7/20/16
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1D
Draw out
ELICIT
2D
Tighten, as sneakers
RELACE
3D
Contact skating sport
ROLLER DERBY (“high roller”)
4D
Party-planning site
EVITE
5D
Use the good china, say
DINE
6D
Lead-into-gold practitioner
ALCHEMIST
7D
Negative connector
NOR
8D
Overly cute, to a Brit
TWEE
9D
Act too quickly
JUMP THE GUN (“high jump”)
10D
Source of much website revenue
ADS
11D
”Need __ on?”
I GO
12D
Had no one to catch
LED
13D
BART stop, e.gD
STA
16D
Rudimentary
BASIC
20D
Revolutionary Guevara
CHE
24D
Top-of-the-line, and what each of the four longest puzzle answers begins with?
HIGH-END
26D
Dressing holder
CRUET
27D
Kind of tackle made illegal in the NFL in 2005
HORSE-COLLAR (“high horse”)
28D
Hall of Famer Slaughter
ENOS
29D
Only fair
SO-SO
31D
Cartoon bird that first appeared in “Fast and Furry-ous”
ROAD RUNNER (“high road”)
34D
Fancy moldings
OGEES
36D
Some first-born children
NAMESAKES
38D
Volkswagen rival
OPEL
39D
Doll’s cry
MAMA!
46D
Short job details?
SPECS
48D
Electrified particle
ION
50D
On the train
ABOARD
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
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Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51D
Stops to think, say
PAUSES
54D
Luigi’s lucky number?
SETTE
56D
Work very hard
TOIL
58D
Deep cut
GASH
59D
Zimbabwe neighbor: AbbrD
RSA
60D
Non-Rx
OTC
61D
Night flier
BAT
62D
Olympics skater Midori
ITO
63D
Neruda wrote one to salt
ODE
1C
Dropped the ball
ERRED
6C
Pantry pest
ANT
9C
Puts in a cooler
JAILS
14C
Successor of Pope John X
LEO VI
15C
Like many indie films
LOW-BUDGET
17C
”You Be __”: 1986 Run-D.M.C. hit
ILLIN’
18C
Dr. Brown’s classic drink
CREAM SODA
19C
Pasadena institute
CALTECH
21C
Mysterious power
ESP
22C
Slush Puppie maker
ICEE
23C
Little snicker
HEH
25C
Cries out for calamine
ITCHES
30C
Three times, in an Rx
TER
31C
Notes after do
RE MI
32C
Prefix for “time”
CHRONO-
33C
__-wop music
DOO
35C
Starting device: AbbrC
IGN
37C
Belgian banknotes
EUROS
38C
Speedmaster watchmaker
OMEGA
40C
__ Na Na
SHA
41C
Gypsum painting surface
GESSO
42C
Whittled
PARED
43C
President pro __
TEM
44C
Salt Lake City collegian
UTE
45C
Remains in the fire?
EMBERS
47C
Wolfgang’s veto
NEIN
49C
Baseball uniform part
CAP
52C
Doesn’t go for the green, in golf
LAYS UP
53C
U.K. military award
DSO
54C
Buckwheat noodle
SOBA
55C
Earn after taxes
NET
57C
”I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” autobiographer Maya
ANGELOU
59C
Writer of medical thrillers
ROBIN COOK
64C
Book with interstates
ATLAS
65C
Like California, to a Hawaiian
STATESIDE
66C
Gape
STARE
67C
One in a cast
ACTOR
68C
WKRP’s Nessman
LES
69C
Pasture groups
HERDS