7/26/16
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1D
___ Fan Tutte
COSI
2D
Surrounded by
AMID
3D
Requested
BADE
4D
*Shoplifter, e.g.
SNEAK THIEF
5D
Decay-fighting org.
ADA
6D
Defensive tennis shots
LOBS
7D
Charles Lindbergh, e.g.
PILOT
8D
___ pad
STENO
9D
*”Don’t go anywhere!”
SIT TIGHT
10D
Fancy meeting you here!
OH HI!
11D
Knox and Dix
FORTS
12D
Speed skater ___ Ohno
APOLO
13D
Take some new vows
REWED
18D
Winter Palace autocrat
TSAR
22D
Cookout annoyance
GNAT
24D
___ a pity
‘TIS
27D
Close kin, for short
SIBS
28D
Sufficient, to a bard
ENOW
29D
Part of a plot
ACRE
30D
Casual Friday shirt
POLO
32D
*Really safe bets
SURE THINGS
35D
Friend of Pooh
ROO
36D
Tel. no. add-ons
EXTS
37D
N.Y.C. cultural center
MOMA
38D
Animal in a Wall Street sculpture
BULL
39D
Irritating subject for an ophthalmologist?
STYE
41D
*Film words before “Nemesis,” “Into Darkness” and “Beyond”
STAR TREK
45D
Ski lift
T-BAR
46D
With 52-Down, Sunday entree
HAM
50D
Whip It rock band
DEVO
51D
___ Park, Colo.
ESTES
52D
See 46-Down
ROAST
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
53D
Zeal
GUSTO
55D
Eschews food
FASTS
56D
Traffic jam
TIE-UP
59D
Evil look
LEER
60D
Small Apple offering
NANO
62D
More, in ads
XTRA
63D
Furry Endor creature
EWOK
64D
Yuletide quaffs
NOGS
67D
Game-match connector
SET
1C
Ones whose business is picking up?
CABS
5C
Yodeling locale
ALPS
9C
Up until now
SO FAR
14C
Mideast monarchy
OMAN
15C
Stop procrastinating!
DO IT!
16C
From your mouth to God’s ears!
I HOPE!
17C
*Drink holder near a sofa
SIDE TABLE
19C
Discombobulate
THROW
20C
Think tank output
IDEAS
21C
*Listing on a Billboard chart
SONG TITLE
23C
Kit ___ bar
KAT
25C
Braxton with seven Grammys
TONI
26C
Instant lawn
SOD
27C
*Carnival cruise, e.g.
SEA TRIP
31C
Dept. of Justice heads
AGS
33C
Move slowly (along)
INCH
34C
*Things that stick out conspicuously
SORE THUMBS
40C
Foe of Rocky and Bullwinkle
BORIS
42C
Deli delicacy
LOX
43C
Rainbow ___
TROUT
44C
*Craving for desserts
SWEET TOOTH
47C
Little girl in “David Copperfield”
EM’LY
48C
___ Four
FAB
49C
*Tearjerker
SAD TALE
51C
Fraction of a joule
ERG
54C
Huckleberry Finn carrier
RAFT
57C
Not impressed
MEH
58C
*Bygone R&B showcase
SOUL TRAIN
61C
Prancer’s partner on Santa’s team
VIXEN
65C
Stun gun
TASER
66C
*What good ratings for a new show can lead to
SEASON TWO
68C
Girl’s name that phonetically provides the initials to the answers to the asterisked clues
ESTEE (ES-TEE = S-T)
69C
Adjust, as guitar strings
TUNE
70C
Pirate’s quaff
GROG
71C
Bird on a birth announcement
STORK
72C
Dick and Jane’s dog
SPOT
73C
Nordstrom rival
SAKS