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1D
Passover mo., often
APR
2D
Get off the ground?
LEAP
3D
Color akin to turquoise
BERYL
4D
Work not of the buffa style
OPERA SERIA
5D
Power plant quantity
MEGAWATTS
6D
They beat as one, in a U2 song
TWO HEARTS
7D
Hookups for hydrants
WATER MAINS
8D
Things
ITEMS
9D
Give a rip
CARE
10D
French connections
ETS
12D
Doesn’t stick to the topic
RAMBLES
13D
Eyes, shoulders and knees have them
SOCKETS
15D
Father figures
SIRES
16D
Exams with a max. score of 180
LSATS
18D
Académie ___ Beaux-Arts
DES
21D
Video game featuring an archaeologist heroine
TOMB RAIDER
23D
Insect with multi-queen colonies
PHARAOH ANT
24D
Piece of living room décor
TABLE LAMP
26D
Eurozone member beginning in 2015
LITHUANIA
27D
Dreaded guy?
RASTAMAN
28D
Big jerks?
TUGS
29D
Walk all over
USE
30D
Having everything in its place
TIDY
32D
Done in desperation
LAST GASP
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
34D
Hot rod wheels
MAGS
35D
Prompts
CUES
38D
Jargon
CANT
39D
Sentence shortener, at times
PLEA
42D
Hit on the head
BEAN
44D
High priest?
LAMA
1A
Mitch who wrote the best seller “The Five People You Meet in Heaven”
ALBOM
6A
Careful way to think
TWICE
11A
Tree frog with a distinctive call
PEEPER
13A
Go after, as a fly
SWAT AT
14A
Krypton, for one
RARE GAS
16A
Extras in many apocalyptic movies
LOOTERS
17A
Common scam
PYRAMID SCHEME
19A
Criminals
LAWBREAKERS
20A
Company’s marketing group
SALES TEAM
21A
Nice ideas come from them
TETES
22A
Leave in a bad way
STRAP
24A
Class for a one-L
TORTS
25A
Big name in chain saws
STIHL
27A
Harold who directed “Groundhog Day”
RAMIS
28A
King of the 18th dynasty
TUT
31A
Dawdler
SNAIL
33A
Bishop’s title in the Coptic Church
ABBA
34A
The only sensual pleasure without vice, per Samuel Johnson
MUSIC
36A
Latina title: Abbr.
SRTA
37A
Camera variety, briefly
SLR
38A
In pen?
CAGED UP
40A
Reactions of wonderment
AHS
41A
They come with strings attached
TEA BAGS
43A
Cry
YELL OUT
45A
One of the eggs used in this 1986 film is now exhibited at the Smithsonian
ALIENS
46A
Popeye villain who sailed the Black Barnacle
SEA HAG
47A
Fed up with
MAD AT
48A
Whirlpool subsidiary
AMANA
49A
Comment to a brother or sister
AMEN
50A
MUMMY
51A
Black birds
ANIS
52A
Longtime home of the Tappet Brothers
NPR
53A
When repeated, testing of a mic
TAP