1/12/17
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1D
___ how? (words of disbelief)
BUT
2D
Spanish article
UNA
3D
Instrument in swing
SAX
4D
Entree in a shell
TACO
5D
Some are named after presidents
ERAS
6D
Something a shopaholic might be in
DEBT
7D
Biting
ACID
8D
Put a finger on, in a way
POKE
9D
With, to Renoir
AVEC
10D
Onetime CW sitcom
REBA
11D
It could carry a tune in the 1950s
TRANSISTOR RADIO
13D
Big brand of sports equipment
WILSON
15D
Savage
UNTAME
16D
Walloped
PASTED
21D
Subject of an old wives’ tale?
HUSBAND
22D
Its postal codes start with K, L, M, N and P – but, oddly, not O
ONTARIO
23D
Well-known octet
PLANETS
26D
Old video game maker
ATARI
27D
Coffee shop offering
DONUT
28D
Hitches
SNAGS
29D
Times when musicians don’t play
RESTS
30D
Leader of the pack
ALPHA
31D
Ancient physician
GALEN
32D
Pulling a prank outside a house
TP’ING
39D
Out of bed, in a way?
AWEIGH
41D
Cleaned just before drying
RINSED
42D
Atomic clock components
MASERS
48D
Well, I guess
OH OK
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49D
Marketer’s start?
TELE-
50D
Gulf of ___ (waters off the coast of Djibouti)
ADEN
51D
Voice-activated assistant
SIRI
52D
Like Mr. X, but not Malcolm X
ANON
53D
Dummy
DOLT
54D
Where annoying things stick
CRAW
55D
Arrest
NAB
56D
Foozle
ERR
57D
If you ask me …, in texts
IMO
1A
Route follower
BUS
4A
___ Conference
TED
7A
Word following 1-/4-Across, appropriately
APART (“bus-ted apart”)
12A
Not clued in
UNAWARE
14A
The scandal of Watergate, essentially
COVER-UP
17A
Its distance is measured within a meter
TAXICAB
18A
Japanese flower-arranging art
IKEBANA
19A
Going “Huh?!?”
LOST
20A
Pours a certain way
DECANTS
21A
Brewing need
HOPS
24A
Subject of some prep classes
SAT
25A
Vents frustration
UNLOADS
29A
Some piano music
RAGTIME
33A
Edwin M. ___, war secretary under Lincoln
STANTON
34A
Slipped by
ELAPSED
35A
Government stance on texting while driving
BAN
36A
Santa ___
ANA
37A
Word following 35-/36-Across, appropriately
SPLIT (“ban-ana split”)
38A
Throw on the floor
AREA RUG
40A
How things typically are
THE NORM
43A
Lamebrains
NITWITS
44A
Fruity libation
SANGRIA
45A
Give meds
DOSE
46A
Ones attending to patients, for short
RNS
47A
Tiny bit
IOTA
51A
Pity evoker
SAD CASE
55A
Called from a stall, say
NEIGHED
58A
Sequentially
IN ORDER
59A
What you might accidentally try to put your head through when getting into a sweater
ARMHOLE
60A
Antacid brand
ROLAIDS
61A
Dude!
BRO!
62A
___ doll
KEN
63A
Words following 61-/62-Across, appropriately
IN TWO (“bro-ken in two”)