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1A
Court event
Trial
6A
Happen as a result
Ensue
11A
Knotts with a “nervous Nellie” persona
Don
14A
Causing goose bumps
Eerie
15A
Pour water on
Douse
16A
Prospector’s find
Ore
17A
Ghost that haunts kidvid character Pokey?
Spirit Gumby
19A
Not yet refined
Raw
20A
Give the heave-ho to
Toss
21A
Anthem contraction
Oer
22A
Milky gemstones
Opals
24A
Field sport of ancient Iran?
Persian Rugby
28A
Musical scale’s span
Octave
31A
Take four of four games, say
Sweep
32A
Any of Mel Blanc’s thousand
Voice
33A
Stitched border
Hem
34A
Comedy-routine first baseman
Who
37A
Caesar or Hirohito
Emperor
40A
Hard Rock Stadium gridder
Dolphin
43A
Refusals
Nos
44A
Tango move
Dip
46A
Nearly identical
Alike
47A
acid (protein part)
Amino
49A
Knocks the socks off
Amazes
50A
Striped cat in a rush?
Running Tabby
54A
Baker who sang “Sweet Love”
Anita
55A
Fit-to-be-tied feeling
Ire
56A
“Better Call ” (“Breaking Bad” spinoff)
Saul
60A
Volleyball team count
Six
61A
Military academy headdress?
School Bus By
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
65A
Ballerina’s pivot point
Toe
66A
Deimos and Phobos, to Mars
Moons
67A
Vampire, at times
Biter
68A
“Your point being . . . ?”
And
69A
Biscotti flavoring
Anise
70A
Put aside for later
Store
1D
Cause of cramming
Test
2D
Default consequence, briefly
Repo
3D
One of Tennessee’s two state flowers
Iris
4D
Flight zone
Air Space
5D
Luau garland
Lei
6D
Beats by a hair
Edges
7D
Provide with sustenance
Nourish
8D
KenKen calculation, perhaps
Sum
9D
PC port type
USB
10D
Pooh’s pessimistic pal
Eeyore
11D
Hip-hopper’s headgear
Dorag
12D
Dental hygiene brand
Oral B
13D
Brimming with information
Newsy
18D
Made a rip in
Tore
23D
Newborn Newfoundland
Pup
25D
In all of history
Ever
26D
Knocked the socks off
Awed
27D
Pixar character with a lucky fin
Nemo
28D
“Cupcake Wars” appliance
Oven
29D
Crooner Perry
Como
30D
Handy hints
Tips
34D
Expert, slangily
Whiz
35D
Scouting outing
Hike
36D
Change-machine bills
Ones
38D
One-eyed Norse deity
Odin
39D
Pug’s milieu
Ring
41D
Souvlaki meat, often
Lamb
42D
Child’s sports outfit
Play Suit
45D
Concoctions in cauldrons
Potions
47D
Crawler in a colony
Ant
48D
Noxious emanation
Miasma
49D
Scriptural shepherd
Abel
50D
Dreads sporter, perhaps
Rasta
51D
Shop steward’s group
Union
52D
Voted down
Nixed
53D
Honored the judge’s entrance
Arose
57D
In the matter of
Asto
58D
App-based car service
Uber
59D
Harp’s smaller cousin
Lyre
62D
Swindler’s scheme
Con
63D
polloi
Hoi
64D
Air rifle ammo
BBs