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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Puzzle 1

◆ · By Matt · Published 2020-08-29T12:35:28.034Z

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  • Mike D 🤓13:50 · 2020-08-29T14:44:44.917Z
    Another great one Matt! I learned SAPID 🤓. Loved the clue for TRUSTFALL
    • Matt constructor · 2020-08-30T13:50:52.704Z
      Thanks! :)
    Play today's daily mini crossword
    1A
    Chess, for example, according to some of my less athletic friends
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    Across
    1. 1A
      Chess, for example, according to some of my less athletic friends
    2. 6A
      One of 10 or less in a grocery store line, unless you're an asshole
    3. 10A
      Drop and roll partner
    4. 14A
      Let
    5. 15A
      No more than
    6. 16A
      Prepare a present
    7. 17A
      Ctrl-v
    8. 18A
      Earn
    9. 19A
      It costs a $1.19 right now
    10. 20A
      Tanya Weinreis: "I feel for local businesses... now facing the terriying prospect of Joe Biden." Colbert: "I gotta say that is a tough line to sell. Who's terrified of Joe Biden, other than ___?"
    11. 23A
      Lion lair
    12. 24A
      The white ones far outnumber the black ones on a certain instrument
    13. 25A
      Like a Jack-o'-lantern on Thanksgiving
    14. 28A
      Small bit of a gig
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      Remote batteries
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      A ways away
    17. 31A
      Like the trajectory of a lobbed ball
    18. 34A
      Regarding Kimberly Guilfoyle's 6-minutes screaming at the camera, Colbert: "Her ex-husband is the governor of California, I'm guessing that wasn't an amicable split. But I think I know who was awarded custody ___."
    19. 37A
      A butcher's knife, harpoon, or an alligator according to Homer Simpson
    20. 38A
      Sharpened toothbrushes, perhaps
    21. 39A
      "___ well that ends well"
    22. 40A
      Colbert: "Wait... am I a Republican? Do they have ___ for that?"
    23. 42A
      Irritates
    24. 43A
      Flotsam or Jetsam, e.g., Ursula's hench-fish
    25. 44A
      Angsty and listening to, let's say, Fall Out Boy
    26. 45A
      Place for pigs
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      Well known Italian fashion house
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      Put the pedal to the metal, literally
    29. 50A
      NNW opposite
    30. 53A
      Colbert: "According to one campaign aid, 'Don Jr. represents the emotional center of the MAGA universe...' And it makes sense, he's like a black hole, ___."
    31. 56A
      It's ripped to get you high
    32. 58A
      Length times width, for a rectangle
    33. 59A
      Ménage à ___, literally, household of three
    34. 60A
      Liquid oxygen, for a rocket ship
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      Selections of whiskeys
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      Jibe
    37. 63A
      ___ and Fury, bombshell book about the Trump White House
    38. 64A
      "Drug Abuse Resistance Education", but since that's hard to remember, how about "Drugs Are Really Expensive"
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      Clarinets, oboes, and the like
    Down
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      Having a strong, pleasant taste
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      Setting
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      One of two whose net worth is about a quarter of a billion dollars (damn, I wish my parents put me to work on Full House as a toddler!)
    4. 4D
      College military program, for short
    5. 5D
      Moved one's seat up and down
    6. 6D
      Coming out phrase, or what suspiciously many women have told me when I ask for their number
    7. 7D
      Jacob and Edward, of Twilight fandom (I'm on Jacob's for life!!!)
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      The "dumb" Trump. Jesus, what a low bar
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      You know they're getting lit during the holiday season
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      Like some dreams and potatoes
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      A movement backward in faith
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      Implement for a 32-Down
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      HMO alternative (Wow, TWO options to overpay for healthcare? What a great system!)
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      Brain test, abbr.
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      Your not supposed to pick your own (or anyone else's, really)
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      Super Bowl LII champion
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      "Sure, we can enforce a ___ code, forbidding spaghetti straps and shorts that go above the mid-thigh, but how can we make the kids wear masks???": Many school principals right now
    18. 28D
      Scary Spice, by a less frightful, less tangy name
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      Offroading autos, for short
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      On a boat, bitch
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      Crew member?
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      Profession that might claim a canary as a business expense
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      Extremely
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      In good shape, or attractive in British slang
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      Word repeated before, "go away!"
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      Like some cheese, or me after watching a shampoo commercial
    27. 41D
      Camping necessity
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      Historic symbol of communist ideology -or- Elmo, for example
    29. 45D
      The ___ Tape, alleged piece of black mail Putin has over Trump
    30. 47D
      Important thing to be aware of when going for the G-spot
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      Take the wheel
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      Full or new, for example
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      Get laid
    34. 51D
      Bolted down some white powder
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      It has three of them
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      A Stark from Game of Thrones
    37. 55D
      Plead
    38. 56D
      Eternal companion, abbr.
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      Something yelled during a Ménage à 59-Across, perhaps
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