16A. Played hooky from the office? : DUCKED WORK (10).
26A. Was sorry to have set the alarm? : RUED AWAKENING (13).
46A. Made it through the Civil War? : PASSED HISTORY (13).
60A. Reached the 2016 Olympics the hard way? : ROWED TO RIO (10)
Across
1. Quick : RAPID.
6. Zurich-based sports org. : FIFA. Fédération Internationale de Football Association, not only the governing body of world wide futbol, but also beach soccer!
10. Dis : RIP.
13. Metaphorical title word in a McCartney-Wonder hit : EBONY. Ivory is suing SONY.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoknwWYpL_A
14. Major composition : OPUS. We have seen this often lately.
15. Dr Pepper Museum city : WACO. I had no idea. LINK.
18. Journalist/author Larson : ERIK. A very talented author.
19. Telegram period : STOP.
20. Long in the tooth : OLD. which is how I am feeling, not being able to walk, unaided.
21. Texas-Louisiana border river : SABINE. now that clues must be PC, we get this river.
I am sure our cajun contingent jumped all over thIs CSO.
23. "Without further __ ... " : ADO.
25. Taco toppings : FIXINGS.
31. Random selection : ANY.
32. Give a halfhearted effort : DOG IT. We use dog in many ways. READ.
33. Gratified and then some : SATED.
36. Pizzeria staples : PIES.
38. Romantic dining spot : PATIO. Never thought of that as a romantic spot, but that is just me.
40. Bush advisor : ROVE. Karl. No politics but you can READ his slant.
41. You can skip it : STONE. One of many fun clues.
43. Piaggio transport : VESPA.
45. X or Y preceder : GEN.
49. Lunchbox container : THERMOS.
51. "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" airer : NPR.
52. Small creek : RUNLET.
53. Meet at the poker table : SEE. I'll see you $1,000,000.00 and raise you...does anybodt watch the WSOP ?
55. Hound sound : YELP.
59. Downwind : ALEE.
63. Joker, for one : CARD.
64. Continental divide : URAL.
65. "Buffy" spin-off : ANGEL. David Boreanaz has gone seamlessly from Buffy to Angel to Bones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwgxne3tzZw
66. Superhero symbol : ESS.
67. They're fixed shortly after being intentionally broken : EGGS. Convoluted but cute clue.
68. Crystalline stone : GEODE.
Down:
1. Bench mates? : REDS. Really fun deception, as Hall of Famer Juhnny Bench played for the Cincinnatti Reds.
2. Bump up against : ABUT. A great word for Cartman.
3. Little, to Luis : POCO.
4. Rubber stamp partner : INK PAD.
5. Highlight provider : DYE. Those nice highlights in your hair.
6. Barnyard regular : FOWL.
7. 2001 Apple debut : IPOD. How time flies.
8. Lab coat : FUR. We continue with witty cluing using the capital letter starting the clue to attempt to deceive.
9. Welcomes warmly, as a visitor : ASKS IN. Of course, ask sin might be a warm greeting.
10. Ready in a big way : RARING TO GO.
11. Cupcake cover : ICING. Alliteration.
12. Uses a fireplace tool : POKES. That is why it is called poker.
15. Online workshop : WEBINAR. Very big in the law world.
17. The Platters' genre : DOO WOP. According to the dictionary it is a style of pop music marked by the use of close harmony vocals using nonsense phrases, originating in the US in the 1950s.
22. x or y follower : AXIS.
24. Senior, to Junior : DAD.
25. Amulet : FETISH. We tend to think more of behavioral fetishes.
26. Emulates Eminem : RAPS.
27. Meter or liter : UNIT.
28. Revelations : EYE OPENERS.
29. Plants used to make tequila : AGAVES.
30. Cashed, as a forged check : KITED. Sorry, kiting has nothing to do with forgery. Check kiting is a form of check fraud, involving taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in a checking or other bank account. In this way, instead of being used as a negotiable instrument, checks are misused as a form of unauthorized credit. (per wiki).
34. "... happily __ after" : EVER. The fairy title of life.
35. Say no to : DENY.
37. Tangled : SNARLED.
39. Put in one's two cents : OPINED.
42. Mrs. Cullen in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" : ESME. Played by Elizabeth Reaser.
44. Venomous snake : ASP.
47. "I know, right?" : SO TRUE.
48. Sign next to free samples : TRY ONE.
49. Hint : TRACE. Only reminds me of Hodgins.
50. Luau entertainment : HULAS.
https://m.popkey.co/2a64fa/jdooQ.gif
53. Gala giveaways : SWAG. The famous Hollywood swag bags now worth about $40,000.00 at the Oscars.
54. "Electric" swimmers : EELS.
56. "For that reason ... " : ERGO. Latin word coopted by English.
57. Told a fantastic story, perhaps : LIED.
58. North __ : POLE. A little late for Santa.
61. URL ending : ORG.
62. Identify on Facebook : TAG.
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