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We have our immediate family visiting us over the past few days, and today celebrated a very late Thanksgiving together. I managed to slip away to solve today’s puzzle, and write up this abbreviated post. I will get to the full post tomorrow (Saturday) by noon (Pacific Time).
Thank you for your understanding.
Bill
Complete List of Clues/Answers
Across
1 Psychs : KEYS UP
7 Certain parental figure? : DAD BOD
13 One confined to a cell? : AMOEBA
14 Place with multiple ports : WINE BAR
15 The Manassa ___, nickname for boxer Jack Dempsey : MAULER
16 “Ideas worth spreading” series : TED TALKS
17 It makes scents! : AIR FRESHENER
19 Gifts often given with kisses : LEIS
20 Shut (up) : PENT
21 Informal times of day : AFTS
25 One with sole possession? : SHOE
26 Chicago mayor Lightfoot : LORI
27 It’s a trap : SNARE
28 Great deal : TON
29 “I’ll take another” : HIT ME
30 Void : ANNUL
31 Org. whose motto is “Per Ardua ad Astra” : RAF
32 Like the Northern Lights : AURORAL
34 Souvenir shop purchase : TEE
35 It goes without saying : AXIOM
37 Act big? : EMOTE
38 Bae : HON
39 Forked-tailed fliers : TERNS
40 Something that may be cut and then cured : MEAT
41 Michael of “Life & Beth” : CERA
42 “Ah, yes, understood” : I SEE
43 No-frills retirement options? : COTS
44 Bit of silliness : GOOF
45 Not getting involved in any nastiness : ABOVE THE FRAY
49 Ralphie’s wish in “A Christmas Story” : RED RYDER
52 Recorded : ON FILE
53 Detail-oriented sort : I-DOTTER
54 Clerical worker? : PRIEST
55 Made too much of something, perhaps : GUSHED
56 Honorific that translates to “born before” : SENSEI
Down
1 Hindu god of love and desire : KAMA
2 Inbox messages from Nigerian princes, almost certainly : EMAIL HOAXES
3 Comment to someone enjoying a hot streak : YOU’RE ON FIRE
4 Something you reach out and take : SELFIE
5 Eschews a cab, say : UBERS
6 Winnow : PARE
7 “___ bat an eye” : DIDN’T
8 Pay to play : ANTE
9 Start of an old advice column : DEAR ANN …
10 Crude meas. : BBL
11 Common street name : OAK
12 Practice group?: Abbr. : DRS
14 Outdoor event with long sticks, informally : WEENIE ROAST
16 Cold shower? : THERMOMETER
18 “I spilled ___ on my dog. Now he’s gone”: Steven Wright : SPOT REMOVER
22 Some modern media-related speculations : FAN THEORIES
23 Start of many a trick question : TRUE OR FALSE …
24 Gomez who got her start on “Barney & Friends” : SELENA
25 Overcast clouds : STRATI
26 Lucy of “Why Women Kill” : LIU
27 Pitcher’s aim? : SALE
29 Big actors : HAMS
33 Court fig. : ATT
36 Here : ON EARTH
41 Final resting place : COFFIN
43 Like some hard-to-read messages : CODED
44 Soul, for one : GENRE
46 Storage unit : BYTE
47 Buds for brewers : HOPS
48 Subject of a Nepali hunting license : YETI
49 Fix : RIG
50 Alternative to .com or .org : EDU
51 Shags, e.g. : DOS
