Crossword by: Jean O’Conor and edited by Rich Norris
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1. Worked a wedding, perhaps DJED
5. Film on water SCUM
9. Worker with a whip TAMER
14. Jackknifed, say DOVE
15. What you may do when you snooze? LOSE : You Snooze You Lose is an expression which states that anyone will miss out on a great opportunity if they don’t remain aware or open to communication.
16. Like Silas Marner before finding Eppie ALONE: Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe is a novel by George Eliot. Her third novel, it was first published in 1861.
17. Flow slowly SEEP
18. Conversant with UP ON
19. Cap’ns’ underlings BOS’NS
20. *Polite words showing little interest NOT MY CUP OF TEA: Most people say the phrase as ‘not my cup of tea’, which appears to show up by the end of the 1930s, as seen by James Agate, who wrote the figure of speech in one of his literary works. It was first published in 1939 and reads: “For assuredly immersion in medieval legend is not my cup of tea.”
23. Ready to sire AT STUD
25. Forbid OUTLAW
26. Overly TOO
27. Be a bad omen BODE ILL: To bode ill is to predict bad luck. (verb). An example of to bode ill is breaking a mirror and believing this will bring you seven years of bad luck.
31. RB’s units YDS
32. *Words often heard after “Welcome” YOU’VE GOT MAIL
35. Chamber opening? ANTE-
36. Humorous Margaret CHO: Margaret Moran Cho is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and singer-songwriter.
37. Landed ALIT
41. *Verbal gamesmanship TALKING TRASH
46. Old flier SST
49. Enlarge, as a blueprint RESCALE
50. Égotiste’s pronoun MOI
51. Ready for OPEN TO
53. City on the Somme AMIENS: Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris and 100 km south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy. The city had a population of 136,105 according to the 2006 census.
55. *Metaphorical boundary LINE IN THE SAND
59. With 62-Down, certain … and where to find the ends of the answers to starred clues IN THE
60. Scull crew OARS
61. Names DUBS
64. Mule and whitetail DEERS
65. Balanchine bend PLIE: Definition of plie: a bending of the knees outward by a ballet dancer with the back held straight. It’s origin is French and comes from the past particle of ‘plier’ meaning ‘to bend’
66. Canon ending? -ICAL
67. Peacock’s gait STRUT
68. Law firm letterhead abbreviations ESQS
69. Lines from the heart? EKGS: Electrocardiography (ECG or EKG from Greek: kardia, meaning heart) is a transthoracic (across the thorax or chest) interpretation of the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time, as detected by electrodes attached to the surface of the skin and recorded by a device external to the body.[1] The recording produced by this noninvasive procedure is termed an electrocardiogram (also ECG or EKG).
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1. Smile specialist’s deg. DDS
2. Morning pick-me-up JOE
3. Smooths EVENS OUT
4. Where to get a ticket to ride DEPOT
5. “__ Millionaire”: 2008 Best Picture SLUMDOG: Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup.
6. Column filler COPY
7. Biennial games org. USOC
8. List MENU
9. Bulgur salad TABOULI
10. Up in the rigging ALOFT
11. To a large degree MOSTLY
12. Ball team, e.g. ENNEAD
13. Corrects in wood shop RESAWS
21. __ top TUBE
22. Old-time actress Negri POLA: Pola Negri was a Polish stage and film actress who achieved worldwide fame during the silent and golden eras of Hollywood and European film for her tragedienne and femme fatale roles.
23. “Back __!”: “Same here!” AT YA
24. Bugs, for one TOON: According to his 1990 “biography” Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare, Bugs was born on July 27, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York in a warren under Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers.[3] In reality, he was brought to life by the animators and staff of Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons): including Tex Avery, who directed Bugs’ early definitive film A Wild Hare (1940); Robert McKimson, who created Bugs’ definitive character design; and Mel Blanc, who originated the voice of Bugs.
28. Places to tie up DOCKS
29. Set of moral principles ETHIC
30. “__ roll!” I’M ON A
33. Hardly a rookie VET
34. “Knots Landing” actress __ Park Lincoln LAR: Lar Park Lincoln is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the 1987 film House II: The Second Story as Kate, and in the 1988 horror film Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as Tina Shepard.
38. Certain November also-ran LAME DUCK
39. Will occur as planned IS ON
40. The one here THIS
42. Most pretentious ARTIEST
43. Trotsky of Russia LEON: Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army.
44. Ones resting on a bridge GLASSES
45. Vivaldi motif TEMA
46. Infants don’t eat them SOLIDS
47. Parlor instrument SPINET: A spinet is a smaller type of harpsichord or other keyboard instrument, such as a piano or organ.
48. Backpacker, often TENTER
52. ’60s rockers’ jacket style NEHRU
54. Many a low-budget film INDIE
56. Engage in frequent elbow-bending TOPE: Definition of tope: To drink (liquor) habitually and excessively or engage in such drinking.
57. Dutch artist Frans HALS: Frans Hals the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter born in the Southern Netherlands. He is notable for his loose painterly brushwork, and helped introduce this lively style of painting into Dutch art.
58. La Salle of “ER” ERIQ: Eriq La Salle is an American actor, director, writer and producer known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton on the NBC drama series ER.
62. See 59-Across BAG
63. Mercedes roadsters SLS
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