6/23/16
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1D
Whittle down
PARE
2D
North Carolina university
ELON
3D
It may be forgiven
DEBT
4D
Winter Olympics venues
ICE RINKS
5D
Involve
ENTAIL
6D
Phrase in a group photo caption
LEFT TO RIGHT
7D
French colony until 1953
LAOS
8D
Goof
ERR
9D
Cryptanalysis org.
NSA
10D
Suck up, maybe
SIPHON
11D
Word before “Sixteen,” “Time” and “You” in top 10 hit songs
ONLY …
12D
Jon who wrote and illustrated “Go Hang a Salami! I’m a Lasagna Hog!”
AGEE
13D
Mountain route
PASS
18D
Hamilton actress ___ Elise Goldsberry
RENEE
19D
Greek city-state
POLIS
23D
Winner of the Triple Crown of Acting (Oscar, Tony and Emmy)
HELEN MIRREN
24D
Monkeys’ uncles?
APES
25D
Went carefully (over)
PORED
26D
One of a mythological nonet
ERATO
27D
Hero of New Orleans
PO’ BOY
28D
French sweetie
CHERI
29D
Spiral
HELIX
30D
Plant in an English hedge
YEW
33D
E.R. V.I.P.s
MDS
35D
Tiny amounts
JOTS
36D
Treats since 1932
MARS BARS
38D
2013 Grammy winner for “Royals”
LORDE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
39D
Doesn’t fold, say
STAYS
41D
Speed star
REEVES
42D
Flotilla
ARMADA
45D
Played for a sap
USED
46D
Match player?
PYRO
47D
Swan Lake bend
PLIE
48D
Commercial lead-in to méxico
AERO-
49D
Not many
A FEW
50D
Remote hiding place?
SOFA
51D
Way off
EXIT
53D
Lab compound, to a chemist
SAL
54D
Get in a bind
TIE
1C
Half of a salon job
PEDI
5C
The first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
ELLEN
10C
It comes in cakes
SOAP
14C
Writer Waugh
ALEC
15C
Converges on
NEARS
16C
Swenson of “Benson”
INGA
17C
Play a game on Halloween, formally?
ROBERT FOR APPLES (“bob for apples”)
20C
Implores
ENTREATS
21C
Now I remember!
OH YES!
22C
Competing
IN IT
23C
Popular first-person shooter video game
HALO
25C
Be exceedingly frugal, formally?
PENELOPE PINCH (“penny-pinch”)
30C
Radiohead frontman Thom
YORKE
31C
Hamlet and Ophelia, e.g.
ROLES
32C
Hesitate, in a way
HEM
34C
Aces have low ones, briefly
ERAS
35C
Agrees
JIBES
36C
Fuse
MELD
37C
Speakeasy-goer
WET
38C
Prepare to tweet, say
LOG ON
39C
Gandhi garb
SARIS
40C
Kind of printer, formally?
DOROTHY MATRIX (“dot matrix”)
43C
Whilom
ERST
44C
They’re best left untouched, generally speaking
IRAS
45C
Hiked
UPPED
48C
Where many grunts may be heard?
ARMY BASE
52C
Very cunning, formally?
SYLVESTER AS A FOX (“sly as a fox”)
55C
Pennsylvania’s northernmost county
ERIE
56C
Ran
AIRED
57C
Mortgage adjustment, briefly
REFI
58C
Some deer
DOES
59C
Bleeding Love singer Lewis, 2007
LEONA
60C
Whack
SWAT