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1D
Wow
AMAZE
2D
Something to kick or break
HABIT
3D
British poet/critic Sitwell
EDITH
4D
Job at which one excels
METIER
5D
Certain sax
ALTO
6D
Lover boy
BEAU
7D
Yield, as interest
EARN
8D
Tiny amount
TRACE
9D
Tank unit
GALLON
10D
Reunion attendee, briefly
ALUM
11D
12-point type
PICA
12D
Hunter who wrote “The Blackboard Jungle”
EVAN
13D
___ Moines
DES
21D
Spring blooms
CROCI
22D
Cap material?
ICE
26D
Sotheby’s collection
LOT
27D
There are three for motion
LAWS
28D
Search all over
SCOUR
30D
Court figures, briefly
DAS
31D
Foe of the taxi industry
UBER
32D
Stink to high heaven
REEK
33D
Muppet who speaks in a falsetto
ELMO
34D
Ending with second or upper
MOST
35D
Dessert item that was clued as “Mountain: Comb. form” in old crosswords
OREO
36D
White House policy chief
CZAR
38D
Donald Trump catchword
HUGE
41D
Bullring cheer
OLE!
42D
Cat’s seat, maybe
LAP
43D
Show exhaustion
DROOP
48D
Went on a tirade
RANTED
49D
Be in hock
OWE
51D
Beach resort locales
SHORES
53D
Filled with cargo
LADEN
55D
Muscular Japanese dog
AKITA
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
56D
Daughter of 15-Across
REGAN
57D
Expunge
ERASE
58D
Clobber with snowballs, say
PELT
59D
The Gem City, so-called because of its sparkling lake
ERIE
60D
Greek figure on many a trophy
NIKE
61D
Jules Verne captain
NEMO
62D
Broken, as a bronco
TAME
63D
President Chaim Weizmann was on its first flight
EL AL
64D
Some postgrad degrees
MAS
1C
Beg pardon …
AHEM …
5C
Help in a heist
ABET
9C
Looked slack-jawed
GAPED
14C
Like a neat bed
MADE
15C
King noted for saying “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is / To have a thankless child!”
LEAR
16C
Still in the running
ALIVE
17C
This won’t hurt ___!
A BIT
18C
Setting for the highest-grossing movie of 1939
TARA
19C
George whose name is a lead-in to “film”
LUCAS
20C
Politician in charge of pasta?
ZITI COUNCILMAN (“city councilman”)
23C
Early anesthetic
ETHER
24C
___-Drive, popular light-powered watch
ECO
25C
Dice tosses
ROLLS
29C
Hang in there
ENDURE
34C
Comfy shoe
MOC
37C
Means of transportation in “Cinderella”
COACH
39C
Am I my brother’s keeper? brother
ABEL
40C
Pasta, apparently?
ORZO IT WOULD SEEM (“or so it would seem”)
44C
Circus horn honker
SEAL
45C
Cotton candy, mostly
SUGAR
46C
Original “King Kong” studio
RKO
47C
Corrida combatant
TORERO
50C
Some used cars, informally
REPOS
52C
Hole maker
AWL
54C
Orchard Field, today
O’HARE
58C
Card game with pasta for stakes?
PENNE ANTE POKER (“penny ante poker”)
64C
Philip Morris brand
MERIT
65C
Word said with a handshake
DEAL
66C
Latvia’s capital
RIGA
67C
In the same way
ALIKE
68C
1996 Gwyneth Paltrow title role
EMMA
69C
H H H
ETAS
70C
Knight’s mount
STEED
71C
Angels We Have Heard on High, e.g.
NOEL
72C
Mentally together
SANE