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1D
Seafood shack item
BIB
2D
Quack stopper, for short
AMA
3D
Christmas superlative
MERRIEST
4D
Relating to element 56
BARIC
5D
Patrick Stewart’s adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” e.g.
ONE-MAN SHOW
6D
More after more?
… OR LESS
7D
Tick
SEC
8D
Routine responses
HA-HAS
9D
Pearl Buck heroine
O-LAN
10D
Massachusetts’ ___ College
OLIN
11D
Hardly a vet
TYRO
12D
Place to get a brew in more than 11,000 U.S. locations
MCCAFE
13D
Alaska Airlines hub
SEA-TAC
14D
They’re history
GONERS
21D
It might help you on your return
TAX TIP
22D
Assault, as a commanding officer
FRAG
23D
___ 10
BASE
24D
Pincered creature
EARWIG
28D
How much to be above, as they say
A NOTCH
29D
Teacher at Oxford
DON
30D
Only actor to appear in all eight “American Pie” films
EUGENE LEVY
32D
Magnum opus of Spinoza
ETHICS
34D
___ subtilior (musical style)
ARS
36D
Country’s ___ Young Band
ELI
37D
Doctor of book and screen
DOLITTLE
38D
It’s found on the side of a highway
EXIT
39D
Passing requirements
AYES
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
42D
Ancient Greeks, e.g.
PAGANS
43D
Broadway Billy
ELLIOT
44D
Software text page
README
46D
Warmer, in a way
NEARER
49D
Southeastern European
CROAT
50D
Cold medicine brand
ZICAM
52D
Level
SHIM
53D
Sir ___ Ive, designer of the iPad, iPod, iPhone and iMac
JONY
54D
Qts. and gals.
AMTS
58D
Stretch (out)
EKE
59D
A.C.C. school
UVA
60D
Good to go
SET
1C
Edible Asian sprout
BAMBOO SHOOT
12C
Something found naturally in tomatoes and potatoes
MSG
15C
Like, are you serious?!
I MEAN, REALLY!
16C
Top of an outfit?
CEO
17C
Furniture item with a rounded back
BARREL CHAIR
18C
Head
CAN
19C
Winter coat
RIME
20C
Seek to explain, in a way
ANNOTATE
22C
Some of them are devoted to gangsters
FBI CASES
25C
Not close
AFAR
26C
Bob ___, leader of Canada’s Liberal Party before Justin Trudeau
RAE
27C
Org. in the documentary “Citizenfour”
NSA
28C
They clear spots
AD EXECS
31C
Jerks
ASSES
33C
Expired
RAN OUT
35C
Misunderstand
GET THE WRONG IDEA
40C
One taking the big view, medically
HOLIST
41C
Bond producer
EPOXY
42C
Top of the British judicial system?
PERIWIG
45C
This is ___
CNN
47C
Your table will be ready in five minutes, possibly
LIE
48C
Tess’s lover in “Tess of the D’Urbervilles”
ALEC
49C
Orange snacks
CHEEZ-ITS
51C
Something that may be jam-packed
GLASS JAR
55C
Stopped winging it?
ALIT
56C
Bolster
AID
57C
Distant ancestor
HOMO ERECTUS
61C
Information after “Je m’appelle …”
NOM
62C
Car engine component
INTAKE VALVE
63C
___-Chapelle
STE
64C
Much-joked-about cafeteria offering
MYSTERY MEAT