9/17/16
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1D
Educational foundations
BASICS
2D
Lend
IMPART
3D
One day’s drive, maybe
LOANER
4D
N.F.C. South pro
BUC
5D
They’re graded in geology class
ORES
6D
Spot for autograph seekers
PLAYERS’ ENTRANCE
7D
Top
LID
8D
One who works a lot?
USED CAR SALESMAN
9D
Bulldog rival
GATOR
10D
Spelling with lines
TORI
11D
Whew!, upon arriving home
WHAT A DAY!
12D
Cry before rage-quitting
I’M SO MAD
13D
Plaster of paris, essentially
GYPSUM
18D
King James, e.g.
CAV
23D
Country that’s home to Dracula’s Castle
ROMANIA
25D
Tickets, in slang
DUCATS
27D
Pupil
LEARNER
30D
They’re often said to be sitting or moving
TARGETS
33D
Claim
ALLEGE
35D
Angst-ridden and moody
EMO
36D
Currency of Peru
SOL
37D
Place to do some shots?
FOUL LINE
38D
It has rules for writing
NOTEPAD
39D
San Diego suburb known as the “Jewel of the Hills”
LA MESA
42D
Wing it?
AVIATE
43D
Get misty
TEAR UP
44D
Catch in a net
ENMESH
47D
Deplete
USE UP
48D
One exposed by a flip-flop
TOE
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
51D
Summer coolers
ICES
53D
Counter orders?
BLTS
57D
Bitter ___
ALE
58D
Card
WIT
1A
First name in fantasy fiction
BILBO
6A
Payola payoff
PLUG
10A
Branch extension
TWIG
14A
Subject for une chanteuse
AMOUR
15A
When repeated, singer of the 1987 1 hit “Head to Toe”
LISA
16A
Exclamation sometimes said with a hand over the mouth
OH MY!
17A
One in la-la land
SPACE CADET
19A
Clichéd gift for a prisoner
RASP
20A
Christ’s end?
IAN
21A
For instance
SAY
22A
Snack brand first produced at Disneyland in the 1960s
DORITOS
24A
Street ___
CRED
26A
Alternative to a snap
VELCRO
28A
Asia’s ___ Darya River
AMU
29A
Structural support
STRUT
31A
Stephen who was nominated for a 1992 Best Actor Oscar
REA
32A
Title sometimes shortened by removing its middle letter
MADAM
34A
Dish that often includes anchovies
CAESAR SALAD
37A
Website for people interested in “cultivating” a relationship?
FARMERSONLY
38A
Lemme be straight with you …
NOT GONNA LIE …
39A
Good-for-nothing
LOUSE
40A
Letterhead abbr.
TEL
41A
5 1/2-point type
AGATE
45A
Falcons, on scoreboards
ATL
46A
Staple of Victorian architecture
TURRET
49A
Square
EVEN
50A
McCarthy in Hollywood
MELISSA
52A
Break down, maybe
SOB
54A
Terse admission
I AM
55A
For the ages
EPIC
56A
Some kitchen utensils
ENAMELWARE
59A
Court psychologist’s ruling
SANE
60A
Where Arthur Ashe played college tennis
UCLA
61A
Book before Philemon
TITUS
62A
Summer coolers
ADES
63A
Round end, of a sort
PEEN
64A
Curry of the N.B.A.
STEPH