12/28/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

12/28/16

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1D
Run, as colors
BLEED

2D
Pumping station
OIL RIG

3D
Bad mark
STIGMA

4D
1981 thriller whose title character is a St. Bernard
CUJO

5D
Where you might get rubbed the right way
SPA

6D
Text to which one might respond “im gr8”
HOW R U

7D
Egg-shaped
OVOID

8D
Where gymnast Simone Biles won Olympic gold
RIO

9D
Housing expansions
ADDITIONS

10D
Moving about
ASTIR

11D
More sinuous and graceful
SLINKIER

12D
Dressmaking aids
PATTERNS

13D
Wound, as thread
SPOOLED

18D
Hiking signal
HUT

23D
Ready to go
SET

25D
Guideline for a freelancer, for short
SPEC

26D
There might be a spat about this
SHOE

28D
Lose, as a coat
SHED

32D
America’s Cup competitor
YACHTSMAN

33D
One with a phony passport, maybe
SPY

34D
Big party
FETE

35D
Quickly detachable
TEAR-AWAY

36D
Ate something
HAD A BITE

37D
Tudor symbol
ROSE

38D
Some decorative containers
TINS

39D
Country singer Martina
MCBRIDE

43D
It can decrease value
USE

45D
Kapow!
WHAMMO!

46D
I don’t want to hear any of your excuses
SAVE IT

48D
Ate by candlelight, say
DINED

49D
Minnesota team, for short
VIKES

50D
Upright
ERECT

51D
Skip it
NAH

53D
Dollar alternative
HERTZ

56D
Oscar winner Jannings
EMIL

59D
Now ___ heard everything
I’VE

60D
Finsteraarhorn, e.g.
ALP

1A
Some pears
BOSCS

6A
Joyous wedding dance
HORA

10A
Lethal injection providers?
ASPS

14A
Electrified, as a Christmas tree
LIT UP

15A
Poet who wrote “If you want to be loved, be lovable”
OVID

16A
Many a hockey shot
SLAP

17A
Player of Frodo in “The Lord of the Rings”
ELIJAH WOOD

19A
Nickname for baseball manager Terry Francona
TITO

20A
Hence
ERGO

21A
New England state sch.
URI

22A
Really enjoys
IS INTO

24A
Thickheaded
DIM

25A
The Good War Pulitzer Prize winner
STUDS TERKEL

27A
[Surely you can’t mean …!]
GASP!

29A
Runner-advancing action
HIT

30A
Land west of Eng.
IRE

31A
Yo!
HEY!

33A
Your point being …?
SOO …

34A
Beat (off)
FEND

35A
Pop group suggested by 17-, 25-, 47- and 58-Across
THE CARPENTERS

39A
Renaissance Faire quaff
MEAD

40A
Playfully obtuse, maybe
COY

41A
Dog command
SIT

42A
Real heel
CAD

43A
Hesitating sounds
UHS

44A
Part of a Facebook feed
NEWS

47A
Boston Celtics coach beginning in 2013
BRAD STEVENS

52A
Like I’m supposed to believe THAT!
HAH!

54A
Worry after a raccoon attack
RABIES

55A
Vehicle for the later years, for short?
IRA

56A
Gutter cleaner’s work area
EAVE

57A
Game over!
I WIN!

58A
Detective whose first book was “I, the Jury”
MIKE HAMMER

61A
Word with blind or expiration
DATE

62A
___ plaisir
AVEC

63A
Maximum
LIMIT

64A
Looked over
EYED

65A
Home in the forest
NEST

66A
Collapse in frustration
PLOTZ