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1D
Positive Chinese principle
YANG
2D
Competitor of Lyft
UBER
3D
Drug bust quantity, casually
KILO
4D
Caribbean island whose capital is Castries
ST LUCIA
5D
Product that once bore a click wheel
IPOD NANO
6D
Holder of The Hermit, The Devil and The Magician
TAROT
7D
Befall
OCCUR
8D
Quaint cousin of “Suh-weet!”
NEATO!
9D
Colgate, but not Crest: Abbr.
SCH
10D
Yep, that’s clear
I HEAR YA
11D
Weapon held on horseback
LANCE
12D
Yes ‘n no
KINDA
13D
Twinkies or Pringles
SNACK
21D
Silent assent
NOD
22D
Like some winks
SLY
25D
Lose vividness
FADE
26D
Meat often served with mint jelly
LAMB
27D
Prefix with complete
AUTO-
28D
Action in go fish
DRAW
32D
Sched. Figure
ETA
33D
Sickly-looking
WAN
34D
That’s bad!
TSK!
36D
Zig or zag
VEER
37D
Heroine princess of Mozart’s “Idomeneo”
ILIA
38D
Big Apple fashion inits.
DKNY
40D
Rip
TEAR
41D
Papers covered with dirt?
TABLOIDS
44D
Antidiarrheal brand
IMODIUM
46D
Key near the upper-right corner of a PC keyboard
NUM LOCK
48D
Go (for)
OPT
50D
Shortest zodiac sign, lexically
LEO
51D
They may be blown by a magician
MINDS
52D
Ratify
ADOPT
53D
Easy-to-digest dessert
JELLO
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54D
Son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie
ROCCO
55D
City NE of Lincoln
OMAHA
56D
Starting key of 35-/43-Across’s “Starman”
B-FLAT
59D
Abba of Israel
EBAN
60D
When in ___ …
ROME
61D
That HURT!
YEOW!
63D
Mind reader’s skill, for short
ESP
1C
Hearty har-hars
YUKS
5C
Keep ___ the D.L. (“Don’t tell anyone”)
IT ON
9C
Jockey’s attire
SILKS
14C
Slightly
A BIT
15C
Marathon runner’s stat
PACE
16C
Burger King or Costco
CHAIN
17C
Little Dickens girl
NELL
18C
Subject of the 2013 documentary “Blackfish”
ORCA
19C
Temporary skin decorator
HENNA
20C
Results of some unexciting at-bats
GROUNDOUTS
23C
Rock band that gets fans charged up?
AC/DC
24C
Micromanager, say
CONTROL FREAK
26C
Well, aren’t you something!
LA-DI-DA!
29C
Celebratory cry
YAY!
30C
Natural radiation?
AURA
31C
Pond dweller that can regenerate its eyes
NEWT
35C
With 43-Across, singer of the lyric formed by the first parts of 20-, 24-, 40-, 51- and 58-Across
DAVID
39C
N.Y.C. subway overseer
MTA
40C
As you like it, in a recipe
TO TASTE
42C
Forest animal
ELK
43C
See 35-Across
BOWIE
45C
Paul who sang “Eso Beso”
ANKA
46C
German refusal
NEIN
47C
Leader who said “Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible”
MAO
49C
DVD alternative
BLU-RAY
51C
Snafu
MAJOR PROBLEM
57C
No longer anonymous, in brief
IDED
58C
High jinks
TOMFOOLERY
62C
Dead serious!
NO LIE!
64C
Compton’s state, to hip-hoppers
CALI
65C
The duck in “Peter and the Wolf”
OBOE
66C
It’s just below C level
D-PLUS
67C
Country between Sudan and Niger
CHAD
68C
___ pants (earth-toned apparel)
CAMO
69C
Really put one’s foot down
STOMP
70C
___ ‘n Honey (granola bar option)
OATS
71C
Didn’t just guess
KNEW