12/7/16
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1D
Like an epic fail
AWFUL
2D
Slacks material
CHINO
3D
Mexican tourist city known for its silver
TAXCO
4D
Impulsive
RECKLESS
5D
___ momento
UNO
6D
Hosts
MCS
7D
Diminutive, fashionwise
PETITE
8D
Obese “Star Wars” character
JABBA
9D
Some street scenes
URBAN ART
10D
Spy communication spots
DEAD DROPS
11D
Square dance party?
GAL
12D
Subj. for many green card seekers
ESL
14D
Only four-term prez
FDR
17D
Many, many years
EONS
21D
Unlikely to ask someone out
SHY
24D
Vogue competitor
ELLE
25D
___ Rida (“My House” rapper)
FLO
26D
Jaded feeling
ENNUI
27D
Specifics, slangily
DEETS
29D
I don’t give a ___
HOOT
31D
Bluff-busting words
I CALL
32D
Florida senator Marco
RUBIO
33D
Blows the whistle
STOPS PLAY
35D
Dermatologist’s concern
PORE
37D
Cattle thieves
RUSTLERS
38D
Actor Penn of “Milk”
SEAN
39D
Working diligently
HARD AT IT
41D
Bug that thrives in the winter
FLU
44D
I pity the fool speaker
MR T
45D
Takes over
CO-OPTS
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46D
Zip
NONE
48D
Zip
GUSTO
50D
Mombasa is its second-largest city
KENYA
51D
Up
RISEN
52D
Skilled
ADEPT
55D
Besides others: Abbr.
ETC
56D
Used to be
WAS
57D
Sam Adams Rebel ___
IPA
59D
I.S.P. whose logo contains a period
AOL
60D
Eponymous Belgian tourist locale
SPA
1A
One of two in “Hamilton”
ACT
4A
Back end of a horse
RUMP
8A
Form an impression of
JUDGE
13A
Question asked with an open mouth
WHA?
14A
Border with many posts
FENCE
15A
Some are restricted
AREAS
16A
*Expense independent of production
FIXED COST
18A
Hoops
B-BALL
19A
Pop open, as a bottle
UNCORK
20A
Does something naughty
IS BAD
22A
Bird on Canada’s $1 coin
LOON
23A
*How Clayton Kershaw pitches
LEFT-HANDED
28A
Frankenstein author
SHELLEY
30A
___ Duncan, Obama education secretary
ARNE
31A
Org. that investigated Al Capone
IRS
34A
Munch Museum’s city
OSLO
35A
Disposed (to)
PRONE
36A
*One of a dozen for a sweetheart
CUT ROSE
38A
*Decathlon event
SHOT PUT
40A
Surrounding
ABOUT
41A
Phobia
FEAR
42A
Girl in the fam
SIS
43A
Things that may be locked or sealed
LIPS
44A
High-end British sports car
MCLAREN
47A
*Something to make up
LOST GROUND
49A
Fried ___ (Southern dish)
OKRA
53A
Designated dwarf planet since 2006
PLUTO
54A
A.P. Latin reading
AENEID
56A
Trickery
WILES
58A
Like either word in the answers to the five starred clues
PAST TENSE
61A
Disjointed
APART
62A
Essayist’s starting point
TOPIC
63A
Sure do
YEP
64A
Final authority
SAY-SO
65A
Adirondack chair part
SLAT
66A
Certain female soldier
ANT