7/30/16
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1D
Santa ___
MARIA
2D
They might be ill
OMENS
3D
Feature of CNN or Fox News
CRAWL
4D
Hindu goddess often portrayed with her husband Shiva
KALI
5D
Work on a lead, maybe
EDIT
6D
Part of a square
RIGHT ANGLE
7D
That there
YON
8D
F and G, but not H
NOTES
9D
Wife in Jonathan Franzen’s “The Corrections”
ENID
10D
Meander
WEND
11D
It adds stress: Abbr.
ITAL
12D
Glass half empty sort
DEFEATIST
13D
Emily Dickinson’s “Ended, ___ it begun”
ERE
14D
Writer Sedaris
AMY
20D
Like motel walls, it often seems
PAPER-THIN
23D
Host
EMCEE
25D
Refuses to
WON’T
26D
Grade sch. Class
ENG
27D
Ladder’s counterpart
CHUTE
28D
Track things
LANES
29D
Sprayer
AEROSOL CAN
30D
___ pray
LET US
31D
Author of the “Mostly Ghostly” book series
STINE
32D
Attribute as the cause of
CHALK UP TO
33D
Sprayed, in a way
MACED
34D
Start of a Hamlet monologue
ALAS
35D
Child support, for short?
PTA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
39D
Sparring partners?
FISTS
40D
Dull-witted
DOPEY
41D
Boots
OUSTS
42D
Peak
CREST
44D
Ready
RIPE
45D
Zodiac symbol
CRAB
46D
One sitting on a celestial throne
HERA
48D
Goya’s “Duchess of ___”
ALBA
49D
Grind down
MILL
50D
Legal org.
ABA
51D
Kind of card
SIM
52D
Itinerary abbr.
ETA
1C
Ridiculous imitation
MOCKERY
8C
Basis of a patent
NEW IDEA
15C
Traffic report source, often
AM RADIO
16C
Something John Adams and John Quincy Adams each had
ONE TERM
17C
Change, as allegiances
REALIGN
18C
Mean Girls screenwriter
TINA FEY
19C
Close to, colloquially
IN WITH
20C
Sell
PEDDLE
21C
Means of communication since 1817, in brief
ASL
22C
Some receptions
TEAS
24C
Wonder
AWE
27C
Surgeon’s tool
CLAMP
29C
Charles who created murals for Harlem Hospital and the American Museum of Natural History
ALSTON
32C
Start of many a romantic comedy
CHANCE MEETING
34C
1922 Kafka short story
A HUNGER ARTIST
35C
Hematologist’s measure
PLATELET COUNT
36C
Pioneer in New Journalism in the 1960s-’70s
TALESE
37C
Author who shares his name with a German state
HESSE
38C
Fire away
ASK
39C
Pet name meaning “faithful”
FIDO
40C
Michael Moore offering, for short
DOC
43C
Sea ___
URCHIN
47C
Part of a hit 1940s-’50s film trio
LAMOUR
50C
Has dreams
ASPIRES
52C
Completely surpass
ECLIPSE
53C
It doesn’t have much to say
BIT PART
54C
Armful for Moses
TABLETS
55C
Slide presentations?
AMOEBAS
56C
Hedge fund employee
ANALYST