking Dead” network
AMC
55A
Driver’s alert about an infant, and a hint to what can precede both words of 17-, 24-, 34- and 46-Across
BABY ON BOARD
58A
Peace symbol
VEE
59A
Central Texas city
ABILENE
60A
Bestow, to Burns
GIE
61A
Chemical suffix with benz-
ENE
62A
Cut at an angle
MITERED
63A
Always, to Poe
E’ER