12/17/16
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1D
Andy Taylor and Homer Simpson, for two
TV DADS
2D
Cry of delight
WOOHOO!
3D
Omnivorous lizard or its genus
IGUANA
4D
Hardly a racing boat
TUB
5D
Poker player’s blink, say
TELL
6D
Touching things in competition
EPEES
7D
Brett who directed “Rush Hour”
RATNER
8D
Ben ___, legendary Washington Post editor
BRADLEE
9D
Hazard for marine life
OIL SLICK
10D
It might accompany the wag of a finger
TSK
11D
Astronomer whose show won three Emmys and a Peabody
SAGAN
12D
Affianced
PROMISED
13D
I’m stumped – what do we do?
ANY IDEAS?
14D
New Jersey town near the George Washington Bridge
TEANECK
21D
Source of news and blog postings
RSS FEED
23D
Bad play
ERROR
27D
Deli stock
SALAMIS
29D
Zippo
NONE
32D
Touch alternative
NANO
34D
Like croupiers’ tables
RAKED
35D
Treat with drugs
MEDICATE
36D
Call right away!
ORDER NOW!
37D
Summer stretch
HOT SPELL
39D
To the extent that
SO FAR AS
40D
Clinton Foundation head Donna
SHALALA
44D
Processes, as ore
SMELTS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
46D
Betting tactic
PARLAY
47D
Priority protocol
TRIAGE
48D
High
STONED
50D
New York’s historic St. ___ Hotel
REGIS
52D
Walks
PATHS
56D
Anonymous news source
THEY
59D
Halloween figure
HAG
60D
TSA ___ (airport screening program, informally)
PRE
1A
Automated message poster
TWITTERBOT
11A
Insignificant row
SPAT
15A
Reading material for French fashionistas
VOGUE PARIS
16A
Composer of “A-Hunting We Will Go”
ARNE
17A
Gobbledygook
DOUBLE-TALK
18A
Los Caprichos artist
GOYA
19A
Pop group whose name is an exclamation
A-HA
20A
Makes advances
LENDS
21A
Force to fit
RAM IN
22A
Ready to serve
DONE
24A
Persuade
SELL
25A
Left-handed
SNIDE
26A
Really takes off
SOARS
28A
Control, metaphorically
REINS
30A
Not sweet
SEC
31A
Was chicken, say
RAN
33A
One who’s extremely green?
ECOFREAK
35A
Green stuff
MOOLAH
38A
Works
KNEADS
39A
Peppers that are hotter than jalapeños on the Scoville scale
SERRANOS
41A
Cry upon opening a hospital bill
EEK!
42A
Like the year 2017
ODD
43A
Targets of naphthalene
MOTHS
45A
Cabinet units: Abbr.
DEPTS
49A
Guy in the kitchen
FIERI
51A
Corn porridge
SAMP
53A
Bar flier
DART
54A
109 in Vatican City
ACRES
55A
Iron production?
PLEAT
57A
South America’s ___ Negro
RIO
58A
You ___?
RANG
59A
Part of a benefits package
HEALTH PLAN
61A
Yours, in Tours
A TOI
62A
Extremely popular
ALL THE RAGE
63A
Does some surgical work
SEWS
64A
Looking dazed
GLASSY-EYED