11/5/16 Answer New York Times Crossword

11/5/16

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1D
Lab wear
SMOCKS

2D
Premium cigar
HAVANA

3D
Hold it!
ONE SEC!

4D
Compact containers
PURSES

5D
Big flap in the fashion industry
LAPEL

6D
Threat from a rat
I’LL TELL!

7D
U.S.P.S. option advertised with the slogan “If it fits, it ships”
FLAT RATE BOX

8D
Northumberland river
TYNE

9D
Jot
SPECK

10D
Entry in a legislative appropriations bill
LINE ITEM

11D
Idle
INACTIVE

12D
Archenemy of Optimus Prime in “Transformers” movies
MEGATRON

13D
Members of blended families
STEPSONS

15D
Hit hard
SMITE

21D
Not going by the book?
STREET-SMART

24D
Occupied
TAKEN

26D
Sighs of relief
AHS

27D
Why did I do that?!
DOH!

28D
Blade holder
SCABBARD

29D
Only African capital named after a U.S. president
MONROVIA

30D
Intentionally hidden
ULTERIOR

31D
Enterprise standard
STARDATE

36D
Device used to detect radio waves
COHERER

38D
Not flabby
TONED

39D
2013 “Cars” spinoff
PLANES

40D
Popular arts-and-crafts brand
ELMER’S

41D
Take a sudden turn
SWERVE

42D
Prepared for impact
TENSED

44D
Grand affairs
FETES

46D
Black jellybean flavorer
ANISE

48D
Hookups at a gig
AMPS

1A
Take stock?
SHOPLIFT

9A
Undergoes downsizing
SLIMS

14A
By hand
MANUALLY

15A
Small parlor piece
SPINET

16A
Leave basically nothing to chance
OVER-PLAN

17A
Household
MENAGE

18A
Walkman insert
CASSETTE

19A
Martian feature
ICE CAP

20A
Support in a confessional
KNEELER

21A
Caribbean island that Columbus visited in 1493
ST KITTS

22A
Pollen repositories
SACS

23A
Foamy drink
LATTE

25A
Cicero’s longtime servant and scribe
TIRO

26A
___ boy
ALTAR

27A
English county whose seat is Exeter
DEVON

28A
Flatten
SMUSH

32A
Just make (out)
EKE

33A
Breaking of a mirror and others
OMENS

34A
Young studs?
COLTS

35A
Slow-burning firewood
BEECH

37A
Nonprofit Broadway production grp.
ANTA

38A
TV character who said “Help always come when people fight for right”
TONTO

39A
Raid target
PEST

43A
Character in Uncle Remus tales
BR’ER FOX

45A
Comment often preceding “Let’s”
SHALL WE?

47A
Gail ___, inventor of condensed milk
BORDEN

48A
Emphatic agreement
AMEN AMEN

49A
Start a bank, say
AVIATE

50A
Other than the Nationals, only current Major League Baseball team never to have played in a World Series
MARINERS

51A
Turned to anarchy
RIOTED

52A
Conservationist’s field?
PRESERVE

53A
Has the gall
DARES

54A
Under the gun
STRESSED