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A1. Check for a gas leak, perhaps ~ SNIFF | A1. Type of car or nurse ~ STAFF |
A6. Mardi _____ ~ GRAS | A6. Mardi ___ ~ GRAS |
A10. Slangy assent ~ YEAH | A10. Part of a Beatles refrain ~ YEAH |
A14. Wedding vow word ~ HONOR | A14. Human Resources person, at times ~ HIRER |
A15. It may be square ~ ROOT | A15. It may be square ~ ROOT |
A16. Beginning of a magician's incantation ~ ABRA | A16. Beginning of a magician's incantation ~ ABRA |
A17. Rarely ~ ONCEINABLUEMOON | A17. Hardly ever ~ ONCEINABLUEMOON |
A20. Beverage for two? ~ TEA | A20. Archaic verb ending ~ ETH |
A21. Jazz great Brubeck ~ DAVE | A21. Jazz great Brubeck ~ DAVE |
A22. Spinets ~ PIANOS | A22. Steinway output ~ PIANOS |
A23. Word with soft or table ~ WARE | A23. Word with soft or table ~ WARE |
A24. It's linked to mighty ~ HIGH | A24. It's linked to mighty ~ HIGH |
A25. With 42-Across, optimistic statement ~ EVERYCLOUDHAS | A25. Optimistic statement (with 42-Across) ~ EVERYCLOUDHAS |
A30. A _____ pittance ~ MERE | A30. A ___ pittance ~ MERE |
A31. Boxing prize ~ BELT | A31. Safari jacket feature ~ BELT |
A32. The Bard's witch ~ HAG | A32. The Bard's witch ~ HAG |
A35. Chow _____ (Chinese dish) ~ MEIN | A35. Chow ___ (Chinese-style dish) ~ MEIN |
A36. Like an unkempt lawn ~ WEEDY | A36. Like a neglected garden ~ WEEDY |
A38. Buddhist leader ~ LAMA | A38. Buddhist leader ~ LAMA |
A39. Looping line drive's path ~ ARC | A39. Semicircle, e.g. ~ ARC |
A40. Parts of an hr. ~ MINS | A40. Parts of an hr. ~ MINS |
A41. Ireland romantically ~ ERIN | A41. Shannon's home ~ ERIN |
A42. See 25-Across ~ ASILVERLINING | A42. See 25-Across ~ ASILVERLINING |
A47. "60 Minutes" name ~ ANDY | A47. Mayberry name ~ ANDY |
A48. Diner sign ~ EATS | A48. Victuals ~ EATS |
A49. Words intended to intimidate ~ ORELSE | A49. Words intended to intimidate ~ ORELSE |
A52. "Laverne & Shirley" character Babish ~ EDNA | A52. "Laverne & Shirley" character Babish ~ EDNA |
A53. Signs of comprehension ~ AHS | A53. Signs of comprehension ~ AHS |
A56. Optimist's belief ~ THESKYSTHELIMIT | A56. Optimist's statement ~ THESKYSTHELIMIT |
A59. Prefix meaning "trillion" ~ TERA | A59. Prefix meaning "trillion" ~ TERA |
A60. Opposite of endo ~ ECTO | A60. Opposite of endo ~ ECTO |
A61. Literary twist ~ IRONY | A61. Literary twist ~ IRONY |
A62. Talk back ~ SASS | A62. Insolence ~ SASS |
A63. Practice girth control ~ DIET | A63. Type of soda ~ DIET |
A64. Social stratum ~ CASTE | A64. Social stratum ~ CASTE |
D1. Close-up, for one ~ SHOT | D1. It may be about a foot ~ SHOE |
D2. "... and then there were _____" ~ NONE | D2. Add color to ~ TINT |
D3. Quechuan of Peru ~ INCA | D3. Rainbow shape ~ ARCH |
D4. "Friend or _____?" ~ FOE | D4. Cover charge, for example ~ FEE |
D5. Ice Cube film ~ FRIDAY | D5. In may be casual in some places ~ FRIDAY |
D6. Material for some driveways ~ GRAVEL | D6. Material for some driveways ~ GRAVEL |
D7. Breakfast attire, perhaps ~ ROBE | D7. It may be worn to breakfast ~ ROBE |
D8. Company in a major 2000 merger ~ AOL | D8. Co. in a major 2000 merger ~ AOL |
D9. In an inane manner ~ STUPIDLY | D9. In a dumb manner ~ STUPIDLY |
D10. Harley competitor ~ YAMAHA | D10. Harley competitor ~ YAMAHA |
D11. Black, in verse ~ EBON | D11. Black, in verse ~ EBON |
D12. King of old comics ~ AROO | D12. Buck ending? ~ AROO |
D13. Skater Brinker ~ HANS | D13. Storied boy with silver skates ~ HANS |
D18. Drug pusher's enemy ~ NARC | D18. Drug pusher's enemy ~ NARC |
D19. Center field, on scorecards ~ EIGHT | D19. Prime-time time ~ EIGHT |
D23. Birdhouse bird ~ WREN | D23. Northern Hemisphere bird ~ WREN |
D24. Tinctured ~ HUED | D24. Tinctured ~ HUED |
D25. Aurora Greenway's daughter ~ EMMA | D25. Madame Bovary ~ EMMA |
D26. Tack, nautically ~ VEER | D26. Tack, nautically ~ VEER |
D27. "Fanny" novelist Jong ~ ERICA | D27. "Fanny" novelist Jong ~ ERICA |
D28. Corpulent ~ OBESE | D28. Corpulent ~ OBESE |
D29. Lewis or Belafonte ~ SHARI | D29. Lewis or Belafonte ~ SHARI |
D33. Cole Porter's "I _____ Love" ~ AMIN | D33. Ugandan despot ~ AMIN |
D34. Turf roamers ~ GANG | D34. "West Side Story" faction ~ GANG |
D36. Passionate in belief ~ WILDEYED | D36. Quixotic ~ WILDEYED |
D37. Coveter's sin ~ ENVY | D37. Green-eyed monster ~ ENVY |
D38. It may zoom ~ LENS | D38. It may zoom ~ LENS |
D40. Capital of White Russia ~ MINSK | D40. Capital of White Russia ~ MINSK |
D43. Saucy dances ~ SALSAS | D43. Saucy dances ~ SALSAS |
D44. More than popular ~ REDHOT | D44. More than popular ~ REDHOT |
D45. Nathan of Broadway ~ LANE | D45. It may lead to a strike ~ LANE |
D46. Biased, as writing? ~ ITALIC | D46. Slanted, as type ~ ITALIC |
D49. Giant legend Mel and family ~ OTTS | D49. Giants legend Mel and family ~ OTTS |
D50. Animal similar to the ostrich ~ RHEA | D50. Animal similar to the ostrich ~ RHEA |
D51. Suffixes with ballad and chariot ~ EERS | D51. Suffixes with ballad and chariot ~ EERS |
D52. Luncheon follow-up? ~ ETTE | D52. Luncheon follow-up? ~ ETTE |
D53. Book after Joel ~ AMOS | D53. Book after Joel ~ AMOS |
D54. Allude to ~ HINT | D54. Help for the puzzled ~ HINT |
D55. Eye annoyance ~ STYE | D55. Eye annoyance ~ STYE |
D57. Bio., for one ~ SCI | D57. ___-fi ~ SCI |
D58. Other Gershwin ~ IRA | D58. A Gershwin ~ IRA |