8/31/16
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1D
One may bug you
SPY
2D
Stan of Marvel Comics
LEE
3D
Walk-___
ONS
4D
Handle clumsily
PAW AT
5D
Mineral used for insulation
MICA
6D
Dutch cheese town
EDAM
7D
Campaigned
RAN
8D
China’s ___ Kai-shek
CHIANG
9D
Poolside amenity
HOT TUB
10D
Bog fuel
PEAT
11D
Taxpayers’ bugaboos
IRS AUDITORS
12D
Penetrates fully
SOAKS IN
13D
Sides
ASPECTS
18D
Breyers alternative
EDY’S
22D
PAID, for one
STAMP
23D
Enjoy, as brandy
SIP
24D
r, in a 72-Across
ARE
25D
Gangland rival of Dutch Schultz
LEGS DIAMOND
30D
Cabinet department until 1947
WAR
31D
Acct. earnings
INT
32D
Rhinoplasty targets
NOSES
33D
Something to hit on the head
NAIL
35D
Silverstein who wrote “A Boy Named Sue”
SHEL
39D
Most common blood group
O-TYPE
40D
Bit of body art, in brief
TAT
41D
Montréal assent
OUI
42D
Come to the rescue
BE A HERO
43D
Stuck
IMPALED
46D
Go head-to-head
VIE
47D
Rescue squad letters
EMS
49D
Hunter’s document
PERMIT
50D
Attractive to bargain hunters
ON SALE
51D
Gait slower than a canter
TROT
56D
Little hooter
OWLET
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58D
The absolute worst, with “the”
PITS
59D
Grin from ear to ear
BEAM
60D
Purges
RIDS
63D
Rio automaker
KIA
64D
Suffix with Gator or Power
ADE
65D
The birds and the bees
SEX
66D
Explosive in Road Runner cartoons
TNT
1C
Sty fare
SLOP
5C
Stuff for sale at concerts
MERCH
10C
Galileo Galilei Airport city
PISA
14C
Federico of the Clinton cabinet
PENA
15C
State bordering British Columbia
IDAHO
16C
Bow-toting deity
EROS
17C
Hormel’s assurance that Spam is packed safely?
YES, WE CAN IT (“Yes We Can” + “it”)
19C
[I need this immediately]
ASAP
20C
Singer Lambert
ADAM
21C
Exposed to risk
AT STAKE
23C
Like most pretzels
SALTY
26C
Brazil ___
NUT
27C
L.A. campus
USC
28C
Ill temper
IRE
29C
Playground equipment thief?
SWING BANDIT (“swing band” + “it”)
34C
Places to hang hats
PEGS
36C
It’s ___-brainer!
A NO
37C
Major conduits
MAINS
38C
Enough! as opposed to “You quit that right now!”?
SHORT “STOP IT” (“shortstop” + “it”)
42C
Bathroom fixture
BIDET
44C
___ de toilette
EAU
45C
Zero, at Ashe Stadium
LOVE
48C
Miss Dickinson, put your poem on Facebook?
EMILY, POST IT (“Emily Post” + “it”)
52C
An air ball misses this
RIM
53C
Mental health org.
APA
54C
Parker or Cross
PEN
55C
Kentucky Derby prize
ROSES
57C
Picnic baskets
HAMPERS
59C
A skeptic may raise one
BROW
61C
Victims of the Morlocks, in sci-fi
ELOI
62C
Use this sparingly …or a hint to this puzzle’s theme
MAKE IT LAST
67C
Broadway musical based on “La Bohème”
RENT
68C
Epic of Troy
ILIAD
69C
Tree of Life locale
EDEN
70C
Track figures
ODDS
71C
Reds and Blues
TEAMS
72C
Not a good thing to do while driving
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