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A1. Government honcho ~ CZAR | A1. Come ___ (make a pass at) ~ ONTO |
A5. Dentist's request ~ OPEN | A5. Open-handed blow ~ SLAP |
A9. Impostors ~ SHAMS | A9. Run-down and filthy ~ MANGY |
A14. Saver of the day ~ HERO | A14. Assume command ~ LEAD |
A15. Puppy pickup spot ~ NAPE | A15. Atoms having electrical charges ~ IONS |
A16. Nervous giggle ~ TEHEE | A16. Rounded molding ~ OVOLO |
A17. Spain's longest river ~ EBRO | A17. Aviation prefix ~ AERO |
A18. Show off one's muscles ~ FLEX | A18. Young kids ~ TOTS |
A19. All eyes and ears ~ ALERT | A19. Actress Sophia ~ LOREN |
A20. Not often ~ FROMTIMETOTIME | A20. Not often ~ FROMTIMETOTIME |
A23. Twain kid ~ SAWYER | A23. Zillions of years ~ EONS |
A24. Give the thumbs down to ~ NIX | A24. "The Hunt for ___ October" ~ RED |
A25. __ room (place to play) ~ REC | A25. Some sorority women ~ THETAS |
A27. [Not my mistake] ~ SIC | A28. Plus, minus or stop ~ SIGN |
A28. Triangular sail ~ JIB | A30. Give it ___ (attempt to do) ~ AGO |
A31. Stubble remover ~ RAZOR | A33. Took on workers ~ HIRED |
A35. Nonpayer's risk, for short ~ REPO | A34. Volcanic flow ~ LAVA |
A37. Somewhat, in music ~ POCO | A35. Gush forth ~ SPEW |
A38. Not often ~ EVERYNOWANDTHEN | A36. Not often ~ EVERYNOWANDTHEN |
A41. In need of a rubdown ~ SORE | A39. Brief moments ~ SECS |
A42. Basin partner ~ EWER | A40. Tied ~ EVEN |
A43. Good with tools, say ~ HANDY | A41. Good worker's reward ~ RAISE |
A44. Tandem's capacity ~ TWO | A42. Suffix of superlatives ~ EST |
A45. Time of anticipation ~ EVE | A43. Yet to be paid ~ OWED |
A46. Huge expanse ~ SEA | A44. Unflappable ~ POISED |
A48. Ante- relative ~ PRE | A45. Zoo beast ~ APE |
A49. Moves furtively ~ SKULKS | A46. Pail pile ~ SAND |
A54. Not often ~ ONRAREOCCASION | A47. In a sporadic manner ~ INTERMITTENTLY |
A59. Parties with poi ~ LUAUS | A54. Part of a burger with "the works" ~ ONION |
A60. Baloney peddler ~ LIAR | A55. Unpleasant smell ~ ODOR |
A61. Gumbo veggie ~ OKRA | A56. Great Lake touching four states ~ ERIE |
A62. Cyber-mag ~ EZINE | A57. "Death, be not proud ..." poet John ~ DONNE |
A63. The skinny ~ INFO | A58. Fiddle-playing emperor ~ NERO |
A64. Cause of quaking ~ FEAR | A59. Words before "goal" or "course" ~ SETA |
A65. Rationed, with "out" ~ DOLED | A60. Mean look ~ SNEER |
A66. Distort ~ SKEW | A61. Sign of the future ~ OMEN |
A67. One of the Brontë sisters ~ ANNE | A62. Futurist, of sorts ~ SEER |
D1. Food Channel hosts ~ CHEFS | D1. Count ___ (Lemony Snicket villain) ~ OLAF |
D2. Gridiron ref ~ ZEBRA | D2. "... ___ the twain shall meet" ~ NEER |
D3. Tell's missile ~ ARROW | D3. Edible rootstock ~ TARO |
D4. Far from cramped ~ ROOMY | D4. Mileage counters ~ ODOMETERS |
D5. Burning up ~ ONFIRE | D5. March alternatives ~ SITINS |
D6. Seer's reading ~ PALM | D6. Weavers' machines ~ LOOMS |
D7. Sporting blade ~ EPEE | D7. Chip in a pot, maybe ~ ANTE |
D8. Barbershop call ~ NEXT | D8. Verbal nudge ~ PSST |
D9. Sign of bad reception ~ STATIC | D9. Like 34-Across ~ MOLTEN |
D10. Spiral shape ~ HELIX | D10. Steer clear of ~ AVOID |
D11. "Beg pardon . . ." ~ AHEM | D11. Statistical measure ~ NORM |
D12. "A __ formality!" ~ MERE | D12. High spirits ~ GLEE |
D13. In position ~ SET | D13. Hither's partner ~ YON |
D21. Towel material ~ TERRY | D21. Yes-man ~ TOADY |
D22. Pungent bulb ~ ONION | D22. Silent film accompaniment, perhaps ~ ORGAN |
D26. "Gladiator" star ~ CROWE | D25. "With friends like ___ ..." ~ THESE |
D27. Dukes it out, in practice ~ SPARS | D26. Buzzy places ~ HIVES |
D28. Name of 23 popes ~ JOHN | D27. Put up ~ ERECT |
D29. Secured, as a victory ~ ICED | D28. ___-off shotgun ~ SAWED |
D30. Overly thin ~ BONY | D29. Ill-tempered czar ~ IVAN |
D31. Hit the hammock ~ REST | D30. Tree parasite genus ~ APHIS |
D32. State categorically ~ AVOW | D31. V-formation fliers ~ GEESE |
D33. Nada ~ ZERO | D32. Had belongings ~ OWNED |
D34. Bonanza find ~ ORE | D34. Zero, in tennis ~ LOVE |
D36. Meadow mother ~ EWE | D35. Solemnity ~ STAIDNESS |
D37. After-school meeting org. ~ PTA | D37. Updated ~ NEWER |
D39. "When pigs fly!" ~ NEVER | D38. Play monotonously ~ DRONE |
D40. Capital of Bangladesh ~ DHAKA | D43. Bartender's gadget ~ OPENER |
D45. Wiped clean ~ ERASED | D44. Type of saint ~ PATRON |
D47. Third-party account ~ ESCROW | D45. Show penitence ~ ATONE |
D48. Danish flavor ~ PRUNE | D46. Shopaholic's haunt ~ STORE |
D50. Uncle Sam's land ~ USOFA | D47. Get ___ the ground floor ~ INON |
D51. Compare ~ LIKEN | D48. "The Whole ___ Yards" ~ NINE |
D52. Mosque text ~ KORAN | D49. Like most early LPs ~ MONO |
D53. Drum-kit part ~ SNARE | D50. Word in a footnote ~ IDEM |
D54. Greek drink ~ OUZO | D51. "Eater" of Charlie Brown's kite ~ TREE |
D55. Perform perfectly ~ NAIL | D52. Ad word that attracts losers? ~ LITE |
D56. Yalies ~ ELIS | D53. Wine-label datum ~ YEAR |
D57. Sty cry ~ OINK | D54. Takes too many pills ~ ODS |
D58. Street eatery ~ CAFE | |
D59. Had the advantage ~ LED |