1/19/17
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1D
Celebrity
STARDOM
2D
Awful
HORRIFIC
3D
Public relations effort
OUTREACH
4D
Economic benchmark, briefly
CPI
5D
Retain
KEEP
6D
French possessive
SES
7D
See 30-Across
SEX
8D
Groening who created “The Simpsons”
MATT
9D
Actress Hagen
UTA
10D
Musical intervals from F to B, e.g.
TRITONES
11D
Travel sci-fi style
TELEPORT
12D
Count me in!
YES, LET’S!
14D
They present hurdles
STEEPLECHASES
15D
Cork opener?
TOP O’ THE MORNIN’
20D
Title that anagrams to another title
SRI
26D
Satirist ___ Baron Cohen
SACHA
28D
Sched. Listings
APPTS
31D
Worked (up)
HET
32D
Stretch (out)
EKE
34D
Coronation ___ (Elgar composition)
ODE
35D
They bring speakers into classrooms, briefly
PAS
37D
___ Mook, Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager
ROBBY
39D
Flock leaders
VICARS
40D
Place to come in from the cold
CHALET
41D
Asiago alternative
ROMANO
43D
Patterned fabrics
MOIRES
44D
The most unexpected of all things that happen to a man, per Leon Trotsky
OLD AGE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
45D
Do unseriously
PLAY AT
50D
Many a monument
TOMB
52D
Source of the Amazon
PERU
55D
Plot
MAP
56D
Actress Susan
DEY
58D
Part of the works
COG
59D
___ the Voice of the Lobster (“Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” poem)
‘TIS
1A
Blows
SHOCKS
7A
Like some R-rated movies
SMUTTY
13A
Top secrets?
TOUPEES
15A
Plant with fragrant leaves
TEA TREE
16A
Most pretentious
ARTIEST
17A
Ingredients in a Jamaican stew
OXTAILS
18A
School basics, informally
RRR
19A
Ability of some of the heroes on NBC’s “Heroes”
ESP
21A
___ Aviv
TEL
22A
Trim the fat
DIET
23A
Planes, old-style
AEROS
24A
Word before or after Alexander
POPE
25A
___ piece
OF A
27A
Mine, e.g.
PIT
29A
Kidder’s cry
NOT!
30A
George who sang “I Want Your 7-Down”
MICHAEL
33A
Lottery ball containers
HOPPERS
36A
Liability for a political candidate …as depicted four times in this puzzle?
CHECKERED PAST
38A
Bill Haley’s backup band
THE COMETS
39A
Blu-ray forerunner
VCR
42A
True Detective airer
HBO
43A
Swab
MOP
46A
Sister company of Applebee’s
IHOP
47A
Native-born Israeli
SABRA
48A
Ring
TOLL
49A
Kiss ___
CAM
51A
Looks for ganders, e.g.: Abbr.
SYN
53A
Wash. Neighbor
IDA
54A
Modifier on a dessert menu
A LA MODE
57A
You might empty it into a bucket
ICE TRAY
60A
Gives a new handle
RENAMES
61A
Leader targeted in 1989’s Operation Nifty Package
NORIEGA
62A
Visit
STOP BY
63A
Cloth insert
GUSSET