12/9/16
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1D
Caustic potash, e.g.
ALKALI
2D
Fought, in a way
DUELED
3D
Company with a Taco Club
ORTEGA
4D
Contests whose competitors stand in place
BEES
5D
Course for some U.S. arrivals
ESL
6D
Tease
FLIRT
7D
Gutter sites
EAVES
8D
Woolly mama
EWE
9D
Lose
MISLAY
10D
Way behind buildings
ALLEY
11D
Hostile place
LION’S DEN
12D
Swallow one’s pride
EAT DIRT
13D
Campus org. revived in 2006
SDS
18D
Un-friend?
FOE
22D
Grass components
BLADES
24D
Bound
LOPE
25D
Finicky sort
PRISS
26D
Marks with two intersecting lines
XES
28D
Confused sounds
HUHS
32D
Blues singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 1987
BB KING
33D
Word before repeat
RINSE
34D
Sensitive subject for some
AGE
35D
Reject
VETO
36D
Clinton’s instrument
TENOR SAX
37D
A tie may be partly under one
VEST
38D
Pound sound
ARF!
39D
Toyota model
COROLLA
42D
Trojan who survived the sack of Troy
AENEAS
44D
First name in impressionism
CLAUDE
45D
Plain awful
HORRID
46D
“Amen to that!”
I’LL SAY!
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48D
Rumble in the Jungle setting
ZAIRE
49D
Inuit home
IGLOO
50D
More than skinny
GAUNT
51D
Bounty title
HMS
55D
Pine __
CONE
56D
Outside: Pref.
ECT-
57D
Casino area
PIT
58D
Shark feature
FIN
1A
Photoshop maker
ADOBE
6A
Late __
FEE
9A
Average Joes, e.g.
MALES
14A
Fishing needs
LURES
15A
Bill’s future, maybe
LAW
16A
Troy story
ILIAD
17A
Dutch vodka brand
KETEL FIVE (“Ketel One”)
19A
Coin receivers
SLOTS
20A
Round orders
ALES
21A
Extraction target
ORE
22A
Hide in a crowd
BLEND
23A
Piano part
LEG
24A
End of an Ernie Banks catchphrase about doubleheaders
LET’S PLAY SIX! (“Let’s play two!”)
27A
State bordering six others and the Canadian mainland
IDAHO
29A
Beam
RAY
30A
Beats Electronics co-founder
DRE
31A
Rebuke
UPBRAID
35A
Checks out
VETS
36A
Powerful Detroit group
THE BIG SEVEN (“the Big Three”)
38A
Powerful pair
ACES
40A
Parliament of Israel
KNESSET
41A
Former Texas Rangers manager Washington
RON
42A
Grafton’s “__ for Alibi”
A IS
43A
2014 Olympics city
SOCHI
47A
NCAA hockey semifinal group
FROZEN EIGHT (“Frozen Four”)
52A
Chuckle online
LOL
53A
Borneo swinger
ORANG
54A
Jessica Rabbit feature
GAM
55A
Composer __ Maria von Weber
CARL
56A
Mascot once awarded a Doctor of Bovinity degree
ELSIE
57A
Traditional golf pants, and a hint to why certain puzzle answers are wrong
PLUS FOURS
59A
Santa __
CLARA
60A
Charged particle
ION
61A
Bhopal locale
INDIA
62A
Burdens
TAXES
63A
Sitter’s charge
TOT
64A
In dire straits
NEEDY