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1A
Ballpark beverage
Beer
5A
Common Core hurdle
Test
9A
Pet welfare org.
Aspca
14A
Brassiere brand
Olga
15A
General’s insignia
Star
16A
Swiss (vegetable)
Chard
17A
Begins the planting process
Digs a hole
19A
Needing decryption
Coded
20A
Sour note
Clinker
22A
“Beetle Bailey” dog
Otto
23A
Soap opera plot device
Affair
26A
Certain female grouse
Sage Hen
28A
Yahtzee player’s turn
Roll
29A
Margarine container
Tub
32A
Irish bread
Soda
33A
Dental care brand
Oral B
35A
Arizona State’s city
Tempe
37A
Altar vow
I Do
40A
Goat-hoofed lecher of myth
Satyr
41A
One of the Gabors
Eva
42A
“Air Music” composer Ned
Rorem
44A
Word before candy or contact
Eye
45A
Beginning stage
Onset
47A
Add zip to
Spice
48A
River under the Ponte Vecchio
Arno
50A
Accessory with a muumuu
Lei
52A
MBA’s subj.
Econ
53A
Law grad’s challenge
Bare Xam
56A
Workers with wicker
Caners
58A
Wagon trail furrows
Ruts
59A
Areas of rapid growth
Hot Beds
62A
Like a specially formed committee
Ad Hoc
One Clue Crossword
WordBrain
WordBubbles!
Word Whizzle
Words Crush
64A
Cheater’s paper
Crib Sheet
68A
Brandish, as a weapon
Wield
69A
Saintly symbol
Halo
70A
Cajun cuisine vegetable
Okra
71A
Unhip sorts
Nerds
72A
Pyramid’s point
Apex
73A
Likely to mouth off
Pert
1D
Physique, slangily
Bod
2D
Peyton’s younger brother
Eli
3D
Easter find
Egg
4D
Mischievous, in a playful way
Rascally
5D
Gym class attire
T Shirt
6D
School for princes
Eton
7D
Polio vaccine pioneer
Salk
8D
Hammock holders
Trees
9D
Clemson’s sports org.
Acc
10D
Chased away
Hooed
11D
Southeast Asian cuisine item
Pad Thai Rice
12D
Minotaur’s isle
Crete
13D
Build a new room, say
Add On
18D
“Thrilla in Manila” victor
Ali
21D
Talk like Don Corleone
Rasp
23D
Cropped up
Arose
24D
Plunderer’s raid
Foray
25D
One who believes our planet is a disc
Flat Earther
27D
Those on the move
Goers
30D
Beehive State natives
Utes
31D
Cut obliquely
Bevel
34D
Borough with a famous zoo
Bronx
36D
“G’day, !”
Mate
38D
Designer’s concern
Décor
39D
Black cats or broken mirrors, to some
Omens
43D
Where union membership isn’t required
Open Shop
46D
2014 Russell Crowe epic
Noah
49D
Dealt in secondhand goods
Resold
51D
Cooler in the Kramdens’ apartment
Ice Box
53D
Muscular might
Brawn
54D
Murphy of “To Hell and Back”
Audie
55D
Cocoa-and-coffee combo
Mocha
57D
Sponsors’ spots
Ads
60D
Ambusher’s setup
Trap
61D
Gallbladder contents
Bile
63D
They may be burned on PCs
Cds
65D
out (barely manage)
Eke
66D
Slip up
Err
67D
Ink on a delt, say
Tat