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1D
Some industrial waste
SLAG
2D
Cutting-edge
NOVEL
3D
Its name comes from Nahuatl for “jaguar”
OCELOT
4D
Z28 and ZL1
CAMAROS
5D
They’re often standing when the curtains are lowered
OVATIONS
6D
Sushi wrapper
NORI
7D
Mayo’s place
ERIN
8D
Arabian ___
SEA
9D
Polish giant, once
SHINOLA
10D
Part of a rig
OIL DRILL
11D
Like runs caused by errors
UNEARNED
12D
Hillbilly sorts
REDNECKS
14D
Flawlessly
TO A T
16D
Lures with music
TWEEDLES
18D
Optimistic
ROSEATE
20D
Setting of “The Sun Also Rises” and “Some Like It Hot”
JAZZ AGE
22D
Spanglish or Franglais component
LOAN WORD
23D
Plant poisonous to cattle
COWBANE
27D
Cross my heart
I PROMISE
28D
Material used in apitherapy
BEE VENOM
29D
Shelled shill
MR PEANUT
31D
By the book
LAWFULLY
34D
Tidbits
MORSELS
36D
Store locator, maybe
MALL MAP
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
39D
Move like a tornado
ROTATE
41D
Union jack?
DUES
43D
Pickup line?
GET IN
45D
Hew
FELL
46D
He played the U.S. president in “Canadian Bacon,” 1995
ALDA
47D
Fox network?
DENS
49D
24-Across, for one
COP
1C
Colorful carnival offerings
SNO-CONES
9C
Off-key
SOUR
13C
Farm-to-table advocate
LOCAVORE
14C
What’s now yours
THINE
15C
Words recited before “gratia plena, Dominus tecum”
AVE MARIA
16C
Put one’s nose to the grindstone
TOILED
17C
Moldable kitchen stuff
GELATIN
18C
Like President Paul Kagame
RWANDAN
19C
Actress Singer of “Footloose” and TV’s “Fame”
LORI
20C
Skipper whose 6 was retired in 2014
JOE TORRE
21C
Where many nuts are housed
TOOL CASE
24C
The Mod Squad role
LINC
25C
Drifted off
SNOOZED
26C
Supermodel Wek
ALEK
27C
Terminal giant, once
IBM
30C
Cutting-edge device named for its versatility
SAWZALL
32C
Grp. with many missionaries
LDS
33C
Tightener of locks
PERM
35C
Bucks, e.g.
NBA TEAM
37C
Golf takeback, maybe
REPO
38C
Crusades, e.g.
WAGES WAR
40C
Like some food and flattery
OVERDONE
42C
Promote to annoyance
FLOG
44C
Piano bar?
MEASURE
45C
Criticized
FAULTED
48C
Hard up
IN NEED
49C
Cooler person to live with?
CELLMATE
50C
Charon’s passengers
SOULS
51C
Language of the Twelve Tables
OLD LATIN
52C
Revival V.I.P.s, perhaps
EMTS
53C
They corral kids
PLAYPENS