12/16/16
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1D
Maine’s ___ Bay
CASCO
2D
Classic theater name
ODEON
3D
Crack investigators?
NARCS
4D
Agent’s handful, say
DIVA
5D
Ivanka’s younger brother
ERIC
6D
Silvery fish
SMELT
7D
Like some bulls
PAPAL
8D
Crash-prone “Catch-22” pilot
ORR
9D
It’s showtime!
I’M ON!
10D
Rent showstopper
LA VIE BOHEME
11D
Was involved with
HAD A HAND IN
12D
Setting for paintings by Tintoretto and Hieronymus Bosch
EDEN
13D
Gen ___
X-ER
16D
Manifest, e.g.
LIST
18D
Fine and dandy
COPACETIC
24D
1937 Shirley Temple title role
HEIDI
25D
Fooled Around and Fell in Love hitmaker of 1976
ELVIN BISHOP
26D
Postprandial handouts
MINTS
27D
Olden
OF THE PAST
29D
Apple on an iPod, maybe
FIONA
30D
Four-bagger
TATER
31D
Doesn’t proceed
HALTS
32D
Laborare est ___ (Masonic motto)
ORARE
33D
One calling the shots on court?
TRIAL JUDGE
34D
In concert
AS ONE
35D
Word before ball or shot
LONG
36D
Collector’s item
RELIC
44D
Memo abbr.
ATTN
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WordBrain
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Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45D
___ Balbo, right-hand man to Mussolini
ITALO
46D
___ Please, We’re British (1971 stage farce)
NO SEX
47D
Compact item
ROUGE
48D
He can help after a crash
IT GUY
49D
Grate expectations?
ASHES
50D
Bunker Hill general
GAGE
51D
Michelle of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
YEOH
53D
Quickly put (together)
SLAP
54D
Henry VIII’s sixth
PARR
55D
Fell
HEW
56D
Bad cholesterol letters
LDL
1A
___ Nast, publisher of Vogue
CONDE
6A
Baby
SPOIL
11A
Voodoo doll action
HEX
14A
Robin ___ (old Irish ballad)
ADAIR
15A
Bittersweet spread
MARMALADE
17A
Company concerned with net profits?
SERVICE PROVIDER
19A
Big name in pop
COCA-COLA
20A
Passover month
NISAN
21A
Current positions?
ONS
22A
Scandalous ’80s initials
PTL
23A
Old-fashioned verb suffix
ETH
24A
Isn’t ___ bit like you and me? (Beatles lyric)
HE A
26A
Black Friday scene
MOB
28A
Back on the plane?
AFT
31A
Server of pink champagne on ice, in song
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
37A
Is perfectly punctual
ARRIVES ON THE DOT
38A
Spoke forthrightly
LAID IT ON THE LINE
39A
Workshop
TRAINING SEMINAR
40A
French seasoning
SEL
41A
Pre-A.D.
BCE
42A
Incline press target, briefly
PEC
43A
___ Ho (“Slumdog Millionaire” song)
JAI
45A
Like Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7
IN A
47A
Drowned valley, maybe
RIA
50A
Full of moxie
GUTSY
52A
Sponges
TOSSPOTS
55A
Was vindicated
HAD THE LAST LAUGH
57A
Pasta strip
EGG NOODLE
58A
Cross swords
ARGUE
59A
Baby
WEE
60A
Flower known to attract butterflies
PHLOX
61A
Victimizes, with “on”
PREYS