7/15/16
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1D
”Draw me” challenge
ART TEST
2D
Selective words
THIS ONE
3D
Avenue next to Monopoly’s Water Works
VENTNOR
4D
Headliner
STAR
5D
__ straight face
KEEP A
6D
Come down with a bug
AIL
7D
Big blowup cause
TNT
8D
Sycophants
YES MEN
9D
Has faith in
COUNTS ON
10D
Sudden movement
LUNGE
11D
Subjugate
ENSLAVE
12D
Command level
ECHELON
13D
Exam marking aid
KEY
18D
GQ or SI
MAG
22D
HP product
INKJET
25D
South Korea’s first president
RHEE
26D
Cleaning aid
DUST RAG
27D
Baltic Sea country: AbbrD
SWE
29D
Airport connection
WI-FI
33D
Joe Cool, sans shades
SNOOPY
35D
Exam for a would-be attyD
LSAT
37D
Surgical installations
IMPLANTS
38D
The Emerald Isle
EIRE
39D
Text tweakers, briefly
EDS
40D
Appointment
SET DATE
41D
Patella protector
KNEEPAD
44D
Ophelia’s avenger
LAERTES
45D
”Aha!”
I KNEW IT!
46D
Finish
GET DONE
49D
Being handled by a broker
LISTED
52D
What Spanish Olympians go for
EL ORO
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53D
Heading for
OFF TO
54D
Con beginning
NEO-
58D
Former Education secretary Duncan
ARNE
59D
Original D&D coD
TSR
61D
Outer: PrefD
EXO-
62D
Intent
AIM
1C
Quads with wheels
ATVS
5C
Perry of pop
KATY
9C
Two-iron, before golf club numbering
CLEEK
14C
Orator’s prowess: AbbrC
RHET
15C
Der Spiegel article
EINE
16C
Modicum
OUNCE
17C
What Fey does in a mushy moment?
TINA MELTS (“tuna melts”)
19C
Forward
UNSHY
20C
Sandal feature
T-STRAP
21C
Work the room
MINGLE
23C
Long time
EON
24C
Ornamental ducks?
GARDEN TEALS (“garden tools”)
28C
Blanket in a belt
SNOW
30C
Beefcake subjects
HUNKS
31C
One given at a wedding
VOW
32C
Polo of “The Fosters”
TERI
33C
Provençal possessive
SES
34C
1974 1 country hit for Dolly Parton
JOLENE
36C
Model high schoolers?
FINE TEENS (“fine-tunes”)
39C
__ Pie
ESKIMO
42C
Slowing, on scores: AbbrC
RIT
43C
Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego
ALI G
47C
Home office, maybe
DEN
48C
Quite cold
POLAR
50C
Number on a clapperboard
TAKE
51C
Park statue that might have the real things perched on it?
STEEL PIGEON (“stool pigeon”)
55C
Sylvan Tolkien creature
ENT
56C
Airport snags
DELAYS
57C
Dreaded
FEARED
59C
Hit lightly
TAP ON
60C
”No, No, Nanette” song, and a homophonic hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 51-Across
TEA FOR TWO
63C
Sudden jerk
START
64C
Way off the highway
EXIT
65C
Der Spiegel rejection
NEIN
66C
Second chances
REDOS
67C
”__ arigato”: Japanese “thank you very much”
DOMO
68C
Where el sol rises
ESTE