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1D
iTunes Store purchases
APPS
2D
Winnie-the-___
POOH
3D
___ silly question …
ASK A
4D
*One “as lucky as lucky can be,” in “Mary Poppins”
CHIMNEY SWEEP
5D
Kermit creator Jim
HENSON
6D
Unit of work
ERG
7D
Fireplace smoke escapes through them
FLUES
9D
*Showing at an adult film theater
X-RATED MOVIE
10D
Summer hours in N.Y.C.
EDT
11D
Native New Zealanders
MAORIS
12D
Texas city on the Mexican border
EL PASO
13D
Ones used by the Mafia
HIT MEN
18D
Without restraint
FREELY
22D
Done in a quick but effective manner …or like the answers to the three starred clues?
DOWN AND DIRTY
24D
*Sudden, unprovoked slug
SUCKER PUNCH
26D
Mekong native
LAO
27D
Period of British rule in India
RAJ
28D
Mother sheep
EWE
29D
Winery container
VAT
33D
___ Trapp family (“The Sound of Music” group)
VON
37D
The Parthenon, for one
TEMPLE
39D
Emergency transmission
SOS
40D
Gorilla
APE
41D
Animal with a collar
PET
43D
Water: Fr.
EAU
46D
Northeast Corridor service
AMTRAK
47D
Veterans Day event
PARADE
48D
Onetime stage name for Sean Combs
P DIDDY
50D
Shrimper’s catch
NETFUL
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
52D
Smooth sheet material
SATIN
55D
Bar mitzvah or communion
RITE
57D
Constrictors
BOAS
58D
Playwright William
INGE
59D
Suit to ___
A TEE
61D
Detroit labor org.
UAW
62D
Buck’s mate
DOE
1C
Indian in many an old western
APACHE
7C
Prix ___ (restaurant offering)
FIXE
11C
Who cares
MEH
14C
More ritzy
POSHER
15C
The Almighty
LORD
16C
___ Baba and the 40 Thieves
ALI
17C
Teasing
POKING FUN AT
19C
Decide not to join, with “out”
OPT
20C
Put-ons
SHAMS
21C
The first “R” of R&R
REST
22C
1/8 fluid ounce
DRAM
23C
Things “counted” when taking attendance
NOSES
25C
Fictional Plaza Hotel girl
ELOISE
27C
The “R” of I.R.S.
REVENUE
30C
Former “Family Feud” host Richard
DAWSON
31C
Like a game that’s played on the road
AWAY
32C
155, in ancient Rome
CLV
34C
When Presidents’ Day is always celebrated: Abbr.
MON
35C
747s, e.g.
JETS
36C
Japan’s so-called “City of Ten Thousand Shrines”
KYOTO
38C
Immediately, on an order
ASAP
42C
Like Willie Winkie
WEE
44C
Las Vegas’s home: Abbr.
NEV
45C
Uh-uh
NOPE
46C
Come into view
APPEAR
49C
State of thinking
MIND-SET
51C
Fabricated
MADE UP
52C
Miles per hour, e.g.
SPEED
53C
Fall over one’s feet
TRIP
54C
Russia’s ___ Mountains
URAL
56C
Bone below the knee
TIBIA
60C
Cool, man!
RAD!
61C
Coalition with no infighting
UNITED FRONT
63C
Interject
ADD
64C
Start of a play
ACT I
65C
Power failure
OUTAGE
66C
C minor, for Beethoven’s Fifth
KEY
67C
Word following “If not now”
WHEN?
68C
Presidential palace in Paris
ELYSEE