12/20/16
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1D
Word repeated in “What’s ___ is ___”
PAST
2D
Decadent, as cake
RICH
3D
Eww! inducer
ODOR
4D
Pilgrimage destinations
MECCAS
5D
Pamphlets, postcards and such
EPHEMERA
6D
Mark Twain, notably
WIT
7D
Org. concerned with climate change
EPA
8D
Johnny of “Sleepy Hollow”
DEPP
9D
Bottom-feeding fish known formally as the morwong
SEA CARP
10D
Like the D-Day assault on Normandy
AMPHIBIOUS
11D
Texter’s “As I see it …”
IMO …
12D
Trip around the track
LAP
15D
Cool, quaintly
NEATO
18D
___ Andronicus
TITUS
22D
Bridge support
TRUSS
24D
Starting place, on a map
POINT A
26D
Find
LOCATE
27D
Hägar the Horrible’s dog
SNERT
28D
Jewish organization on campus
HILLEL
29D
Sycophantic
OBSEQUIOUS
30D
Fortunes
FATES
31D
Remove, as spilled ink
BLOT UP
32D
Certain jabs
LEFTS
36D
Muchacho’s sweetie
CHICA
37D
Back out of
RENEGE ON
40D
___ Squad (2016 hit movie)
SUICIDE
42D
Two-toned horse
PINTO
44D
Bad car to road-trip in
LEMON
45D
Mr. ___, host of “Fantasy Island”
ROARKE
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49D
1961 space chimp
ENOS
51D
Color of unbleached silk
ECRU
52D
Similar (to)
AKIN
53D
Enforcer of the Fed. Meat Inspection Act
USDA
54D
North Pole worker
ELF
55D
Reed of the Velvet Underground
LOU
57D
Spa specialty, briefly
TLC
58D
Weed out?
HOE
1A
MacBook ___
PRO
4A
Sounded kittenish
MEWED
9A
Something controlled by rigging
SAIL
13A
Assistance
AID
14A
Allergy sufferer’s lifesaver
EPIPEN
16A
Title heroine who says “I would much rather have been merry than wise”
EMMA
17A
Clear adhesive
SCOTCH TAPE
19A
Each
A POP
20A
Trebly
THRICE
21A
Software fix
PATCH
23A
Pack (down)
TAMP
25A
Backpackers’ routes
TRAILS
28A
French royal line
HOUSE OF BOURBON
32A
Mad ___
LIBS
33A
Omani money
RIAL
34A
Cardamom or turmeric
SPICE
35A
Ernie in the World Golf Hall of Fame
ELS
36A
Synagogue singers
CANTORS
38A
Something that fits in a lock
OAR
39A
Add details to, with “out”
FLESH
41A
Marie Antoinette lost hers in la Révolution française
TETE
42A
Get the ball rolling?
PUTT
43A
Cocktail usually served with an orange slice and a cherry
TEQUILA SUNRISE
46A
Sloping water trough
SLUICE
47A
Drudge
PEON
48A
Start of Caesar’s boast
I CAME …
50A
French cake
GATEAU
54A
Surface-dwelling race in “The Time Machine”
ELOI
56A
How this puzzle’s three drinks have been served?
ON THE ROCKS
59A
Booming
LOUD
60A
Like some fancy basketball passes
NO-LOOK
61A
Purge (of)
RID
62A
Item in a box in the basement
FUSE
63A
Public squabble
SCENE
64A
A, in Andalusia
UNA