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Author: Fred Piscop, edited by Stanley Newman
Across
| Off in the distance | AFAR |
| Homer’s boy | BART |
| Identical | SAME |
| Big name on Dirty Harry posters | CLINT |
| City north of 27 Across, informally | BOCA |
| Less humid | DRIER |
| Arguing vehemently | ATIT |
| See 75 Down | ROMEO |
| ConCENTrated study plan | CRAMCOURSE |
| Former Comedy CENTral host | JONSTEWART |
| Aspen attire | SKIPANTS |
| City that might be ONION in a cryptogram | MIAMI |
| Polishes, as prose | EMENDS |
| Oscar actress Hathaway | ANNE |
| Mooring place | DOCK |
| ”Street” rep | CRED |
| Farming major | AGGIE |
| About 2.2 pounds | KILO |
| Untrustworthy ones | LIARS |
| Male turkey | TOM |
| Iron source | ORE |
| Fish with an iridesCENT stripe | NEONTETRA |
| Nest-egg letters | IRA |
| Cropped up | AROSE |
| URL punctuation | DOTS |
| Data on tickets | ROWS |
| Princeton athlete | TIGER |
| Texter’s ”incidentally” | BTW |
| Violinmaker of Cremona | AMATI |
| Australian actor Eric | BANA |
| Temporary, as a committee | ADHOC |
| Rubber duck, for one | BATHTOY |
| Expected outcome | NORM |
| Italian sonnet’s end | SESTET |
| Arthur __ Stadium (U.S. Open venue) | ASHE |
| FluoresCENT art medium | DAYGLOPAINT |
| Urban renewal target | SLUM |
| Singer portrayed by J.Lo | SELENA |
| Blu-ray purchase | DISC |
| Preordain | DESTINE |
| Be relevant | APPLY |
| Ship’s backbone | KEEL |
| Gladiator star | CROWE |
| Common bake-sale sponsor | PTA |
| Despicable character | LOUSE |
| Serpent’s sound | HISS |
| Be boastful | CROW |
| Easy basket | TAPIN |
| In support of | FOR |
| MagnifiCENT | SUMPTUOUS |
| Creator of the Finches | LEE |
| Music genre prefix | ALT |
| Boston’s airport | LOGAN |
| Pet pest | FLEA |
| Desolate regions | WILDS |
| Carrying a grudge | SORE |
| Audacious | BOLD |
| Waiting for Godot character | DIDI |
| Rude remark | INSULT |
| Wipe clean | ERASE |
| Sushi bar beverage | GREENTEA |
| Sailor’s means of asCENT | ROPELADDER |
| President at the biCENTennial | GERALDFORD |
| Battery pole | ANODE |
| Look impolitely at | OGLE |
| Spiral-horned antelope | ELAND |
| Be insistent about | URGE |
| Illustrious | NOTED |
| Corp. bigwigs | CEOS |
| Drop gradually | SINK |
| When shadows are shortest | NOON |
Down
| Initial lessons | ABCS |
| Piece of a place setting | FORK |
| Exotic smoothie flavor | ACAI |
| Destructive sprees | RAMPAGES |
| Crude one | BRUTE |
| Goes public with | AIRS |
| Hi-__ monitor | RES |
| Wavering effects, in music | TREMOLOS |
| Durable game-show guy | SAJAK |
| Place for protons | ATOM |
| Prefix for van or bus | MINI |
| Pilots of 89 Down | ETS |
| Gooey-middle chocolates | CREMES |
| Mooed | LOWED |
| Somali-born supermodel | IMAN |
| Teen comedy stock character | NERD |
| Daycare attendees | TOTS |
| ”No man is an island” writer | DONNE |
| Child’s plea for permission | CANI |
| __ firma | TERRA |
| Smartphone image | ICON |
| Cutting down on the donuts | DIETING |
| Ferris wheel compartments | CARS |
| Major blood vessels | AORTAS |
| AdolesCENT phase | GROWTHSPURT |
| Pretzel shape | KNOT |
| Former CIA head Panetta | LEON |
| Formal confession | ITWASI |
| RetiCENT | TIGHTLIPPED |
| Crunchy ice-cream ingredient | OREO |
| Artist Chagall | MARC |
| Walks heavily | TRAMPS |
| ”Mamma Mia!” quartet | ABBA |
| Erode | EAT |
| Six Day War hero | DAYAN |
| Feline, to Tweety | TAT |
| Explanatory lead-in | IDEST |
| Airplane __ (cellphone setting) | MODE |
| Toaster-oven setting | BROIL |
| Shoemaker’s supply | HEELS |
| Established first | OLDEST |
| Provide for permanently | ENDOW |
| State of vexation | STEW |
| City southeast of Mount Rainier | YAKIMA |
| Built up, as interest | ACCRUED |
| Loosens, as a 35 Down | UNTIES |
| Far from charitable | MEAN |
| Strong drain opener | LYE |
| Unwilling to compromise | SET |
| With 21 Across, Italian auto | ALFA |
| Certain Summer Games setting | POOL |
| Beach volleyball airer | ESPN |
| Parks of civil rights history | ROSA |
| Titanic | HUGE |
| Institutions offering admissions | COLLEGES |
| Jokingly | ALLINFUN |
| In a way, casually | SORTA |
| Strange sightings, for short | UFOS |
| Did absolutely nothing | LOLLED |
| Exert, as influence | WIELD |
| Carded, informally | IDED |
| Nonwoven fabric | SUEDE |
| Apt rhyme for 6 Down | BARES |
| Imbibed | DRANK |
| Turkey neighbor | IRAN |
| Taboo, to 17 Down | NONO |
| Predicament | SPOT |
| Small advantage | EDGE |
| Job-related move, to employers | RELO |
| __ Canaria Island | GRAN |
| Rancho beast | TORO |
| Thus | ERGO |
| Port of Yemen | ADEN |
| OK Corral nickname | DOC |
| Inventor Whitney, as an undergrad (!) | ELI |