12/22/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/22/16

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1D
Arctic shipping hazard
FLOE

2D
Region in western Germany
RUHR

3D
Part of Q.E.D.
ERAT

4D
From abroad?
DES

5D
Took potshots (at)
SNIPED

6D
Actress Sophia
LOREN

7D
A penny is a small one
ANTE

8D
Word cried 15 times in a row by Meg Ryan in “When Harry Met Sally …”
YES!

9D
Not a knockoff
REAL

10D
Inner: Prefix
ENTO-

11D
Some aerial show formations
VEES

12D
Bungles
ERRS

15D
Melancholy
GLOOM

17D
Moon of Saturn that’s a French woman’s name
HELENE

21D
Brunch option
CREPE

22D
Fairy tale sister
GRETEL

23D
Teacher’s handfuls
BRATS

24D
Database manager’s option
MERGE

25D
Writes on a blog
POSTS

26D
One of the founders of Westworld, on HBO’s “Westworld”
ARNOLD

27D
Prepare for framing again, say
RE-MAT

28D
Fingered
IDED

29D
Big-selling Procter & Gamble product
TIDE

30D
Competent
ABLE

31D
Course requirements?
TEES

32D
Dog in the funnies
SNERT

35D
Girder also known as a rolled-steel joist
I-BEAM

36D
Victor’s cry
I DID IT!

41D
Punk
LOUSY

42D
See 45-Across
SIDING

44D
Competitor of Sapporo
KIRIN

45D
Competitor of eBay
UBID

46D
Act out
MIME

47D
A party to
IN ON

48D
Rennes rejections
NONS

49D
Lounging slipper
MULE

50D
To Live and Die ___ (1985 film)
IN LA

51D
God, in Granada
DIOS

52D
Neutral shade
ECRU

54D
Peeved, informally
POD

55D
Steelers’ grp.
AFC

1A
Hitchcock, for one
ALFRED

5A
Leave rolling in the aisles
SLAY

9A
Divulge
REVEAL

13A
Women’s beauty magazine
ALLURE

14A
Zilch
NONE

15A
Army V.I.P.
GENERAL

16A
Islands attire
ALOHA SHIRTS

18A
Certain football pass
LATERAL

19A
Bright-eyed
ALERT

20A
Fencing option
EPEE

21A
Huge
COLOSSAL

22A
Narrow valley
GLEN

23A
Buddy
BRO

24A
TV character who says “You know I wouldn’t talk in front of anyone but you”
MR ED

25A
Like some sex
PREMARITAL

30A
Support group for adolescents
ALATEEN

32A
What may be dispensed from a dispenser
SOAP

33A
Phone button
REDIAL

34A
International prize first awarded to Stephen Hawking in 1979
ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDAL

37A
Claim
ALLEGE

38A
Things that may all be off
BETS

39A
Conclude negotiations
DO A DEAL

40A
Taverns and such
ALE SELLERS

42A
Buildup behind a dam
SILT

43A
___ bran
OAT

44A
Pirate captain mentioned in Poe’s “The Gold-Bug”
KIDD

45A
With 42-Down, home construction material …or a hint to this puzzle’s theme
ALUMINUM …

49A
Modest skirt
MIDI

50A
Perfect
IDEAL

53A
Whales like the one in “Moby-Dick”
ALBINOS

54A
Prudish
PURITANICAL

56A
Checks for the ex
ALIMONY

57A
Actor Ken
OLIN

58A
Like arrangements for some wedding receptions
FLORAL

59A
Pilgrims John and Priscilla
ALDENS

60A
Leader between Mao and Jiang
DENG

61A
Not dressy
CASUAL