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Edited by: Will Shortz
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Apologies for my absence over the past few days. I am travelling in Europe, somewhat unexpectedly. I will be doing my best to keep up with puzzles and posts, but might “go missing” occasionally until I get back home to California.
Again, apologies, and thank you for your understanding.
Bill
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Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1A Hogwash : SWILL
6A Smart : CHIC
10A Dip that can be made in a molcajete, for short : GUAC
14A Start of a count-off : EENIE
15A Stream with a lot of shade? : HATE-WATCH
17A “You interested?” : WANNA?
18A Something a newlywed usually lacks : ALONE TIME
19A Embark : SET SAIL
21A Some wraps : STOLES
22A Flock : geese :: business : ___ : FERRETS
23A Comic book sound : POW!
24A “Alea iacta ___” (“The die is cast”) : EST
25A Politician who organized the first congressional hearing on global warming (1981) : AL GORE
26A Indigenous person of northern South America : CARIB
28A It holds the line : REEL
29A Lots and lots : A TON
31A “Hogwash!” : PAH!
33A Takes in the trash? : DELETED SCENES
37A It gets pumped at a party : KEG
38A “Is this seat taken …?” : MAY I …?
39A Pet food brand whose name reflects its founding in Allentown, Pa. : ALPO
41A Blowouts : ROMPS
43A Chew on : PONDER
45A “The Walking Dead” network : AMC
48A Call at the table? : SEE
49A In need of an evening out? : CREASED
50A Greeting that combines a handshake and an embrace : BRO HUG
52A Put together : GROUPED
53A Sign before picking up : ORDER HERE
55A Border (on) : VERGE
57A Digitally altered videos of celebrities, say : DEEPFAKES
58A Race, in a way : REV UP
59A Icelandic saga : EDDA
60A Creature that can be “red-spotted” : NEWT
61A Novelist Ferrante : ELENA
Down
1D Put in stitches : SEW
2D Talked one’s way (out of) : WEASELED
3D It might be on display at Comic-Con : INNER GEEK
4D Cleaning product commonly used by pet owners : LINT ROLLER
5D One making monthly payments : LEASER
6D Drinks made with cardamom : CHAIS
7D Word with study or city : HALL
8D “Who am ___ question?” : I TO
9D Bowdlerize, maybe : CENSOR
10D Enemigo de un ratón : GATO
11D Serving a purpose : UTILE
12D High points : ACMES
13D It’s where the heart is : CHEST
16D Diaper bag item : WET WIPE
20D Patronized, in a way : ATE AT
22D Repeated word in the “Star Wars” prologue : FAR
23D Variety of violet : PANSY
26D Closing bars : CODAS
27D Classic thing to slip on : BANANA PEEL
30D City east of Phoenix : TEMPE
32D Didn’t get broken : HELD SERVE
34D Search for oneself : EGOSURF
35D Antibiotic used to treat anthrax : CIPRO
36D Problem for someone who’s pushing 90, say : SPEED GUN
40D Chicago airport code : ORD
42D Duchess of Sussex beginning in 2018 : MEGHAN
44D The works? : OEUVRE
45D Building … or a building material, if you swap its consonants : ABODE
46D Cincinnati sports mascot : MR. RED
47D Made some Java, say : CODED
49D Cockatoo feature : CREST
51D Purifying filter acronym : HEPA
52D Waxed, in a way : GREW
54D Scrape (out) : EKE
56D Org. that measures A.Q.I. : EPA
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