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My wife and I were at a David Sedaris event (fun!) on Thursday evening, and so I only found time to solve this Friday puzzle and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post just as soon as I can.
Apologies, and thank you for your understanding.
Bill
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Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1A “Finally! Me time!” : ALONE AT LAST!
12A “___ gratia artis” : ARS
15A Total area : CEREAL AISLE
16A Native American Heritage Mo. : NOV
17A “Nothing better!” : CAN’T TOP THAT!
18A Word with ginger or cream : … ALE
19A Org. that measures A.Q.I. : EPA
20A Fall opener: Abbr. : SEPT
21A “Little help here” : BE A PAL
23A Customs : DUTY
25A Look : SEEM
27A Scintilla : WHIT
28A Dueling equipment : EPEES
30A Formal guidance? : DRESS CODE
33A ___ Z : A TO
35A What a deck may be stacked with? : SAILORS
36A Greek letter that becomes another Greek letter when its first two letters are dropped : THETA
38A It’s seriously entertaining : DRAMA
39A Raise a false red flag : CRY WOLF
41A Memphis-to-Nashville dir. : ENE
42A Salsa partner : CHEESE DIP
44A Reach for the stars, say : GO BIG
48A Parks of Montgomery : ROSA
49A Inspiration : IDEA
51A ___ colada (mocktail) : NADA
52A Like many a vault : ARCHED
55A [That’s *my* kibble!] : GRRR!
57A Bloomer : BUD
58A “I’ll pass” : NAH
59A “Pick up the pace!” : MOVE IT ALONG!
62A Country music’s ___ Young Band : ELI
63A “So, there’s this special person …” : I MET SOMEONE …
64A Two shakes of a lamb’s tail : SEC
65A “Heaven forbid!” : LET’S HOPE NOT!
Down
1D Acquiesce : ACCEDE
2D Perform an entrechat, e.g. : LEAP UP
3D Not at all plain : ORNATE
4D Not gross : NET
5D Vittles : EATS
6D Spiny succulents : ALOES
7D Chosen, in a way : TAPPED
8D Lays waste to? : LITTERS
9D Louisville Slugger material : ASH
10D Major hunk : SLAB
11D French bean : TETE
12D Rhetorical device like “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” : ANAPHORA
13D Relief pitcher? : ROLAIDS
14D Lissome : SVELTE
22D “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” : AW, COME ON!
24D “OK, fine, I get it …” : YEAH, YEAH …
26D Ye olde quaff : MEAD
29D Bouillabaisse and hasenpfeffer : STEWS
31D Progenitor : SIRE
32D Argot : SLANG
34D Plains tribe : OTOE
36D “What style!” : TRES CHIC!
37D Big name in discount supermarkets : ALDI
39D Lutheran hymn : CHORALE
40D Doesn’t sit still : FIDGETS
42D Common origami figures : CRANES
43D Fourth-to-last word of the Gettysburg Address : PERISH
45D Relative of a mandrill : BABOON
46D “No clue!” : I DUNNO!
47D Doohickey : GADGET
50D Sci-fi companion who speaks “binary,” familiarly : ARTOO
53D Actor Jannings or artist Nolde : EMIL
54D Hagia Sophia feature : DOME
56D Way off, sometimes : RAMP
60D One working with canines, maybe : VET
61D “Pachinko” author Min Jin ___ : LEE
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