9/27/16
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1D
Hyundai model
SONATA
2D
Attach, as a patch
IRON ON
3D
The Fed, for example
CENTRAL BANK
4D
Keystone ___
KOP
5D
Fly over sub-Saharan Africa?
TSETSE
6D
Trumpeter Al
HIRT
7D
Mélange
OLIO
8D
Slant
SKEW
9D
Answerable with a head nod or shake
YES/NO
10D
Inventor Whitney
ELI
11D
The whole enchilada
ALL
12D
Subway station sighting
RAT
14D
Reporters’ coups
SCOOPS
22D
Let loose
UNLEASH
23D
Tranquil scene
IDYL
27D
Can we not talk about that!
DON’T GO THERE!
28D
Ballooned
GREW
29D
Heading for Marco Polo
EAST
31D
Church bell sound
PEAL
32D
The Mexica people ruled over them
AZTEC
33D
God, in Roma
DIO
34D
Orbital high points
APOGEES
38D
Writer Fleming and others
IANS
39D
If you drop this you’ll trip
ACID
40D
___ fide
BONA
42D
Former telecom giant
MCI
45D
Hosiery shade
ECRU
47D
Not book-smart
UNREAD
50D
Gold standards
KARATS
51D
Service symbolized by a blue-and-white eagle
US MAIL
52D
Relating to 51-Down
POSTAL
54D
Houston ballplayer
ASTRO
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
58D
German autos
BMWS
59D
Brand of bubbly, familiarly
MOET
60D
Writer ___ Stanley Gardner
ERLE
62D
Madame Tussaud material
WAX
63D
Rocks or diamonds
ICE
64D
Judge Goodman of “Dancing With the Stars”
LEN
67D
A busy mom might keep a child in this
TOW
1A
Start of a “recuperative” word ladder ending at 73-Across
SICK
5A
Pres Jefferson
THOS
9A
1000 or 2000, but not 0
YEAR
13A
Cookies with a Double Stuf variety
OREOS
15A
Part 2 of the word ladder
SILK
16A
Singer Fitzgerald
ELLA
17A
Socially unacceptable
NON-PC
18A
Cleveland’s lake
ERIE
19A
Part 3 of the word ladder
SILT
20A
Morsel for an aardvark
ANT
21A
Seeking victory
OUT TO WIN
24A
Blue Jays, on scoreboards
TOR
25A
Switch ups?
ONS
26A
Place to get outta, in a saying
DODGE
30A
How to avoid becoming 1-Across, so they say
AN APPLE A DAY
35A
60 minuti
ORA
36A
___-majesté
LESE
37A
Wires for thrill-seekers
ZIP LINES
39A
Palindromic band name
ABBA
41A
Are not! retort
AM TOO!
43A
No on a periodic table
AT WT
44A
Come together
COALESCE
46A
___-ho
GUNG
48A
Quaint lodging
INN
49A
Aid for getting 73-Across, so they say
CHICKEN SOUP
53A
Capital of Senegal
DAKAR
55A
___ Lingus
AER
56A
General ___ (name on a Chinese menu)
TSO
57A
Dunk
SUBMERSE
61A
___ Pinafore
HMS
62A
Part 4 of the word ladder
WILT
65A
Football coach Jim
MORA
66A
Really bothered
ATE AT
68A
Taiwan-based computer maker
ACER
69A
Part 5 of the word ladder
WELT
70A
Andrea ___ (ill-fated ship)
DORIA
71A
Alien: Prefix
XENO-
72A
Fr honorees
STES
73A
End of the word ladder
WELL