6/18/16
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1D
Poet who wrote “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright”
BLAKE
2D
Hit 2004 sci-fi film with a 2007 sequel
ALIEN VS PREDATOR
3D
Fugitives
RUNAGATES
4D
Some undergrad degs.
BSS
5D
Part of the conjugation for “avoir”
AIT
6D
Aquarium decorations
CORALS
7D
Sounds of doom, maybe
KNELLS
8D
___ law
OHM’S
9D
Word sung four times before “Born is the King of Israel”
NOEL
10D
The thyroid is part of it
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
11D
Female Action Comics character
LOIS LANE
12D
Inside
AMID
14D
Network’s concern
RATINGS
16D
Oscar-nominated actor for “The Aviator”
ALDA
17D
Spitballs, e.g.
MISSILES
24D
Big comics character
NATE
25D
Where you may need to read the fine print
EYE CHART
29D
Liberal political activist Ralph
NEAS
30D
Isaac Asimov’s “The Bicentennial Man,” e.g.
NOVELETTE
31D
Atlanta women’s college
SPELMAN
32D
Food item cooked “to a light golden color”
TATER TOT
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
38D
___ Stewart, singer of the 1979 1 hit “Knock on Wood”
AMII
39D
Add a layer to
RECOAT
40D
One of Buddha’s 10 disciples
ANANDA
44D
Things that lead to Rome?
ITERS
45D
___ a one
NARY
47D
Kind of bar
MENU
48D
Start of Massachusetts’ motto
ENSE
51D
One making a report
GUN
52D
Ancient times, in bygone days
EL
1C
Tavern assistant
BAR-BACK
8C
Person typically taking Torts and Contracts
ONE L
12C
Literary reference
ALLUSION
13C
Roast, e.g.
HONOR
15C
Outsider politician’s target
MAINSTREAM MEDIA
18C
Retail giant whose catalog comes in 17 languages
IKEA
19C
We’re doomed!
ALL IS LOST!
20C
Wendi ___, ex-wife of Rupert Murdoch
DENG
21C
Parts of some law profs.’ résumés
LLDS
22C
Year in the reign of Antoninus Pius
CLI
23C
Hudgens and Huxtable
VANESSAS
26C
Skedaddled
RAN
27C
Not skedaddle
STAY
28C
It may have a stretch in it
INNING
31C
One end of Fla.’s Sunshine Skyway Bridge
ST PETE
33C
Currency of West Africa
LEONES
34C
About 3 1/4 light-years
PARSEC
35C
Ice dam locale
EAVE
36C
Juillet’s time
ETE
37C
Picks on
HARASSES
41C
Kind of bulb, for short
LED
42C
Can I get an ___?
AMEN
43C
You ain’t ___!
LYIN’
46C
Strong competition?
MR AMERICA
49C
What’s this, Señor?
ESTA
50C
Arm wave or finger snap
ATTENTION-GETTER
53C
Hot times?
NOONS
54C
The application of democracy to love, per H. L Mencke
ADULTERY
55C
Fair point
TRUE
56C
Some rigs
TANDEMS