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Off-the-backboard 2-pointers | Lay Ups |
1A
Word before printer or pointer
Laser
6A
Securely closed
Shut
10A
” a good one!”
Have
14A
Full of energy
Alive
15A
Achilles or Ajax
Hero
16A
Got completely correct
Aced
17A
Dire Straits hit with the lyrics “I want my MTV”
Money for Nothing
20A
Obedience school command
Beg
21A
Texter’s “r”
Are
22A
Halves of diameters
Radii
23A
Barely sufficient
Scant
26A
“I think,” in texts
IMO
28A
Hotel freebie
Ice
29A
Howard Cosell, notably
Sports Announcer
33A
Concert setting
Venue
34A
Speak like Cicero
Orate
35A
Trendy fleece-lined boots
Uggs
36A
Artist’s cap, stereotypically
Beret
38A
Diana of “The Avengers”
Rigg
42A
Locket shapes
Ovals
44A
Tubular pasta
Penne
45A
Oscar-winning Roberto Benigni movie of 1997
Life is Beautiful
50A
Santa winds
Ana
51A
Barely-passing 52-Across
Dee
52A
Transcript figure
Grade
53A
Collegiate Bulldog
Yalie
55A
Witchy woman
Hag
56A
Justin Timberlake’s label
RCA
59A
One can be found at the starts of 17-, 29- and 45-Across
USA Today Section
64A
Brazilian soccer legend
Pele
65A
Handouts to the poor
Alms
66A
Call off, at Canaveral
Abort
67A
Pyramid scheme, e.g.
Scam
68A
Small Oreo size
Mini
69A
Places for picnics
Parks
1D
Meat in many gyros
Lamb
2D
Lip balm additive
Aloe
3D
Monotonous in cadence
Sing Song
4D
12/24 or 12/31
Eve
5D
Marina del , Calif.
Rey
6D
“Cat” or “hat” sound
Shorta
7D
” goes nothing!”
Here
8D
Starbucks vessel
Urn
9D
” big to fail”
Too
10D
“LOL,” verbalized
Haha
11D
Like lemon juice
Acidic
12D
Home to 177 canals
Venice
13D
More “out there”
Edgier
18D
Bleacherites, e.g.
Fans
19D
Rainbow (food fish)
Trout
24D
Defoe’s titular castaway
Crusoe
25D
Packed away
Ate
26D
Concerning, in law
Inre
27D
A drawbridge may span it
Moat
29D
“Law & Order: ”
SVU
30D
Piece in the game Battleship
Peg
31D
Like Thor and Loki
Norse
32D
Sea nymph of Greek myth
Nereid
36D
AFB part
Base
37D
River of Dresden
Elbe
39D
Lower in rank
Inferior
40D
Bearded zoo animal
Gnu
41D
Hair-raising stuff
Gel
43D
Component of a Skype call
Video
44D
Bake sale-sponsoring org.
PTA
45D
Off-the-backboard 2-pointers
Lay Ups
46D
“Be right with you!”
In a Sec
47D
“Deck the Halls” syllables
Falala
48D
Longtime rival of Sampras
Agassi
49D
More than suggest
Urge
54D
Amazon.com cart unit
Item
55D
“Amazing Grace,” e.g.
Hymn
57D
New Year’s projectile, maybe
Cork
58D
Victims of kitchen traps
Ants
60D
Hydropower structure
Dam
61D
Boxing’s “Louisville Lip”
Ali
62D
Tube top?
Cap
63D
Not yet filled (Abbr.)
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