8/11/16
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1D
A shooting star has one
ARC
2D
Co. leader
CEO
3D
Halloween handout
CANDY CORN
4D
Bursting (with)
RIFE
5D
Font akin to Helvetica
ARIAL
6D
Possessed of savoir-faire
TACTFUL
7D
No-holds-barred online Q&A
AMA
8D
Disaster shelter sight
COT
9D
Michael of “Caddyshack”
O’KEEFE
10D
Wise guy
SWAMI
11D
Air when it’s cold outside?
CAROL
12D
Sheepish
OVINE
13D
Purchase in a bear market?
TEDDY
18D
Don, as a chemise
SLIP ON
22D
Stephen Colbert forte
DRY WIT
23D
Cant
ARGOT
24D
Mythical eponym of element 41
NIOBE
26D
Late start?
ELL
27D
Northwest brew, familiarly
OLY
29D
Singer Brickell who fronted the New Bohemians
EDIE
32D
Exasperates
GETS TO
34D
___ tricks?
HOW’S
35D
Storied endings?
EPILOGUES
36D
Captain of industry
TITAN
37D
Jerk
SCHMO
39D
Back of a gun barrel
BREECH
41D
Reedy area
FEN
42D
Biodegradable neckwear
LEI
43D
Oh, really?!
IZZATSO?!
45D
Jerk
NIMROD
47D
Mission: Impossible genre
SPY-FI
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
48D
Musical trio, often
CHORD
49D
Uncommon?
REGAL
50D
One of the seven principles of Kwanzaa
UNITY
51D
Blue wail?
SIREN
55D
Texting in a theater, e.g.
NO-NO
58D
Reuters competitor
UPI
59D
Creature of habit?
NUN
60D
M.A. seeker’s hurdle
GRE
61D
Parts of a Santa Claus balloon
HOS
1C
Capital south of Lake Volta
ACCRA
6C
Qdoba offering
TACO
10C
J. K. Rowling, by residence
SCOT
14C
Show in syndication, say
RE-AIR
15C
Without restraint
AMOK
16C
Something that may crash and break
WAVE
17C
[See circled letters]
CONFISCATE (“CC” = “seize”)
19C
Like Antarctica
ARID
20C
Passed out
DEALT
21C
___ Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo
EDMOND
23C
No one in particular
ANY
25C
[See circled letters]
LIFE OF RILEY (“EE” = “ease”)
28C
Source of sake
RICE
30C
Weight lifter
PULLEY
31C
[See circled letters]
GOOD GOLLY! (“GG” = “Jeez!”)
33C
Excites
WHETS
38C
Winston’s tormenter in “1984”
O’BRIEN
39C
Lincoln or “Nixon”
BIOPIC
40C
It is better to give than to receive, e.g.
TENET
41C
[See circled letters]
FLIRT WITH (“TT” = “tease”)
44C
Irritation reaction
SNEEZE
46C
Body ___
SLAM
47C
[See circled letters]
SCRUTINIZES (“II” = “eyes”)
52C
Longtime resident of New York’s Dakota apartments
ONO
53C
Standout
PHENOM
54C
Missing nothing on
ACING
56C
Wise guy
YOGI
57C
[See circled letters]
RUN THROUGH (“UU” = “use”)
62C
Band of brothers?
FRAT
63C
Score of a lifetime?
OPUS
64C
When José Martí was born
ENERO
65C
One way to stand by
IDLY
66C
T. rex, e.g.
DINO
67C
Trunks, of a sort
NOSES