4/26/16
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1D
Wise one
SAGE
2D
Its inaugural flight was in 1948
EL AL
3D
Pickup that gets picked up, perhaps
REPO
4D
Ally who’s not completely an ally
FRENEMY
5D
Aggressive manager for a child star
STAGE MOM
6D
Lose vibrancy
FADE
7D
Bit of fiction
LIE
8D
Address you can’t enter into a GPS
URL
9D
Angled golf holes
DOGLEGS
10D
Shape of the president’s office
OVAL
11D
Jared of “Dallas Buyers Club”
LETO
12D
Long hike
TREK
14D
Doe’s mate
STAG
16D
Desist
CEASE
20D
Decidedly not-lax grp. at LAX
TSA
23D
Filmdom’s “The Bible,” e.g.
EPIC
24D
Deity to 1.5+ billion
ALLAH
25D
Good ___!
GRIEF
26D
Nonurban
RURAL
27D
Course that might be labeled “101”
INTRO
29D
North, south, east or west
POINT
30D
Up from bed
AWAKE
31D
Ready for bed
TIRED
32D
TV’s “Oscars”
EMMYS
34D
Wink accompanier
NUDGE
39D
Actor Bean, whose first name looks like it rhymes with his last, but doesn’t
SEAN
40D
Frequent theme for Adele
LOST LOVE
43D
Not having much chance of failure
LOW-RISK
46D
Much to my ___ …
CHAGRIN
48D
Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff
DREGS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
49D
Hellenic “H”
ETA
53D
Former Sanyo competitor
AIWA
54D
Ruler division
INCH
55D
___ mia (Italian term of endearment)
CARA
56D
Declare assuredly
AVOW
57D
Head of the French department?
TETE
58D
Ones helping a public prosecutor, for short
ADAS
59D
Ballerina’s wear
TUTU
60D
Olympics sword
EPEE
62D
Back on board
AFT
63D
Suit accessory
TIE
1C
Medieval drudges
SERFS
6C
Word before shot or season
FLU
9C
Imbecile
DOLT
13C
Gives a heads-up
ALERTS
15C
Protection provided by military planes
AIR COVER
17C
Watch in astonishment
GAPE AT
18C
Scandal surrounding copy editors’ proofreading marks?
DELEGATE (dele + gate)
19C
Scandal involving Tesla C.E.O. Musk?
ELONGATE (Elon + gate)
21C
Completely fine
ALL OK
22C
Some hosp. tests
EEGS
23C
Facilitate
EASE
25C
Storyteller Wilhelm or Jakob
GRIMM
28C
Scandal affecting iPhone owners?
APPLEGATE (Apple + gate)
33C
___ Canyon Park (running spot in the Hollywood Hills)
RUNYON
35C
Restaurant dip for bread
OIL
36C
Do the breaststroke, say
SWIM
37C
N.Y.C. subway inits.
IRT
38C
Hamilton, e.g.
MUSICAL
41C
Sleeve filler
ARM
42C
Title on “Downton Abbey”
EARL
44C
TV-watching room
DEN
45C
Rink game
HOCKEY
47C
Scandal in the aftermath of a tsunami?
FLOODGATE (flood + gate)
50C
Removes, as a layer
SHEDS
51C
Small, brown songbird
WREN
52C
Toodles!
TA TA!
54C
Words of sympathy
I CARE
57C
Scandal that implicates a detective?
TAILGATE (tail + gate)
61C
Scandal depicted in “Avatar”?
NAVIGATE (Na’vi + gate)
64C
Amen to that!
WORD UP!
65C
Popular strength-training program
CROSSFIT
66C
Be a pilot
AVIATE
67C
Warmonger
HAWK
68C
Shirt for a workout
TEE
69C
Come after
ENSUE