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Bill’s time: 16m 12s
Bill’s errors: 0
Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies
My wife and I are traveling right now in Europe, and so are in a very different time zone. As a result, I get to the puzzle a lot “later” than usual. I am posting this abbreviated post for now, and will get to the full post just as soon as I can.
Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.
Bill
PS: We fly home tomorrow, so blog-posting should be back to normal very soon!
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Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 Measure of rank in Maori culture, informally : FACE TAT
8 Bubbles : FROTH
13 Sauce in Italian-American cuisine : MARINARA
14 Knocked out : IN AWE
15 It’s in right now : LATEST FAD
16 Was worthy of : RATED
17 Having a single purpose : AD HOC
18 Light that goes up when things are going down? : FLARE
20 Snatch : BAG
21 Crank cases? : UFOLOGY
23 Something pulled in many car chase scenes, for short : E-BRAKE
25 Home to the Arco di Constantino : ROMA
26 Present a chance to get ahead : OPEN DOORS
29 Spaniards roll them : ARS
30 Was really moving, in slang : HAULED ASS
31 “Uh … I guess” : WELL … SORTA
32 Sources of 24/7 support : HELPLINES
33 Many an attachment : PDF
36 Ones catching waves : RADIO SETS
37 Longtime name in Cuban politics : RAUL
38 Those playing the king of Egypt in “Aïda” : BASSOS
39 Monthly magazine that sponsors a large annual music festival in New Orleans : ESSENCE
41 Easily removed locks : WIG
42 Limited assignment : STINT
45 Smallest member of the eurozone (122 square miles) : MALTA
46 Appropriately change course : ADAPT
48 Spirals out of control? : TORNADOES
50 Panhellenic Games venue : NEMEA
51 Can’t cool off : STAYS MAD
52 Gifted : ADEPT
53 Culinary concurrence : YES, CHEF!
Down
1 Understands : FATHOMS
2 Site of some piercings : AREOLA
3 “There’s never been a better time” tech sloganeer : CISCO
4 Fangorn resident : ENT
5 Sweet doings at a county fair : TAFFY PULLS
6 ___ Sea, locale of a 20th-century environmental disaster : ARAL
7 Cry that might be made with a bow : TADA!
8 Responders to cruise ship emergencies : FIREBOATS
9 It works in translation : RNA
10 Crunchy snacks : OAT BARS
11 Fine-tunes : TWEAKS
12 Divider of lots : HEDGE
13 Really into : MAD FOR
15 21st-century first lady : LAURA
19 Attire for many a flamenco dancer : RED DRESS
22 Upright bar : GOALPOST
24 Bonheur who painted “Ploughing in the Nivernais” : ROSA
27 Woman’s name that sounds like two letters of the alphabet : ELSIE
28 Colorful swimmers in the Amazon : NEON TETRAS
30 Energy device that reflects sunlight : HELIOSTAT
31 Rings up? : WEDS
32 Can hold one’s own, in modern lingo : HAS GAME
33 Bread purchase in the U.K. : PAN LOAF
34 Like a building’s central air conditioning : DUCTED
35 Dogbane? : FLEAS
36 Like drug dens, sometimes : RAIDED
37 FAQ heading : READ ME
38 East African honorific : BWANA
40 Reduce to a pulp : SMASH
43 Minute : ITSY
44 Pay attention to : NOTE
47 Zip : PEP
49 Home to the U.S.’s first pizzeria, according to the Pizza Hall of Fame, for short : NYC
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