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Mar 7, 2017

Tuesday, March 7 2017, Ray Hedrick and Mark McClain


Theme: BREAK-IN

Across

17. *Source of money for Medicare : PAYROLL TAX. Tax Break. ’Tis the season.
 

24. *Serving-mom-breakfast-in-bed occasion : MOTHER'S DAY. Daybreak.
 

37. *Asian plant named for the shape of its pink and white flowers : BLEEDING HEART. Heartbreak.

50. *Local hoosegow : COUNTY JAIL. Jailbreak.

61. Rest .. or, literally, what the last word of the answers to starred clues can do : TAKE A BREAK. Tax break is two words, all the others are one word.

Typical Tuesday level solve, with a few pauses due to a couple of unknowns.

1. Concrete support rod : REBAR. Short for RE-enforcing BAR - made of steel and used in foundations and retaining walls. 



6. Aptly named Olympic sprinter Usain __ : BOLT
 

10. 1980s model that saved Chrysler from financial ruin : K CAR. Here's the story.
 

14. Outwit, as a police tail : ELUDE
 

15. Slushy drink brand : ICEE
 

16. "Here comes trouble!" : UH-OH
19. Garden tool : RAKE
20. River to the Seine : OISE. Perps required. 

  
21. Five-spots : ABES. Abraham Lincoln is on the five-dollar bill.
 

22. Pull a fast one on : CON
23. Cut with scissors : SNIP
28. Tied up in knots : TENSE
30. Land bordering Suisse : ITALIE. Suisse is the French word for Switzerland, Italie is French for Italy.
31. Rodeo skill : ROPING
36. Exited, with "out" : WENT
41. Tragic fate : DOOM
 

42. Signify : DENOTE
43. Ready if needed : ON CALL
45. Rises dramatically : LOOMS
 

55. Russian river : URAL
56. Wee bit : TAD
57. This, in Tijuana : ESTO
 

58. Fey of "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" : TINA. Movie.
 

59. Fishing supply : BAIT
63. Ice formation : FLOE


64. E pluribus __ : UNUM. Latin for "Out of many, one." U.S. motto.
65. Archery practice facility : RANGE
66. Snorkeling gear : FINS
67. Dosage amts. : TSPS
68. Joins a poker game : ANTES

 
Down
 
1. Share on Facebook, as a friend's picture : REPOST
 

2. "Seinfeld" regular : ELAINE
3. Joins a poker game : BUYS IN
4. TV spot sellers : AD REPS
 

5. Old Olds creation : REO
 

6. "The Hobbit" hero : BILBO
7. Four pairs : OCTET
8. Dog lead : LEASH
 

9. __-Mex cuisine : TEX
 

10. "Seven Samurai" director Akira : KUROSAWA. Unknown to me. Japanese filmmaker.
11. L.A. Times publishing family name : CHANDLER.
12. Just fine : A-OK
13. Baseball scoreboard letters : RHE. Runs, Hits, Errors.
18. Flee : LAM. Didn't know LAM could be a verb.
22. Dated PC monitor : CRT. Cathode Ray Tube.
25. Four pairs : EIGHT
26. "It __ over till it's over": Berra : AIN'T
27. Up to now : YET
29. Before, in odes : ERE
 

32. "Hard to believe, but ... " : ODDLY
 

33. Baked dessert : PIE
34. Homey lodging : INN
35. Park __: airport facility : N GO. Now I get it.

 
 

37. U2 lead singer : BONO
 

38. Phrasing style : LOCUTION
 

39. Issues (from) : EMANATES
 

40. Sushi fish : EEL
 

41. Medic : DOC
44. Inc., in the U.K. : LTD
46. Beat to the finish line : OUTRAN
 

47. "Murder on the __ Express" : ORIENT
48. Get by : MANAGE
 

49. Quenches : SLAKES. If you say so.
51. Denim trousers : JEANS
52. Invite to the penthouse : ASK UP
 

53. To-do list bullets : ITEMS
 

54. Mauna __ : LOA
 

59. Favorite pal, in texts : BFF. Best Friends Forever.
60. __ Baba : ALI
61. Preteen king : TUT
62. Bikini half : BRA