12/3/16
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1D
John or Christine of Fleetwood Mac
MCVIE
2D
___ you coming?
AREN’T
3D
Sixth: It.
SESTO
4D
London tourist destination, with “the”
TATE
5D
What you’ve been waiting for, you might think
ETERNITY
6D
Comic Rita
RUDNER
7D
Bemoaned
CRIED ABOUT
8D
Gets things on time?
RENTS
9D
Skin Bracer alternative
AFTA
10D
Place to take stock?
FEEDLOT
11D
Time machine on “Doctor Who”
TARDIS
12D
Back
STERN
13D
Pondered
MUSED OVER
14D
Oil production site
ART STUDIO
15D
Noted Volstead Act enforcer
NESS
22D
Start of a news story, in journalism lingo
LEDE
23D
Refined nutritional ingredient in many cereals and meat products
SOY PROTEIN
25D
Followers: Suffix
ISTS
26D
___ Little, stickup man on “The Wire”
OMAR
27D
Fewer
NOT AS MANY
28D
They can be helpful after retiring
SLEEP AIDS
30D
Agatha Christie’s “N ___?”
OR M
31D
Skillful
DEFT
34D
Pablo ___, 2012 World Series M.V.P. nicknamed “The 44-Down”
SANDOVAL
36D
Orthodox group
HASIDIM
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
39D
Fall back
RECEDE
41D
Child actress Jones of “Family Affair”
ANISSA
43D
Many a map of Hawaii
INSET
44D
See 34-Down
PANDA
45D
Drops a line, maybe
EDITS
46D
It is silent, musically
TACET
47D
Bill of the 1960s-’70s Weather Underground
AYERS
48D
Part of the conjugation of the Spanish “to be”
ERES
49D
Lily of the opera
PONS
50D
Asking too many questions
NOSY
1A
True artisan
MASTER CRAFTSMAN
16A
Them! or “The Fly”
CREATURE FEATURE
17A
Personal stakes
VESTED INTERESTS
18A
Something a server can give you
INTERNET ADDRESS
19A
Where many saw action in the ’40s
ETO
20A
Nickelodeon’s “___ Declassified School Survival Guide”
NED’S
21A
Swiss chocolate brand
LINDT
22A
Currency replaced by the euro
LIRA
23A
Message that might be spelled with rocks
SOS
24A
Foreign agreement
OUI
26A
Start
ONSET
29A
Start up, in a way
BOOT
31A
Some library offerings
DVDS
32A
Old-fashioned
MOLDY
33A
Suffix with transit
ORY
34A
Get the picture
SEE IT
35A
Perfectly, after “to”
A TEE
36A
Distinctive part of a bison
HUMP
37A
Naturals
AFROS
38A
___ Sremmurd, hip-hop duo with the 2016 1 hit “Black Beatles”
RAE
39A
Squeal
RAT
40A
Bit of blogorrhea
RANT
42A
Spooks
SPIES
44A
Giverny backdrop for Monet
POND
45A
You may give it when you are running late for a meeting, informally
ETA
48A
Juneteenth
EMANCIPATION DAY
51A
Shouted
RAISED ONE’S VOICE
52A
Crashed and burned
ENDED IN DISASTER
53A
Some STEM jobs
SYSTEMS ANALYSTS