9/24/16
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1D
I wasn’t expecting it, but …
SOMEHOW …
2D
Skipping sounds
TRA-LA-LA
3D
Seriously …
ALL KIDDING ASIDE
4D
New Deal power agcy.
REA
5D
Colt 45, e.g., informally
MALT
6D
Writer Nin
ANAIS
7D
Classic film whose soundtrack is famously composed entirely of strings
PSYCHO
8D
One going around the block?
SCULPTOR
9D
Shakes
LOSES
10D
Portfolio parts, for short
IRAS
11D
Many an email attachment
PDF
12D
Italian food named after a queen
PIZZA MARGHERITA
13D
Amazon, e.g.
ETAILER
14D
Curbs
REINS IN
18D
Clearing
OKING
23D
Things corporations and fire trucks both have
LADDERS
25D
[Emergency!]
CODE RED!
27D
Like kiwi fruits
SEEDY
29D
Engine sound
THRUM
31D
Cool, in slang
DEF
33D
Drain
SAP
35D
Pacific Island group
SOLOMONS
37D
Dishes sometimes served with Riojas
PAELLAS
38D
Blink of an eye
INSTANT
39D
___-A
RETIN
41D
Like the Olympic flame
ETERNAL
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42D
Fairy tale figures
DAMSELS
45D
Someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself, per Oprah
MENTOR
48D
Dakota dialect
TETON
49D
Olympic skier Phil or Steve
MAHRE
52D
Modern know-it-all
SIRI
53D
Bull Run victors
REBS
56D
Double ___
DIP
57D
I already have other plans, often
LIE
1A
Collection of high lights?
STAR MAP
8A
Something a dog might fetch
SLIPPER
15A
Capital of the French department of Loiret
ORLEANS
16A
Smokeless explosive
CORDITE
17A
Youngest-ever Nobel Prize recipient
MALALA YOUSAFZAI
19A
Pennsylvania county named for an animal
ELK
20A
Delights
TICKLES
21A
Cab alternative
ZIN
22A
Cold shower?
HAIL
24A
Missouri and Arizona
SHIPS
25A
Fast-food menu information: Abbr.
CALS
26A
___ dirt
OLD AS
28A
Mich neighbor
ONT
29A
Love Is Strange actress
TOMEI
30A
In a ball
WADDED
32A
Frickin’
GOSH DARN
34A
Things discussed at une académie
IDEES
36A
Like safeties vis-à-vis field goals
RARER
37A
Missed a lot
PINED FOR
40A
Got rid of
PURGED
43A
Hot
ANGRY
44A
Science fiction author Stanislaw
LEM
46A
Indian-born maestro
MEHTA
47A
Spanish pronoun
ESAS
48A
Head of an Indian tribe
TOTEM
50A
Hold
DEEM
51A
Mil figures
LTS
52A
Colloquy
SEMINAR
54A
Pennsylvania and others: Abbr.
RRS
55A
Was brutally honest
LAID IT ON THE LINE
58A
Firedog
ANDIRON
59A
Electron’s area around an atom
ORBITAL
60A
Easy shoes to put on
STEP-INS
61A
Makes secret again, as court documents
RESEALS