12/10/16
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1D
Hall & Oates hit that asks “What went wrong?”
SHE’S GONE
2D
It rocks as it rolls
PARTY BUS
3D
Holiday ball
ORNAMENT
4D
The middle Karamazov brother
IVAN
5D
Impart
LEND
6D
Getting even with
TYING
7D
Sign of the cross?
PED XING
8D
Election night news
EXIT POLL
9D
So ___ happened
THAT
10D
U.S. city whose name looks like a form of poker
HILO
11D
Prime minister who helped his country land the 2020 Summer Olympics
ABE
12D
Crawl on CNBC
TICKER
13D
Automotive pioneer Bugatti
ETTORE
14D
Got lippy with
SASSED
20D
Medevac destinations, informally
ERS
24D
Apportioning
METING
26D
Beak
SCHNOZ
27D
Trailer for farm animals?
E-I-E-I-O
29D
Dissipate, as ardor
COOL
30D
Island home to the Sleeping Giant mountain
KAUAI
32D
Plains tribe
OTOS
35D
___ Baptist Church, where M.L.K. Sr. and Jr. preached
EBENEZER
37D
Where you might warm up after a run
SKI LODGE
38D
Supercilious
CAVALIER
39D
Workers making lots of dough?
KNEADERS
41D
Tops
EXCEEDS
43D
Building supports
I-BEAMS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
44D
Gogol’s Aksenty Poprishchin, per the title
MADMAN
45D
San Antonio-based refinery giant that acquired Arco in 2013
TESORO
46D
Little bark
YIP
50D
Spenders of 100-dinar notes depicting Nikola Tesla
SERBS
53D
Subway ___
STOP
54D
Subway ___
LINE
55D
Blowout
ROUT
56D
Fast runner
HARE
58D
Baby boomer, in Aussie slang
ROO
1A
Summer’s joys are ___ by use: Keats
SPOILT
7A
Bugaboos
PET HATES
15A
Play with an imaginary friend
HARVEY
16A
Leader in a suit?
EXHIBIT A
17A
Elvira’s love, in opera
ERNANI
18A
Sicilian Italian and others
DIALECTS
19A
Rub elbows with, say
STAND NEXT TO
21A
More than staggers
KOS
22A
Setting for many a political rally
GYM
23A
Film set schlepper
GRIP
24A
Just
MERE
25A
Extremely endomorphic
OBESE
28A
Three sheets to the wind
SNOCKERED
31A
Ambassador sent by the Vatican
NUNCIO
33A
Crow
GLOAT
34A
Gallery habitué
ESTHETE
36A
Comedian who voiced the lead in “The Secret Life of Pets”
LOUIS CK
40A
Analogue of Lot’s wife in Greek mythology
NIOBE
42A
Sri ___
LANKAN
43A
Runner-up to “Baby Got Back” on VH1’s “40 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the ’90s”
I’M TOO SEXY
47A
Go ahead, you got me
I GIVE
48A
And a Voice to Sing With memoirist
BAEZ
49A
JAG spinoff
NCIS
51A
A.L. West team, on scoreboards
LAA
52A
Masthead listing, for short
EDS
53A
Certain choke in wrestling
SLEEPER HOLD
57A
Pay off gradually
AMORTIZE
59A
Tour schlepper
ROADIE
60A
Like Robinson Crusoe
MAROONED
61A
Justice who wrote the unanimous decision in United States v. Nixon
BURGER
62A
Spies
SNOOPERS
63A
Directs (to)
STEERS