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1D
L’chaim!
TO LIFE!
2D
Yoga positions
ASANAS
3D
Part of XXX
TIC
4D
Cartoonish cries
EEKS
5D
Grand place near Florida
BAHAMA
6D
European country whose telephone directories list people alphabetically by first name
ICELAND
7D
More carefree
BREEZIER
8D
Mo. with Talk Like a Pirate Day
SEP
9D
Collar attachment
ID TAG
10D
7 on the Beaufort scale
NEAR GALE
11D
Cruise’s “Risky Business” co-star
DE MORNAY
12D
Period when dinosaurs became extinct
CRETACEOUS
13D
Sourness
ACERBITY
17D
Stop: Abbr.
STA
21D
Spike TV, formerly
TNN
23D
Cubist Fernand
LEGER
25D
Like some Greek columns
IONIC
27D
Didn’t go anywhere, say
SAT
32D
See 31-Across
STOVE
34D
Relations
BLOOD
35D
Neighboring
ADJACENT TO
36D
Trusts in
RELIES ON
37D
Some pots and pans
IRONWARE
38D
Tavern
ALEHOUSE
40D
Stroke
PET
43D
Bit of dew
DROPLET
46D
Sports org. with the Calder Cup
AHL
47D
Precipitates in a bad way?
SLEETS
49D
ISIS activity
TERROR
50D
Not perfect, but close to excellent
A-MINUS
51D
Longtime Vegas performer
LIBERACE
53D
Coastal fliers
TERNS
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
54D
Places to get the lead out?
ERS
58D
Tel ___
AVIV
61D
Showy basket
JAM
62D
Boulder-to-Little Rock dir.
ESE
1C
Cel material
ACETATE
5C
Things often seen near lobsters
BIBS
9C
Where to find the Capitol and the Library of Cong.
IN DC
13C
Former TV partner of Barbara, Joy and Elisabeth
ROSIE
14C
Israeli port
ACRE
15C
A few bucks?
DEER
16C
Family outcast
BLACK SHEEP
18C
Break
TAME
19C
..C#and ___ my cap (line from “A Visit From St. Nicholas”)
I IN
20C
Trite
STALE
21C
Holder of The Sun and The World
TAROT
22C
Nonstick pan brand
T-FAL
24C
Spiritual that lent its name to a 2015 Broadway musical
AMAZING GRACE
26C
Approvals
YESES
28C
Fluoride, e.g.
ANION
29C
Julio is in the middle of it
ANO
31C
With 32-Down, pilot’s place
GAS
33C
TV spot, often
DEN
34C
Color of der Ozean
BLAU
35C
Short piece at La Scala
ARIETTA
39C
Classic Sunday newspaper feature that spawned multiple museums, informally
RIPLEY’S
41C
Charlie Chan’s creator Earl ___ Biggers
DERR
42C
Dated
OLD
44C
Michael Bloomberg or Jeff Bezos, for short
CEO
45C
01 album that knocked the Beatles’ “1” off the 1 spot
JLO
46C
Professes
AVERS
48C
Line on a receipt
TOTAL
52C
Hidden advantage that this puzzle employs four times?
ACE IN THE HOLE
55C
Starting half?
DEMI-
56C
Banister post
NEWEL
57C
Soap ___
OPERA
59C
Needle
RIB
60C
Bolshevik’s target
TSAR
61C
Whom Unesco lists as the world’s second most translated author, after Agatha Christie
JULES VERNE
63C
Rent
TORN
64C
Play ___ (perform with the band)
A SET
65C
A Mighty Fortress ___ God (hymn)
IS OUR
66C
White Monopoly bills
ONES
67C
N.L. East team
METS
68C
Big name in Italian fashion
VERSACE