- 1 IRISES
42A Contacts go over them
841 - 2 ONEDGE
48A Keyed up
648 - 3 ADESTE
22A Carol starter
455 - 4 DESERT
51A Dry land
437 - 5 EATSAT
20A Bothers
430 - 6 MESSES
50A Big jobs for a maid
328 - 7 RIOTER
40D Water cannon target
328 - 8 TASTES
12D Has a bit of
323 - 9 SLEEVE
37D Record keeper
237 - 10 COSTS
27A What businesses try to minimize
226 - 11 AGLARE
39D Shining brightly
224 - 12 CRIMEA
15A Combat site of 1853-56
221 - 13 DOTTED
36D Like some notes on a music sheet
211 - 14 CEREAL
46A Life at a grocery store
122 - 15 ALBERT
44A Prince ___ (frock coat)
119 - 16 SENATES
11D Country houses?
112 - 17 VIACOM
34D MTV owner
110 - 18 REVERES
49A Holds high
15 - 19 14
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- 21 REYES
17D California's Point ___
028 - 22 LAMARR
4D "Blazing Saddles" villain Hedley ___
018 - 23 ASTON
31A ___ Villa (English football club)
017 - 24 TESTCASE
14D Precedent setter
014 - 25 ABLEST
7A Most likely to be hired
012 - 26 EVONNE
5D First name in 1970's women's tennis
012 - 27 GENIES
24A Canadian film awards
012 - 28 TORRES
38D ___ Strait (water separating Australia and New Guinea)
012 - 29 EQUATE
2D Consider comparable
011 - 30 ETERNITY
21A "A moment is a concentrated ___": Emerson
011 - 31 DRAWL
33D John Wayne had a little one
010 - 32 LITERATI
47A Reading group
010 - 33 TAOIST
41D Chuang-tzu, for one
010 - 34 WATERLOO
45A Undoing
010 - 35 MARLENE
32D 1984 Maximilian Schell biopic
09 - 36 ASBESTOS
25A Litigation-prompting mineral
08 - 37 ROSINS
18A Bow applications
08 - 38 EMISSION
10D Release
07 - 39 JAPANESE
19A Whence the word "futon"
07 - 40 MAITREDS
32A Two-seaters or four-seaters, e.g.?
07 - 41 TRESTLES
30D Roller coaster structures
07 - 42 APOLOGIA
43A Written work that explains one's actions
06 - 43 LISTENTO
9D Heed
06 - 44 STEERAGE
29D Cheapest traveling option
06 - 45 AQUAVIT
13A Liquor flavored with caraway seeds
04 - 46 BROADEST
8D Least subtle
04 - 47 GASJET
1D Nozzle connected to a Bunsen burner
04 - 48 OILSEEDS
28D Peanuts and castor beans, e.g.
04 - 49 VALLEE
34A Leader of the Connecticut Yankees in 1920's-40's music
04 - 50 03
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- 52 GELLED
1A Became semirigid
02 - 53 REDSTART
35A Bird named for its colorful breast and tail
02 - 54 SUMMONER
16A His tale follows the Friar's in "The Canterbury Tales"
02 - 55 01
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