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Adding ST to five common phrases (ALL FOR ONE, TEXAS RANGERS, JACK THE RIPPER, RIKER’S ISLAND and ILL-AT-EASE) resulting in five odd ones, constitutes the interrelated group of this lightly-clad Thursday crossword.
- STALL FOR ONE (17A. Private quarters in a stable?)
- TEXAS STRANGERS (23A. Dallas tourists, perhaps?)
- JACK THE STRIPPER (37A. Name for a bachelorette party performer?)
- STRIKER’S ISLAND (49A. Vacation spot for some who stop working?)
- STILL AT EASE (60A. Not saluting for quite some time?)
Other — ADAPTS, AGASP and AROAR, ARRET, AT DAWN, BEAT IT, DELUXE, DIVER, DOOMS, DOSES, HAGUE, IN LOW and IN THERAPY (1D. Getting help of a sort), KATIE, LORRIE, MADE UP, NEATO, NEVER MIND (32D. “Forget it!), OSCAR (41A. Announcement that comes from an envelope), OCCURRING (30D. Going on), ODEON, PINS ON, PROTRACTS (8D. Extends), SALSA, SLAMS, SPREE, TIN EAR, TSARS, TUBER, U TUBE (44A. Horseshoe-shaped lab item).
Short stuff — AHEM, AIDE, ALF, A LOT and A MAN, ANN, BAM, BSA, CASH, CHAD, CNBC, EDU, EEN, ERG, HAS, IDS, LEAD, METE, NEST, NIL, NOT I, OHO and OJO, POST, PURE, RBI, REBS, RED, SEE, SPA, SRS, SUCH, TRUK (39D. W.W. II Pacific battle site), TVA, VASE, UTES, YDS.
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Remaining clues — ACROSS: 1. Africa’s Lake ___, body of water in four countries; 5. Changes, in a way; 11. Fingers; 14. Many a staffer; 15. Moore who wrote “A Gate at the Stairs”; 16. Goose egg; 19. New Deal inits.; 20. Court site, with “The”; 21. Dole; 22. “Could we get started, please …”; 28. “Looky here!”; 31. What may give you the business?; 34. Old line in Russia; 43. Meas. of ground gained or lost; 46. What may come from a sock?; 55. Utter; “I’m ___” (Bo Diddley song); 57. Classic theater; 59. Result of bringing someone home, for short; 62 Velvet finish?; 63. Attaches, in a way; 64 Pac-12 team; 65. Bit of work; 66. Very early; 67. Mail. — DOWN: 12. Certain incentive; 2. Try to punch; 3. Saw; 4. Top-of-the-line; 5. 1980s sitcom filmed with a puppet; 6. Renders hopeless; 7. Stop over in Paris?; 9. Musical liability; 10. Date; 12. One going under; 13. Really bad-mouths; 18. Alchemy material; 22. Clearly stunned; 24. Word before or after “as”; 25. “Don’t look at me!”; 28. Facial feature for Felipe; 29. Harbors; 33. Big inits. In camping; 35. Embarrassed; 36. Alums-to-be: Abbr.; 38. Actress Holmes; 40. Civil War fighters; 45. “Take a hike!”; 47. Plenty; 48. Reconciled; 49. Tear; 50. Yam, e.g.; 51. It’s often made with peppers and onions; 52. Like trucks going up or down a steep hill; 53. “Swell!”; 54. Doctor’s orders; 58. Fit (in); 60. Kind of treatment; 61. Cape ___.
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